Cuisine quest: Garden shrimp pasta
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Salt Lake City resident Debi Dudley knows how to make good use of the bounty from her summer garden.

Her recipe for garden shrimp pasta, published in the August issue of Cooking Light magazine, combines fresh tomatoes, oregano, basil and mint with angel hair pasta and shrimp.

"You could make this dish vegetarian by substituting tofu for the shrimp," Dudley said. And the leftovers - if there are any - "are delicious served cold."

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Garden shrimp pasta

Shrimp :

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano

1 teaspoon grated lemon zest

1 teaspoons grated orange zest

1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

Pasta:

8 ounces uncooked angel hair pasta

5 cups (about 1 1/2 pounds) chopped seeded tomato

1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil

1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh mint

Dressing:

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 teaspoon sugar

2 teaspoons spicy brown mustard

1/2 teaspoon grated lemon zest

1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

3/4 cup (3 ounces) crumbled feta cheese

In a large bowl, combine the 2 tablespoons olive oil, oregano, lemon and orange zests, red pepper flakes, salt and shrimp. Toss well. In a large nonstick frying pan over medium-high heat, sauté shrimp 6 minutes or until no longer opaque. Remove from heat and set aside.

Cook pasta according to directions, omitting salt. Place pasta in a large bowl. Add tomato, basil and mint.

In a small bowl, combine red wine vinegar, olive oil, sugar, mustard, lemon zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Pour over pasta and toss to coat.

To serve, divide pasta among six plates. Top each serving with shrimp and feta cheese. Makes 6 servings.

Source: Debi Dudley as published in Cooking Light

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