" Pasta" With Shrimp & Eggplant

Submitted by GG 38966

"A nice low carb way to feel like you are eating pasta!"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 9
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1⁄2 lbs eggplants (cut into 3/4 inch cubes)
• 8 ounces spaghetti squash (pulp scooped out)
• 1 red bell pepper (cut into thin strips)
• 1 yellow bell pepper (cut into thin strips)
• 1 medium red onion (thinly sliced)
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 lb shrimp (peeled & deveined)
• 10 olives (halved)

directions

1. Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium high heat and add eggplant and cook until almost soft.
2. Bake spaghetti squash at 450°F for 1-2 hours until firm to the touch, let cool and then scoop out pulp.
3. Add peppers, onions and oregano to eggplant and sauté until tender. Stir in shrimp; cover and steam, stirring every so often (keep an EYE ON IT!).
4. Add in spaghetti squash and cook for less than a minute (just enough to mix it in).
5. Add olives and parsley: toss again & SERVE!

Reviews

[m sutphen]

Just great! Congrats on a wonderful recipe!! M Sutphen