Pasta is a classic of Italian cuisine. But can you really eat pasta and be healthy? Well depends. In a well-balanced healthy eating regime a pasta dish two or three times a week can be ok for a healthy and active person. Like this spaghetti with king prawns, cherry tomatoes and black olives pasta, really delicious and ready in fifteen minutes, ideal if you are really hungry.
Perfect for a Sunday lunch, this pasta is fairly balanced in its proteins, carbs, vegetables and healthy fats combination, and it is super yummy!
The combination of carbs and proteins will make you full for longer. Go for a moderate portion, and avoid mixing with other carbs.
If you are looking for more Italian healthy recipes look around the blog as you will find many!
INGREDIENTS
Serves two people | Ready in 15 minutes
- 150 gr of spaghetti
- 12 frozen king prawns
- 18 cherry tomatoes
- 12- 14 pitted black olives
- 2 tbsp of extra-virgin olive oil
- a dash of oregano
- a dash of chili flakes
- 2 garlic cloves
- Sea salt to taste
METHOD
Peel the garlic cloves, cut them in two and place them in a non stick pan with a bit of olive oil and the chili flakes. Warm it up for 30 sec to help release the flavours then add the cherry tomatoes cut in half, the pitted olives cut in half and the oregano.
Let it cook for 5-7 minutes then remove the sauce from the pan into a bowl. Add the prawns to the pan with a bit of extra olive oil and let them defrost and cook for 2-3 minutes. Add the sauce back in and let it simmer for a 2-3 minutes more.
In the meantime fill a pot with boiling water from the kettle, add a pinch of salt and let the spaghetti cook according to the packet instructions. Drain when al dente and transfer into the sauce pan, letting them mix through with the sauce. Serve and enjoy!
If you are looking for more healthy pasta recipes you may like:
- Spaghetti with feta, olive and cherry tomatoes
- Fusilli with asparagus, peas and pesto
- Tagliatelle with asaragus and leeks
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Excited to try this!!
Hey Clint, let us know how it goes if you make this spaghetti. Buon appetito!
Pasta is my favorite dish!
I have never eaten it with prawns though, I do not like prawns, what’s a better substitute for this recipe? I would love to give it a try.
Joy, you should have a look at the other healthy pasta recipes then!You can substitute prawns with some white fish like seabream or seabsass fillets, if you like fish!
Oh, this looks so yummy!
Thank you Redina! And let me know if you make this recipes or would like some tips!
This is an interesting pasta dish. Never taught of adding olives 🫒 to a shrimp 🍤 pasta dish. But it’s the simplicity of the dish that sold me. Looks delicious 😋.
Hey Kevin, olives, seafood and tomatoes are really typical of the Mediterranean area and Italian food. They are good are they, so you can add some proteins to your pasta! If you want to know more about Italian food, just ask!
This sounds really lovely.
Thank you! It really was! 🙂
Thank you!
This looks so yummy. I want to try this, but I would have to substitute the prawns with salmon or rainbow trout.
Thanks Malaika, the pasta wes really good! If you are allergic to prawns, yes you can substitute with another fish. Seabass would look good on this pasta too! Let me know if you try…
How could I forget seabass? It’s one of my faves.