If you asked him, W would tell you his favourite foods are shrimp and pasta – and it occurred to me recently that for some reason, I’ve never thought to combine the two. Which is ridiculous for reasons beyond the fact that together, they are better than the sum of their parts – when it comes to pasta sauces, shrimp and garlic sautéed in butter is about as fast as you can get. Quicker, I think, than heating up a jar of sauce. Also – I generally have butter, garlic and Parm, and shrimp are easy to keep in the freezer, dry pasta on the shelf. Because W is a pasta fiend and would it eat for every meal of the day if he could, I’ve been seeking out more nutrient-dense varieties – the tweediness of whole wheat never went over well, nor did it for me as a kid – I remember neighbour friends whose house I would avoid at dinnertime because they ateContinue reading
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