Pasta with Shrimp, Asparagus & Sun-Dried Tomato
The comments on Epicurious raved about this recipe. I thought it was good enough but wouldn't make it again. The difference may well have been the sun-dried tomatoes. Mostly, sun-dried tomatoes are either packed in oil or dessicated discs. A local supermarket (for St. Louisans, Dierbergs) has no-oil sun-dried tomatoes in the produce section, still fat and plump and full of flavor. At $8 a pound, they're pricey but addictively delicious. So this dish might be worth a good rave if oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes were used. It's worth a try! NUTRITION NOTES I've learned to allow 2 ounces of dried pasta a serving. It's plenty, especially when a serving includes lots of vegetables and flavor and so is both filling and satisfying. Nearly all other sources -- an exception is Eating Well -- presume a 4 ounce serving. What do other cooks allow? I'm curious! I'm very sad that my local supermarket has stopped stocking Dreamfields low-carb, low-glycemic pasta w