Our family favourite of pasta with prawns and feta
This healthy, vibrant dish of whole wheat pasta with prawns, tomatoes, chilli and feta cheese makes a regular appearance in this house. I’m vegan but my kids love this (Alexander without the cheese as he’s dairy-free) and I go easy on the chilli for them.
Here’s the recipe:
Ingredients:
80ml extra virgin olive oil
6 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
500g baby tomatoes, halved
1 tablespoon dried oregano
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to season
500g cooked prawns (large or small)
375g pasta tubes (we used whole wheat)
100g Greek feta cheese, crumbled
1 red chilli, finely chopped
Method:
Start to cook the pasta in a large pan of salted, boiling water.
Meanwhile heat 40ml (half of the) oil and garlic for 2 minutes. When the garlic starts to golden, add tomatoes, oregano, salt and pepper and cook over a medium heat for 5-6 minutes.
Take the pasta off the heat when al dente.
Add the prawns to your sauce.
Drain the pasta and mix the sauce through.
Divide the pasta between four serving bowls.
Sprinkle feta over the top, garnish with chilli and drizzle the remaining olive oil over them. Serve immediately.
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Nom, nom, nom, this looks like an easy, yummy dinner that would not take hours to make. I am sure it is incredibly tasty, too! x Mel
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@Mel we love it in this house as it’s so quick, thanks for your lovely comment!
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Oooh this looks delicious, and really healthy too!
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I would have never thought about putting prawns with Feta!!! x
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They go really well together, try it x
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Yum yum yum. Very tempting. I have one question for you, my lovely, can you cook all these lovely dishes from “Tasty Tuesdays” or is your dad the main cook for the posts? Ha ha ha 😉 I feel like a really bad cook when see all these gorgeous meals!
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@Mirka oh don’t feel bad at all, a lot of the food posts are shoots we do at the family’s 4 restaurants, this post was cooked by Peter and I though as are quite a few. Dad is am amazing chef and brilliant baker too, we are lucky to eat all the food after the shoots!
I’m crazy about prawns and love my pasta too so this will be a big hit in my books, have pinned it so I remember to come back to it and cook it 🙂
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@Sophie ooh fab, so glad you like it x
Arrr I’m a day late, how did that happen? I’m here now and this pasta looks delicious!! All linked up xx
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@Kirsty oh don’t you worry lovely, linky is open all week! Thanks for linking up x
This looks amazing! I will have to try this as my husband and I love our prawns 🙂 x
Thanks Michelle, you must!
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Yum! And absolutely gorgeous photos as always. It would never occur to me to put feta in warm pasta so will definitely give this a whirl. And the chilli gives it that extra pull for me 😉
Uju @Babesabouttown recently posted…Momo at Polka Theatre (Family Friendly Review)
Thanks Uju, same here, would have chilli on cereal if I could 😉
Honest Mum recently posted… Family Favourite-Pasta with Prawns and Feta
Love this recipe, especially the prawn/feta combo. It looks so yummy and healthy at the same time. Especially love that you added chilli 😉 All linked up now as well. xx
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Thanks darling Sharmin and for the fab review of the Olive Tree, thanks for linking up too x
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I haven’t tried the feta and prawn combination before but I have heard of it and it sounds delicious.
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Hi Corina, it works really well!
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Hi, I’ve linked up for the very first time with your fab linky! I found it last week through My Golden Pear 🙂
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@Elizabeth oh that’s wonderful, thanks so much!
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I like prawn flavoured things but have a problem with the texture of prawns. Maybe this would be a good recipe to try and wean myself onto them as there are so many textures I might not notice! It does look delicious!
Ooh yes definitely try it. I didn’t realise so many disliked prawns until I started this linky (might have converted a few) x
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Gorgeous pasta recipe, prawns and feta sounds delicious.
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Looks gorgeous and so easy
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@Alison thanks, it is super easy-in fact we also had it for dinner last night!
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OMG YUM! Simple and delicious 😉 This lovely sunshine is making me want to cook mediterranean food even more! x
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Sunshine inspires me in the kitchen too-it is raining in Leeds today but cannot wait for anticipated heat-wave summer!
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That looks really tasty and healthy.
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Thanks Hellie, it is super healthy and tasty too!
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Gosh that looks amazing. Adding it to my “must make” list. Yum x
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Thanks Lauren, you will love it!
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This looks delicious and super easy to do. I like easy. Your food pictures are always mouth watering. Thanks for hosting another fab week of tasty tuesday. I love your recipes. I am no chef but I try to be creative for the kids.
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Hi Jenny, thanks so much for linking up, I love your posts too. So glad you are enjoying the linky, think you (and the kids) will love this recipe!
Honest Mum recently posted… Family Favourite-Pasta with Prawns and Feta
This looks lovely!! Love prawns & feta!
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Thanks, prawns and feta make the perfect marriage huh!
This looks so quick and simple. Am really loving the this link – must get involved! Now, to find that extra time to write my recipes – I’m terrible at measuring ingredients – we just make it up as we go! Great work x
Thanks so much, please do come join in and recipes you make up as you go along are good to me (how my us Greek mostly cook) x
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Ooh! Love that closeup! If only these posts came with a surprise tuesday lunch delivery to a faithful linker 😉
@Steph haha, can you imagine?! Thanks for always linking up lovely lady!
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Must do some more cooking so I can join in with this!
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Thanks Charly, would LOVE that!
Honest Mum recently posted… Family Favourite-Pasta with Prawns and Feta
This looks tasty and healthy to boot, and love the chilli. You’re almost converting me to prawns. And your photos, as ever are gorgeous.
Thanks so much Sarah, wow a prawn converter, now that would be quite something 😉 Thanks for linking up lovely lady!
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