This easy pasta recipe for Shrimp Primavera uses our low sodium Sweet Basil Sauce recipe
- 8 oz angel hair pasta (whole wheat is best)
- 10 oz medium or large shrimp, peeled and de-veined
- 3 cups Sweet Basil Tomato Sauce (see recipe)
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 8 oz mushrooms, sliced in half
- 1 large green bell pepper, cut into large chunks
- Cook the pasta according to package directions, leaving out the salt.
- In a large pot, bring the sweet basil tomato sauce and the onions to a boil. Simmer for 2 minutes. Add the shrimp, mushrooms, and bell pepper and cook for 3 minutes, until the shrimp become opaque.
- Serve over pasta.
According to our estimates, one serving from this recipe will contain 132 mg of sodium.
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. 132 mg of sodium per serving implies that this recipe provides:
– 6% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
– 9% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 13% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)
