If you like shrimp – if you like Cajun – if you like creamy pasta dishes – THIS is the recipe for you! I was playing around in the kitchen and combined 3 different recipes along with my own twist to create this dish! Thanks to inspiration from Jean Reed’s delicious Alfredo sauce recipe, I have been having a blast with changing it up to use in other recipes.
My Cajun Shrimp Fettuccine Alfredo was AH-MAZING. So much flavor and It was hard to stop after just one serving (but I did). Basili did have a second plate and told me to add it to the list – so here I am, blogging away so I can share it with all of you!
I will say, if you make this one, allow yourself a little extra time to prep the sauce and the Cajun seasoning blend. A couple extra steps, but I PROMISE, it is worth it! Also, you may want to add some more milk to the sauce (add 1T at a time so it doesn’t thin out TOO much) if it is thick.
I hope you enjoy this recipe – it is 21 Day Fix approved and on the list here at the Dimitrelias house too!. 🙂
- 8 oz Fettuccine (I used Angel Hair quinoa pasta and measured out my serving separately when plating)
- 1 T coconut oil
- 1 pound fresh shrimp, peeled & de-veined
- 1 T Cajun Seasoning Blend
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup chicken or vegetable broth
- 1 1/2 cups low fat cottage cheese
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, shredded
- 2 tsp Cajun Seasoning Blend
- 4 T almond milk
- 1 cup baby spinach leaves (optional)
- Boil your pasta noodles.
- In a separate small sauce pan, ON LOW HEAT, add cottage cheese, parmesan, 2 tsp Cajun Seasoning Blend and 4 T almond milk. Mix well. Right after cheese melts, blend the ingredients until smooth with an Immersion blender (stick blender), in your regular blender or a food processor. Add 1 T at a time of almond milk to thin the sauce.
- In a 12" skillet, melt coconut oil over medium high heat and toss the shrimp with 1 T Cajun Seasoning Blend. Cook 2-3 minutes per side. Remove from skillet and set aside.
- Add garlic to the pan and sauté about 30 seconds. Then add chicken/veggie broth and the Alfredo sauce.
- Toss in pasta with the Alfredo sauce. Stir in spinach leaves and cook until wilted.
- Add in shrimp and serve!
- If the dish is too thick, add 1T at a time of almond milk to thin it out.
- 1.5 red, 1/2 blue, 1 spoon, 1 yellow*
- *I measured out my pasta separately in my yellow container, 8 oz of pasta will make a lot more than 4 servings (4 cups cooked, or so), but B will usually have more than 1/2 cup at dinner and I like having leftovers for his lunch the next day. I will play with the ratio next time of cooked vs uncooked to see how the rest of the recipe meshes together - this worked for me!
This looks really delicious! However, I’m allergic to all tree nuts, so the almond milk is a no go for me! Any ideas on what to use for a substitute? Thanks!
This was amazing! Husband asked why I didn’t make more! He had no clue it was fix approved! I absolutely love your recipes! Thank you!
This was amazing! My fiance used to work at a very well known Italian restaurant in the city we live in and he said it was just as good as the cream based pastas he used to eat there : )
This looks delicious!! Unfortunately I’m allergic to all tree nuts, what would you suggest to use as a substitute for the almond milk? Thanks
You would probably be able to use regular milk with this – do you typically drink regular cow’s milk?
Do you measure your pasta after cooking?
Hi Paula – Yes! I measure out my portion after everything is cooked. 🙂 Enjoy!
WOW! I just made this, and it was absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing! What a perfect meal for such a chilly night!
Thank you Christine!! I am so happy you loved it! Thank you for taking the time to leave such sweet feedback! 🙂
Angela
If you use vegetable broth does it change the red container amount? Or does it still count as a red?
Hi Melinda – Broth is counted as a free food – so either vegetable or chicken broth is fine and both are free. 🙂
Hi, this was good but seemed very salty, like too much Cajun? Is it suppose to be a special 21 day fix seasoning blend? i must have missed that part. Do you have the recipe for that?
Hi Jacki! My suggestion would be to adjust the seasoning to your liking! I just link my Cajun Seasoning blend recipe to the blog post (I am not sure why I didn’t have it linked before!!) but I made my own mix so I could control the salt! It is linked now 🙂 xoxo
This looks delish! When you measured your pasta separately, how did you measure how much sauce to put on?? I’m on the 21 Day Fix too!
HI Brooke! I measured out about 1 cup, I believe and that counted as 1 red and a blue. 🙂 YAY 21 Day Fixers are AWESOME! I hope you are LOVING the program!!! 🙂
When you measured the 1 cup of sauce, was that with the shrimp in the sauce or did you measure the shrimp separately? I can’t wait to make this!
Hi Lynne! I measured the shrimp separately! 🙂
Have to admit I was skeptical of the the cottage cheese, but it turned out GREAT, and better than I could’ve imagined! I also added zucchini to the shrimp (to add a green container to the meal) while it was cooking and it took on the Cajun flavor nicely. Thank you for sharing!!
I was skeptical at first too! haha I am so happy you liked it!
Wow!! This was so amazing!! My husband is a picky eater and LOVED it! He liked it so much I he asked to have it again only 2 days later. That time I made it with chicken and it was equally delicious. This will be in my regular meal rotation.
OHHH May be adding THAT to my meal plan this week – I bet it’s awesome with chicken! Thanks for taking the time to let me know! 🙂 So happy you both enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for sharing this recipe. I made it on Saturday night and it was a huge hit, it’s a pretty meal to put together on a plate too! Can’t wait to try more of your recipe’s!
I’m so happy you enjoyed it! 🙂
I was thinking of eating this over Spaghetti Squash or zucchini noodles so would I just omit my yellow container and measure either of them in a green?
Yes! 🙂 Sounds delicious!
I LOVE this recipe. And my husband asks for it all the time! I’ve served it with zoodles and used different meats. I used very little salt and still very delicious! Thank you!
So happy you love it! 🙂
Thanks for the recipe, always looking for new 21 day fix approved. Next time I will definitely reduce coconut oil or switch to EVOO, the strong flavor was a bit off putting.
This was amazing! I love your recipes!
Thank you! 🙂
How can I lower the red container to just 1 instead 1.5?
Add less shrimp! 🙂
This was so good! Thank you so much for posting this. Definitely making this all the time. 😀👍🏻
I am so happy you loved it! 🙂
So good. My husband loves it and complimented several times. He even ate WW pasta for the first time ever! Definitely one of my favorite fix recipes!
That is AWESOME!! 🙂 Such a huge win when your spouse loves dinner!
Looks and sounds amazing! I keep trying to get myself going but always end up slipping and going back to bad habits (cake at the birthday parties, cookies at work, etc). Living in a house with your parents and brothers doesn’t make it any easier let me tell ya! I am going to have to add this to the dinner menu!
Holly! I hear ya! I hope you enjoyed this one – did you try it yet?
If you add the spinach leaves in, do you count that as a green container?
Thanks for the love, beautiful momma! Looks DELICIOUS!
Do you remove the oil after cooking shrimp before you add the garlic
Nope! Leave it in there for extra flavor! 🙂
Love this recipe. we have had it several times. My husband who is a picky eater even loved it! Thanks for the recipe
You’re so very welcome!
I usually love spicy foods but this was a little too spicy for me! May lay off the Cajun spice a bit next time but overall so good!