Spaghetti with Clam Sauce For One (Family Size Recipe Included)

Hi all, Happy Thursday! It's warming up around here, and I for one am loving it. Warmer weather for me means bright colors in nature and food, outdoor dinners, and it means I ditch my jeans for a dress. We're not totally there yet, but spring and summer mean refreshing flavors in food, and I've got the perfect in between dish for this time of year. The zesty lime and bright tomatoes make this a great welcoming spring dish, while the thick sauce and clams bring the flavors of winter together in one awesome bowl!





Thursdays usually mean I'm on my own for dinner, so this is a weekly favorite of mine. Especially since I can get chopped clams and diced tomatoes so cheap, I have no excuse to not whip this up! Let's get started!

The piggy is my pepper grinder :)

This is all you'll need! First things first, boil a pot of water for your spaghetti. Cooking your spaghetti is the perfect amount of time to simmer your sauce, so multitasking on this one is definitely a plus.

First sautee your garlic in olive oil. Make sure that you very lightly simmer it enough to make it fragrant, but not enough to brown it. You don't want burnt garlic in your sauce! Once it's fragrant, add in your flour, clam juice, lemon juice, and pepper. Whisk it well so that you don't get clumps of flour! Once you have your sauce going, throw your pasta into the water and let your sauce simmer away, making sure you stir it around every minute or so to prevent forming a skin ontop

Once your pasta is almost done, add in your clams and tomatoes to the sauce and stir to combine. Keep it on the heat to make sure your clams get nice and hot while you drain your pasta. Spoon your sauce over a bowl of spaghetti and Enjoy!

Ingredients:

Spaghetti
1 can chopped clams; juiced reserved
1 clove garlic, minced
2 T olive oil
1 T flour
1-2 T lemon juice
1/2 can diced tomatoes drained and rinsed
Salt + Pepper

1.) Boil water for spaghetti
2.) Sautee garlic, oil, and salt until fragrant, do not brown!
3.) Add flour, clam juice, lemon juice, and pepper; whisk well so flour does not clump. Cook spaghetti and        simmer sauce on low
4.) When pasta is almost cooked, add clams and tomatoes to sauce. Stir to combine and continue simmering       to heat through. Spoon sauce over bowl of spaghetti, Enjoy!


Family Size Recipe:

1 lb spaghetti
2 T olive Oil
6 cloves garlic, minced
3 T flour
3 T lemon juice
6 cans chopped clams, juice reserved
2 cans diced tomatoes, drained and rinsed
Salt + Pepper