This Creamy Lemon Garlic Pasta is a delicious date night dinner recipe! This simple spaghetti recipe is one of my favorite pasta dishes of all time!
Light & Easy Garlic Lemon Pasta For Two
Happy October everyone! Can’t believe that we are already in October. Where has all the time gone?
I thought I would share with you all my recipe for Creamy Lemon Garlic Pasta. This pasta dish is my go-to when I am wanting to make something fresh, quick, and a bit elegant for my husband and I. What is great about this recipe is that it can also be easily doubled (or tripled even) if you have a few more tummies to fill. 😉
Lemon Garlic Pasta
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 4–6 servings 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Stove
- Cuisine: Italian
Description
This Lemon Garlic Pasta is a 15-minute dinner elevated enough for a date night, but it’s made with a short and simple list of ingredients!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb spaghetti noodles
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 – 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- 1 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese, freshly grated
- 1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
- salt & pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to a boil. Season the water with salt. Add your spaghetti to the water and cook until al dente acorrding to package instructions.
- In the meantime, heat a large skillet to medium heat.
- Add in olive oil and butter. Once the butter in melted, add garlic, red pepper flakes and lemon zest. Saute the garlic for 2 minutes, stirring the entire time so you don’t burn.
- Once the noodles are cooked. Reserve 1 cup of the cooking liquid. Drain the rest and add the noodles to the pan with the garlic and butter.
- To the pan with noodles add parmesan cheese, lemon juice and reserved cooking liquid. Using a pair of tongs, gently toss the noodles, the cheese will start to melt and the noodles will be coated in the lemon garlic parmesan mixture. Season with salt and pepper, toss the noodles again.
- Garnish with parsley and serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1.5 cups
- Calories: 378
- Sugar: 3 g
- Sodium: 197 mg
- Fat: 12 g
- Saturated Fat: 5 g
- Carbohydrates: 56 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 13 g
- Cholesterol: 23 mg
