Pasta salad with shrimp

Ingredients
  1/2 kg pasta
  2 tablespoons olive oil
  1/2 kg peeled and deveined medium shrimp
  2 garlic cloves, minced
  1 1/4 cups plain low-fat yogurt
  1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  1/2 cup loosely packed fresh mint, coarsely chopped
  1/3 cup olives, pitted and coarsely chopped
  Coarse salt and ground pepper

Method
1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions; drain.
2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add half the shrimp; season with salt and pepper. 
3. Cook until just opaque throughout, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl. Repeat with remaining shrimp.
4. Add garlic and 2 tablespoons water to skillet, and cook until garlic is tender, scraping up any bits from bottom of pan, about 2 minutes. Transfer to bowl with shrimp.
4. Add pasta, yogurt, lemon juice, mint, and olives; season with salt and pepper. Toss to combine.

Tip: If the pasta salad seems a bit dry, stir in a little more yogurt just before serving.

Prep Time 20 minutes
Serves 6 

Pasta Salad with Shrimps

In this salad, the hot pasta will wane the spinach and soften the squash. Firm tofu, cut into cubes and cooked in a nonstick pan, can be used in place of shrimp.

Ingredients
  Mixed salt and ground pepper
  200g short pasta, such as fusilli
  1 medium yellow squash, thinly sliced crosswise
  1/3 cup roughly chopped pitted olives
  4 lightly packed cups baby spinach 
  1 teaspoon grated lemon zest, plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  400g large shrimp, peeled and deveined

Method
1. In a large pot of boiling salted water, cook pasta according to package instructions. 
2. Drain pasta, transfer to a large bowl, and toss with squash, olives, spinach, lemon zest and juice, and 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon of the oil. 
3. Season with salt and pepper
4. In a large skillet, heat remaining 2 teaspoons oil over medium-high. 
5. Add shrimp and cook, stirring occasionally, until opaque throughout, about 3 minutes. 
6. Season with salt and pepper. 
7. Top pasta with shrimp.