- prep: 20 min
- cook: 55 min
- total: 1 hr 15 min
Summary
Everyone’s favorite shrimp scampi with a low-carb, healthier alternative to pasta using spaghetti squash! It’s still amazingly buttery and garlicky with half the calories!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 shallot, minced
- 3 cups baby spinach
- 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves, chiffonade
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan
- 1 (2-3 pounds) spaghetti squash
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 982 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 31 g 47.05%
- Saturated Fat: 9 g 45.24%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 196 mg 65.34%
- Sodium: 24185 mg 1007.72%
- Calcium: 748 mg 74.85%
- Potassium: 1603 mg 45.79%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 13 mg 72.39%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 161 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 38 g 152.99%
- Sugar: 8 g
- Protein: 44 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 3 g
- Vitamin A 70.91%
- Vitamin C 18.59%
- Vitamin D 0.84%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat4
- Exchange - Fruit1
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch9
- Exchange - Vegetables2
- Exchange - Lean Meat3
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total5 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total4 oz-eq