What I made for dinner last night

This is my own original recipe that I concocted last night.  My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our dinner.  I know the picture doesn't look incredibly appetizing, but I assure you our meal was scrumptious.  I used store-bought Pesto Rosso, but I have included a recipe to make your own if you enjoy making things from scratch.  I bought all the ingredients, except the pasta, from Aldi!    

   

Pesto Rosso Acini Con Gamberi E Verdure

(In English: sun-dried tomato pesto on acini di pepe pasta with shrimp and vegetables)

Ingredients:
Acini di Pepe (or substitute your favorite pasta), half of the bag
30 medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
Pesto Rosso (recipe to follow; or buy pre-made)
1 medium onion, diced
1 cup portabello mushrooms, chopped
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
4 tablespoons butter (or olive oil)
1-2 garlic cloves
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Bring 5 quarts of water to a boil.  Add Acini di Pepe for 8 minutes, then remove water.  While the pasta is cooking, place in a large frying pan butter, garlic, and lemon juice.  Once butter is melted, add shrimp and cook for about 4 minutes on high heat.  Then add onion, and mushrooms.  Cook for another 5 minutes before adding tomatoes.  Continue to cook until veggies and shrimp are done.  Once complete, turn frying pan heat on low and add Pesto Rosso (see recipe below).  Simmer for 2 minutes.  Plate pasta and place Pesto Rosso atop the pasta.  Add Pesto Rosso as needed for preferred taste.     

Pesto Rosso ingredients:
3 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese

2 cloves of garlic

20 basil leaves

olive oil

3 sun dried tomatoes

2 Tbsp. pine nuts

Put all the ingredients except the oil into the container of a food processor and grind all the ingredients together.  Add the oil in as needed with the processor on high speed. Add pesto to pasta to taste.