This is probably one of the best meals I've ever had, and I just had to share it! I never realised just how filling high protein meals were... I had to split this meal and consume it in 2 goes!

I used high protein pasta that has carbs reduced ("Vetta SMART® Protein Spaghetti" from a local supermarket here in Australia) and paired that with prawns that I marinated overnight.

I'm not sure how much would make one serving as I cooked this meal for 3 people, but this is the recipe I used...

📝 ⬇️ recipe ⬇️ 📝

whatever pasta you want!
- I used 2 packs of 375g "Vetta SMART® Protein Spaghetti"

GARLIC PRAWN MARINADE:
- 1kg of Aussie banana prawns 🍤 🦐
- 6tbsp extra virgin olive oil 🫒
- a whole head of garlic 🧄 (minced in nutri blender)
- ½tsp of Himalayan salt 🧂 (the fine one, not rock salt)
- ½tsp of black pepper 🖤🧂

(GARLIC) BUTTER SAUCE:
- 🧈 50g unsalted butter (you can halve the amount of butter to reduce the calories. I made a large meal for many people so that's why I used this much butter!)
- 🍋 2tbsp of FRESHLY SQUEEZED lemon juice from an actual lemon (NOT the store bought lemon juice. I mean you can use that if you want but lemons are like $1.5 at most and it's so much better to use a real lemon 🍋)
- 2tsbp finely chopped parsley 🌿


📝 ⬇️ INSTRUCTIONS ⬇️ 📝

1. Mix the "garlic prawn marinade" ingredients together in a bowl or a bag (whatever is most convenient for you) and marinate it overnight in the fridge

2. When you're ready to cook, boil water in a pot and add the pasta of your choice to cook while you're cooking the garlic prawns!

‼️tip!!! 👉Try to time it so that the pasta is done and served in a bowl right when the prawns are done cooking so that you don't need to reheat anything! (My pasta took 12 mins to cook)

3. In a large pan add 1tbsp of olive oil 🫒 on medium heat. Once hot, chuck the marinade mixture into the pan...

however... If you prefer seared prawns (I don't) then cook it on high heat in batches. BUT be careful, if you use high heat it can (and probably will) burn the minced garlic used in the marinade. So if you want seared prawns, then I don't recommend adding the minced garlic into the marinade; instead add it into the pan with the ingredients in the step below👇

3. Add the butter, lemon juice and parsley and let it simmer for a few mins (add the minced garlic in this step if you're going for seared prawns) until the prawns are cooked! (Curled in a "C" shape = cooked 🍤)

4. Put the cooked pasta in a bowl and scoop the prawns + the garlic butter sauce into the bowl and serve! 🍝


I love pasta so much and I'm so glad that I found some that has carbs reduced, as well as being high in protein (24g per serve)!

If you're trying to reduce carbs, increase protein intake and REALLY don't wanna give up pasta like I don't, then I highly recommend getting protein pasta like this! I'm not sure if this pasta is sold in other countries but I'm sure there's an equivalent in local supermarkets wherever you're from! 🇦🇺💕

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