Spaghetti With Lemon Butter

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 12 ounces spaghetti
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 2 teaspoons lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 cook pasta in plenty of boiling salted water until al dente, abut 10 minutes. drain.
• 2 meanwhile, melt butter in a skillet, over low heat, stirring until creamy.
• 3 stir in lemon zest and juice.
• 4 toss lemon sauce with hot pasta and serve.
• 5 variation 1: add 1 6.5 ounce can tuna and 2 t chopped parsley. heat for 1 minute before tossing with the pasta.
• 6 variation 2: add 1 cup frozen peas to the butter. heat until peas are tender, about 3 minutes.
• 7 variation 3: shred 6 ounces zucchini and add to the butter. heat, stirring until crisp tender, about 3 minutes.