Crab Pasta

Oh my gosh i can't believe how long it has been since I posted. It was a busy week with a quick trip to Kamloops for work and two, four legged friends coming for a sleepover. It was a gorgeous weekend in Victoria and today when Chris and I walked the dogs, I actually had on my sandals and a dress! SHOCKING! It was also a great weekend because Nanny came home from Palm Springs! So good to see her, I missed her terribly and tonight, she taught me to make her potato salad, but that's another post.

Anyways last week Chris, and his buddies went out crabbing two days in a row, so day one we had just crab with butter etc... but day two I made pasta and had Mom and Dad down. There kitchen is still in the hallway, so we are trying to have them down lots.

Anyways here is our crab brown butter pasta

Ingredients:
Cooked crab
1/2 C salted butter
Juice of two lemons, plus zest of one
handful of cherry tomatoes
asparagus spears
goat cheese/parmigiana cheese
toasted pine nuts
salt and pepper to taste
your choice of pasta noodles

Directions:

1. Cook Pasta(Chris has a theory, the more water the better, and 8 minutes makes the perfect pasta every time).Toast pine nuts, approx 9 minutes at 350. 
2. Slice cherry tomatoes in quarters and place at bottom of serving dish.
3. Wash and snap bottoms of asparagus off, place in microwave for 3-4 minutes to tenderize slightly, place in cold water to stop cooking process. Cut spears into 3 or 4 depending on what size you like in your pasta, and place on top of tomatoes.
4. Place cooked pasta into serving dish and mix with tomatoes and asparagus. Crumble goat cheese over top and top with pine nuts. 
5. In a saucepan, make some brown butter, pour over pasta and then pour lemon juice over top. Mix well. 
6. Serve with cooked crab over top and enjoy with salt and pepper to taste, plus add parmasean cheese.