One More for the Road...

So I managed to sneak one more dinner on here after all:) 

(ps-Cirque du Soliel "Drallion" was INCREDIBLE tonight!!!  Go see it-or ANY of these shows-if they ever come to a city near you!  You will NOT be disappointed!) 

And I wanted to share this one with you because I was sooooooo excited about making it tonight...as in:  I thought about it starting around...hmmmm...12:21 when I finished my lunch;)

We made 5 spice Shrimp with Pumpkin Peanut Butter HALLOWEEN Noodles based off of this recipe...

While the pasta was cooking, we made a quick sauce by adding:

• 1 15oz. can of pureed pumpkin
• 1/4 cup peanut butter (or to taste)
• 1/3 cup soy sauce (or to taste)
• Salt & Pepper

...to a pan of garlic sauteing in sesame seed oil.  Once the pasta was cooked, we added 2 ladles of the cooking water and stirred until the sauce was thin enough to pour over the pasta.

And Now for what made my noodles HALLOWEEN noodles????  I added some toasted black sesame seeds to the Orange sauce! :)  A dual purpose since I equally love HALLOWEEN AND sesame seeds;) hahahhaha...

The shrimp was coated in 5-Spice powder and sauteed in a skillet with olive oil and garlic for about 7 minutes.  Once the shrimp were cooked, I added them to my noodles and topped the whole thing with chopped scallions:

FESTIVE, RIGHT?????  Annnddddd delicious!  The smooth peanut butter/pumpkin sauce complimented so well with the 'slightly crunchy' spiced shrimp.  And of course, let's again not forget those lovely-and ever so HALLOWEEN appropriate-seeds:)

Alright!  Well, now I'm off to pack and then to BED!  Annddd...speaking of HALLOWEEN, I'm heading off to one of the East Coast's best  HALLOWEEN destinations in the morning:  Salem, MA for some witch trials fun! :) 

Have a great weekend!