I have been holding on to this recipe for a while meaning to post about it as it was absolutely delicious but haven't had a chance until now.

About 2 months ago or so the store was having a buy one get one free sale on fresh Dungeness crab. I couldn't pass that up!

So I went in search of a recipe to do something with it. I was thinking pasta, hubs was thinking creamy pasta. I didn't want it to be too unhealthy though so I searched and searched until I found something that met both of our needs and I'm glad I did as it turned out really well.

I found this recipe here and modified it a bit for my needs. I didn't take a picture for some reason, and the ones on this link do not do it justice - it tastes so much better than they look.

The first thing I had to do was get all the crab meat out of the shell. I didn't think about this too much in advance and I realized I don't own crab leg crackers or even nut crackers. So I had to get out my needle nose pliers, clean them and then use them - but they got the job done :)

Here's the list of ingredients for the dish:

1/4 cup chopped onion
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp butter
1 tsp olive oil
1-1/2 cup chicken broth
1 tsp basil
2 TB parsley
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
1/4 cup sour cream
2 TB corn starch

Cook the onions & garlic in butter & oil.

Add broth, herbs & spices & cook 5 min. Then thicken with cornstarch & 3 TB water.

Cook pasta, toss with sour cream.

Add crab to seafood sauce & heat through - 5 min.

Then add the crab sauce to the pasta & toss.

Top with parmesan and black pepper.

This is a light, low calorie 'creamy' pasta with tons of flavor.

Enjoy!