Pasta with Langostinos

This week has been a rather uninspired week, food-wise.  It happens to the best of us.  But I wanted to make something a little nicer for Valentine's Day and I had a bag of frozen cooked langostinos from TJ's that I've wanted to make for a couple of weeks.  Perfect!

Ingredients:

• 2 tbsp. soy-free Earth Balance (or real butter)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 onion, sliced
• 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 6-8 oz cremini mushrooms, sliced
• 12 oz frozen langostinos, thawed
• Salt & pepper
• Any long pasta (I used whole wheat spaghetti), prepared according to package directions

To make:

• Melt butter and olive oil in a large skillet
• Saute onion until soft
• Add minced garlic and saute until fragrant
• Add mushrooms and saute
• Add langostinos - since they're pre-cooked, take care not to do any more than simply heat them through, otherwise they'll end up rubbery
• Salt & pepper to taste
• Serve over pasta

I'm sure it would be fabulous with a bit of freshly shaved parmesan cheese on top.  You could also replace the langostinos with shrimp.

Too bad for me the baby wanted to nurse as I finished making dinner and John had a rough time getting Samantha to sleep (falling asleep himself in the process), so I didn't get to eat this right away.  I ended up heating up the leftovers for lunch on Wednesday and I have to say, it was still pretty good.  John will have to weigh in on the fresh dish.