Linguini and Clam Sauce!!!

A family all-time favorite! Not going to lie; I will make just the sauce and skip the pasta… so so so tasty!

Ingredients

• 3 Tbsp. Olive oil
• 8 cans of clams (half minced and half chopped)
• Half bulb garlic
• 3/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 1 Lemon
• Fresh ground pepper
• Jar of clam juice (optional – I prefer it)
• Cayenne pepper (optional)
• Healthy Pasta or rice of choice – my suggestion is quinoa pasta!

Directions

• Slice garlic
• start pasta water
• Sauté garlic on light heat in olive oil- you want soft & white (no brown)
• open clams
• when garlic is soft: drain the clam JUICE Into the pot (not the clam) (include extra clam juice)
• pepper to taste
• throw in finely chopped parsley
• cayenne to taste (optional)
• while draining pasta throw clams into pan (only need to heat up)
• squeeze lemon in (avoid pulp and seeds)