A Tasty Recipe That Can Benefit Your Eye Health

Looking for a great recipe to try that is both delicious and can help your eye health? Try this tasty yet simple linguini with mussels dish.

Mussels contain vitamin A which nourishes your eyes, skin and immune system, and aids in the production of new red blood cells. Each 1-cup serving of mussels contains 10 per cent of the recommended daily intake for women and 8 per cent for men.

Ingredients

• 
  2 teaspoons olive oil 
• 1/2 cup chopped fennel bulb
• 1/2 cup finely chopped onion 
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 cup diced tomato 
• 1 cup dry vermouth
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper
• 28 fresh mussels, scrubbed and debearded 
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 2 cups hot cooked linguine (about 4 ounces uncooked pasta)
  

• Preparation

  1. Heat the olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add fennel, onion, and garlic; saute 5 minutes. Add tomato and next 6 ingredients (tomato through pepper); bring to a boil. Add mussels; cover and cook 3 minutes or until shells open.
  2. Remove the skillet from heat, and discard any unopened shells. Let mussels cool. Reserve 10 shells with meat intact. Remove the meat from remaining shells, and add meat to tomato mixture; discard shells.
  3. Combine water and cornstarch; add to tomato mixture. Bring to a boil over medium heat, and cook 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Spoon 1 cup pasta onto individual serving plates; top each with 1 cup sauce, and 5 mussels in shells.
  Enjoy!!
  
  
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  Recipe Source: http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/linguine-with-mussels-10000000521467/