I just made me some nice pasta something or other

[Rabrrrrrr]

I had some mussels (oh, man, I love mussels...) so I minced up a shallot and four cloves of garlic, sauteed it in butter and olive oil, added the mussels, added some shrimp, and sprinkled in a BIG pinch of saffron threads, some thyme and basil, and a cup or so of Riesling. In another pan, I sauteed some snow peas, asparagus, julienned red pepper, and cubed zucchini so they were nice and crisp. For pasta, I had some kind of national brand tortellini with proscuitto and cheese.

When the mussels were done, I tossed in the pasta for a bit, then took everything out but the liquid and reduced it down. When reduced, I put the pasta on a plate, put the mussels and shrimp on, and put the veggies off to the side a little bit and poured the reduction over the pasta, the ground pepper over it all.

WOO HOO!!

Tasty. Served with a room temperature bottle of sparkling lime water.