Shrimp with Lemon Sauce

Shrimp with Lemon Sauce


The Shrimp with Lemon Sauce recipe was fantastic.  It could easily be titled Shrimp with Broccoli.  Either way, it was fast and easy.  Kids liked it too, although my son varied the recipe a bit by dipping the shrimp in ketchup and coating the broccoli with shredded cheese (even a 6-year-old knows that shredded cheese is good on pretty much everything.  Note that shredded cheese, unfortunately, does not appear to be part of the Slimmer Mediterranean Diet, although I haven’t gotten far enough into the book to confirm this).

Shrimp with Lemon Sauce (serves 1 – I quadrupled for 4 and had plenty)
(recipe from Slimmer: The New Mediterranean Way to Lose Weight by Harry Papas, recipe used with permission, to buy the book click here)

1 teaspoon olive oil
1 garlic clove, minced
Salt and pepper to taste
4 oz jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 cup broccoli florets, steamed to crisp yet tender (steam for 6-8 minutes before you start the recipe, take off stove immediately and run under cool water to stop the cooking)
1/4 cup vegetable broth or water
Juice of 1 lemon

1. Heat the oil in a nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for a few seconds. Season the shrimp with salt and pepper and add to the skillet.

2. Cook, stirring frequently, until the shrimp is pink, about 2 minutes.  Add the remaining ingredients, stir well to coat, and cook for 1 minute more. Serve immediately.

Remember to increase the recipe if making for more than one!  And serve with a big tossed salad.

Slimmer Loaded Baked Potato

Slimmer Loaded Baked Potato

This loaded baked potato recipe was awesome.  Greek yogurt is practically sour cream – yum! I added a cup of steamed broccoli (swapping for a cup of salad per the Slimmer program FAQs), then followed the rest of the baked potato with scallions (added a bit of bite) and chopped hard-boiled egg, which added protein and texture but I didn’t really taste it.  However, my six-year-old LOVED the egg and ate his and his sister’s portion of egg too.  I have never served the kidlets hardboiled eggs before, and I admit I even had to look up how to cook them – I did not grow up in the Deep South here where deviled eggs are a fave.  The little guy called them “rotten eggs” by mistake and it was so funny that hard-boiled eggs will forever be known as rotten eggs at our house, much to his great dismay.  (Why is it that a six-year-old has no shame running around the pool naked in front of company but is embarrassed when words come out wrong?) Continue reading