Lime Marinated Shrimp

Summer time to me means grillin and chillin! When of course its not 100 degrees and humid out…One of our favorite things to grill is shrimp, it’s so fresh and light on hot summer days. There are so many great recipes for grilled shrimp it was hard to decide which one to make. Since I was going to make grilled veggies I wanted something light to go along. I walked into the kitchen and the limes were singing to me. You know that Lime song they sing. So Lime Marinated Shrimp it was. While listening to my limes sing, my hubby brought me a cold beer. This summer my hubby and I have been experimenting with summer brews and have found some great ones. My new favorite and a great pairing with this Shrimp is Summer Shandy!! 
 Its like Lemonade Beer so good!! 

Lime Marinated Shrimp 

Grilled Shrimp 

Serves 2

Items need :

Tuperware with cover

Metal Skewers

Grill or Grill pan

• 20 uncooked shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 2 limes, also use for zesting zest
• salt
• pepper
• cayenne
• olive oil

• Zest lime or limes... really depends on how much you want , I zested one lime and that was great for us. 
• Place shrimp in a Tupperware with salt, pepper, dash of cayenne, and the juice of 1 1/2 limes, lime zest and then sprinkle with olive oil. Seal with cover and give a good shake or two. Refrigerate for 30 minutes removing them from the fridge about 15 minutes before you want to grill them.
•  Heat grill or grill pan over medium high flame/heat, set the shrimp on a paper towel lined plate to absorb some of the excess marinade, a little tip I learned from the O Magazine. 
• Skewer shrimp.. 5 per skewer ..
• Grill Shrimp for 2-3 minutes on each side until pink in color and slightly curled. 
• Serve with lime wedges and some yummy beer.

Eat and Enjoy!

Shrimp Stuffed Potatoes

I was once again trying to figure out what to make for dinner, when I did an inventory of what we had. Hmmmmm besides some leftovers that were going to be lunch for work the next day, I had frozen shrimp and two potatoes. So I hit goggle with a shrimp and potatoes search and the first to pop up was the queen of butter Paula Deans recipe for Shrimp Stuffed Potatoes.Now the irony in this is that my hubby finds her quite annoying… her voice really and the laugh... Whenever he comes home and she is one bam channel change, I like some of her recipes but he does have a point who can be that jolly all the time. I was skeptical of the recipe I'll admit it, but than thought why not we eat shrimp and we eat potatoes all the time so why not together. I have to say it was sooooo good, and we were so glad we tried it. It was creamy and delicious and quite a comforting meal.  This would also be great served as a surf and turf, you’ll also have your “side" with the potato. 

Shrimp Stuffed Potatoes 

Items Needed :

Baking sheet

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

• 2 large  potatoes, washed and dried
  
• Vegetable oil, for coating
  
• 2  tablespoons butter
  
• 3/4  cups grated cheddar cheese, plus more for sprinkling
  
• 3/4  cups grated Monterey Jack
  
• 3/4  cups sour cream
  
• Salt and pepper
  
• 1 pound shrimp, peeled, and chopped

 

• Coat each potato with vegetable oil, place on foil covered pan, and bake for approximately 1 hour.
• Heat saute pan over medium heat, season shrimp with salt and pepper than saute until browned but not cooked all the way thru, set aside 

• Remove the potatoes from the oven and slice in half, gently scoop out the potato and place the potato shells back in the oven to crisp up a bit about 5 mins or so
•  Meanwhile in a bowl place the potato with the butter, sour cream, salt, and pepper. Using a mixer on high, mix the potatoes than fold in the shrimp and both cheeses into the mixture. 

• Gently stuff the mixture back into the potato shells, making sure not to break them. Pile the mixture as high as you can on top of the potato shells. 

• Sprinkle each potato with cheese and bake in the oven for approximately 20 to 30 minutes until browned on top. 

Disclaimer:  Me and the hubby tried these with some BBQ sauce and they were oh so good!!! If you dare try it you wont regret!!

Eat and Enjoy!!!

Shrimp on the Barbie....

The one thing I love about summer most is the grilling... Not only does it get me out of my kitchen but the food is oh so yummy!! We had quite the hot and humid spell in New England at the beginning of the week so there was no way I was slaving over the hot stove or oven. Since we are big fans of grilled shrimp at our house, grilled shrimp was on the menu the other night. I served these with some grilled veggies and Mango salsa. Stayed tuned for those recipes....Talk about a quick and easy meal, and great for leftovers.

Grilled Shrimp

Items needed:

Grill or Grill pan

4 Skewers, metal or wooden*****

Bowl for marinating( I usually use Tupperware with a cover)

• 30 Shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1-2 tbsp olive oil, separated
• 1/4 red onion, chopped finely
• 1 clove garlic,minced
• 3 tbsp honey
• lime juice, from one lime
• 1-2 tsp salt**
• 1-2 tsp pepper**
• 4-5 shakes of hot sauce

• Place shrimp in bowl with the 1 tbsp olive oil, honey,lime juice, salt, onion, garlic, pepper, garlic and stir until well mixed, adding more oil if necessary so that they are nicely coated pop the top on your Tupperware bowl and shake to evenly coat shrimp, then set aside for 30 minutes 
• Meanwhile heat grill to medium high heat
• Skewer shrimp, putting 10 shrimp on each one and put on hot grill, grill on each side for 2 minutes until they turn pink

** Adjust to taste...

*** If using wooden skewers, soak in water for  30 minutes to prevent flare up on the grill.

Eat and Enjoy!!!

  

Shrimp in Tomato Cream Sauce

 
We love Shrimp at our house, but sometimes I feel like we just go for the same old recipes all the time. So this time I decided to just wing it with things we had on hand and see what I came up with. Oh boy was I glad I did, this dish came out so good!! I can always tell when my hubby is happy because I get the ol' high-five from him when he likes a meal. This meal got two high-fives, so it will definitely be going in the meal rotation. Not only was it quick and easy but it was delicious so enjoy!!

Shrimp in Tomato Cream Sauce

Items Needed:

Skillet

• Shrimp**,  peeled and tail off , as many as you want
• 4 oz cream cheese, cut into 8 pieces
• 1/4 c tomato sauce
• Parmesan cheese  
• salt 
• pepper
• olive oil
• reserved pasta water**

• Season shrimp with salt and pepper and drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil 
• Saute shrimp in skillet over medium high heat until pink and just cooked thru
• Remove shrimp from skillet and set aside
• Add 1/4 c of the reserved pasta water and 1/2 the cream cheese to the skillet, stir constantly until the cheese is melted, than add the rest of the cheese, again stirring constantly so it doesn't burn, you can also add some more of the pasta water as needed to thin out the sauce. 
• Add 1 tbsp Parmesan and the shrimp to the sauce stir for 1 minute and remove from heat
• Serve with pasta 

**** I used about 25 extra large frozen shrimp thawed for this recipe, so that I could I have leftovers of course. I served this with pasta so that's where the pasta water comes in, if you do not serve it with pasta than you can use some water or chicken broth. ****

 

Eat and Enjoy!!!