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Recently, I came across this recipe on pinterest, and I knew that it would be a perfect, quick week night meal. I paired it with our favorite rice from Trader Joe's, and the two went perfect together. Rick called it one of his favorites! This recipe is another one that is going to be come a repeater on our table! I'm going to post the original recipe here since the only change that I made from the is to use our Garlic Olive Oil from The Crushed Olive instead of regular.
Here's what I did...
Cilantro Lime Shrimp
Ingredients
2 tsp olive oil
2 lb shrimp, shelled and deviened
6 cloves garlic, crushed
1/3 cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 lime
salt and pepper
Directions
Heat a large frying pan on medium-high heat. Add oil to the pan,
when hot add shrimp. Season with salt and pepper. When the shrimp
is cooked on one side, about 2 minutes, turn over and add garlic.
Sauté another minute or two until shrimp is cooked, careful not to
overcook. Remove from heat. Squeeze lime all over shrimp and
toss with cilantro.
Enjoy!
I'm back from the dead! Okay, not really dead, but with work and working out (and I went on a diet last year....down 30 pounds!), I haven't made time to blog. Sadly in my "posts" here there are several started ones from last year that were neglected and never finished. I've decided, though, that I'm going to TRY to do at least one recipe a week.
Another thing that has caught my attention is pinterest! I'm sure that you've heard of it, and once I got the hang of it, I realized what an excellent resource it is for all kinds of things! My favorite thing to do is to search for recipes (Imagine that, right?). Pinterest has totally put in direct contact with other bloggers out there that I would probably never heard of. My first amazing find was a salsa. As you may remember, I'm a huge salsa fan, and while I enjoyed the one I made way back when, it was still missing something. Then I saw a pin for this salsa. I was a little skeptical of one of the ingredients (the honey) and couldn't believe that I didn't think of another (the cumin). This one is even easier because it utilitzes diced canned tomatoes along with Rotel tomatoes (always a favorite of mine). I've made a couple of subtle changes when I've made it for Rick and I or for our neighbors, but it always turns out perfect! I hope that you enjoy!
Super Easy Salsa
Ingredients
1 14 oz can diced tomatoes
1 10 oz can orginal Rotel
1/2 sweet small onion, chopped
1 clove garlic, peeled & smashed
1 jalapeno (sliced)
1 teaspoon honey
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
medium size handful cilantro leaves, washed
juice of 1 lime
Directions:
Put all the ingredients in the base of a food processor or good blender and pulse to combine for 30 seconds or so until all the ingredients are finely chopped and salsa is desired consistency.
Recently, I came across this recipe on pinterest, and I knew that it would be a perfect, quick week night meal. I paired it with our favorite rice from Trader Joe's, and the two went perfect together. Rick called it one of his favorites! This recipe is another one that is going to be come a repeater on our table! I'm going to post the original recipe here since the only change that I made from the is to use our Garlic Olive Oil from The Crushed Olive instead of regular. 
