FROM LAWRENCE, WITH LOVE

These were really good, but if I did it again, I wouldn’t be lazy and I would actually get fresh rosemary instead of dried.  It was like eating little sticks in my shrimp.  🙂 Ingredients 1 pound medium shrimp, deveined, peeled, tail end left on 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced 1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary leaves 1 teaspoon hot red pepper flakes Salt and freshly ground black pepper Lemon juice Preparation To a large skille

Like many people, I’m a big fan of anything wrapped in bacon and these were definitely not an exception.  My sister makes incredible jalapeno poppers that are filled with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon and she has always said that you should cook the bacon in the oven a bit before wrapping the peppers, otherwise, you’ll end up with soggy, undercooked bacon and scorched peppers and cream cheese.  I should have followed her advice on this recipe as well.  I think I ended up

These were really good.  The cumin adds a kind of strange flavor to them, but I used Heinz Chili Sauce to dip my shrimp and that helped.  We had leftovers for lunch the following day and it you just pop them under the broiler for a couple of minutes, they’re crispy again and very yummy. Baked Coconut Shrimp Makes 4 servings – 6 WW Points each Ingredients 2 egg whites 1 1/2 cups panko or breadcrumbs 1/2 teaspoon cumin 3/4 cup flaked coconut 1 clove ga

This was really yummy.  I would recommend using a sweeter sauce like KC Masterpiece (that’s what I used) as opposed to a vinegar-based sauce for this recipe.  KC Masterpiece was just the right consistency.  Be prepared for a little bit of heat, depending on the brand of sauce you use.  For those of us who are not used to eating mass amounts of BBQ sauce at once, this was quite a shock to the palate, but it was a good shock. BBQ Shrimp Pasta Makes 6 servings – 12 WW Point

Ingredients 2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil 1 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp 2 garlic cloves, minced 1/2 cup chopped onion 1 1/2 cups fresh corn kernels 2 cups cherry tomatoes 1/2 cup chopped fresh basil 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper Preparation Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.  Add the shrimp and cook until lightly golden, about 2 minutes on each side

We’re definitely eating different this week.  This is something that I probably wouldn’t have put on the menu pre-Weight Watchers, but it was pretty good.  I actually couldn’t eat the entire sandwich.  I’m a big fan of pineapple, so I definitely finished that, but the sandwich was pretty good for something that we wouldn’t normally eat.  Shrimp Salad Sandwiches 4 servings – 3 WW Points each Ingredients 1/4 cup fresh lime juice 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilan

This is what I will call “lazy” fried rice.  I actually stopped at HyVee and picked up some plain fried rice knowing that I had raw shrimp at home that I could cook and combine with the rice to make a meal when Josh was away for dinner.  Well, Josh ended up being at home and we both enjoyed this meal for dinner last night and lunch today.  Yum! To cook the shrimp, all I did was saute it in a non stick skillet sprayed with Pam.  In the middle of the cooking process, I added lo

I’ve been looking for a mock fettuccini alfredo for quite a while now that would live up to the original.  This one certainly comes close.  You don’t even miss the cream at all.  We had this for dinner one night and then lunch the next day (I halved the recipe shown below) and it even heated up well.  We’ll definitely be having this again sometime. Creamy Shrimp & Bacon Fettuccini Makes 8 servings – 300 calories each Ingredients 1  pound  uncooked fettuccine 2  tur

Instinctually, when most people hear “fried” in the name of a dish, they think it’ll be unhealthy and horribly bad for you.  Normally, we also think of Americanized Chinese food as unhealthy as well.  This “fried” is a little bit different.  The Jasmine rice is incredible, the soy sauce is not overwhelming.  I’ve never cooked with (or even consciously seen) fish sauce, so I was ready to see what this stuff was all about. Really, it’s not as intimidating as one would think.  I

Here’s another Hungry Girl recipe.  This time, it’s for popcorn shrimp and it’s certainly comparable to the popcorn shrimp that you would buy frozen at the grocery store.  We paired this with the butternut squash fries that I posted yesterday and it was a pretty fulfilling meal.  Josh told me that he isn’t a huge fan of using only the Fiber One as the breading for things because it tastes a little too sweet to be on savory foods, so this time, I added in some Melba crumbs, Ra