Shrimps & Roasted Cauliflower

Happy Thursday! Is everyone ready for Mother's Day weekend? I just want a nice quiet day with no responsibilities. I made sure I took care of my grandma's needs last night and this is what I came up with before I headed out.

Thursday's Treat...Shrimps & Roasted Cauliflower
Ingredients:
-shrimps
-cauliflower
-fav herbs or seasoning
-sweet peppers
-cucumbers
-olive oil
-salt

Cut your Cauliflower to nice bite sizes in a bowl add 1/4 cup of olive oil, 3 tbsps of your fav herbs or seasoning and a pinch of salt add your add your sweet peppers cubed at this time as well. The amount depends on your preference, mix well coat all your pieces, place them on baking sheet and set aside. I use my toaster oven and turn to bake @425 for 25 minutes.

I always make sure I have a bag of large or medium shrimps already cooked and deveined in my freezer at all times. It comes in handy for any type of meal you want to make in a jam. I pick them up at BJ's when on sale.
This time around I had the medium ones and used 3 handfuls and seasoned with Adobo and Lemon Pepper boiled them for about 10 minutes till nice and pink. I start this when my Cauliflower has 10 minutes left as well so both done at same time.

When done I served with some cucumbers on the side and some Balsamic Vinaigrette. Tasty, quick & easy healthy delish! Was off to grandma duties in no time. Enjoy.

Always stress free xo

Mari

Shrimps w/ Mixed Veggies & Roasted Cauliflower

Happy Thursday!

This has to be one of those meals that you put together when you are debating Take Out or staying on track with your health needs and budget.

I chose the later...Thursday's Treat...Shrimps w/Mixed Veggies & Roasted Cauliflower!

Ingredients: 

-shrimps

-cauliflower

-mixed veggies (can or bag)

-lemon juice

-olive oil

-garlic powder (or knots minced)

-black pepper

-parm cheese

1tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp black pepper, 1 tbsp of garlic power (more if you like stronger garlic taste), 2tbsps of parm cheese ( I used Italian flavor), 2tbsps olive oil mix in a bowl and add chopped cauliflower till fully coated. Set aside and turn toaster oven on to bake at 425 degrees.

Spray your baking pan and lay out your florets and bake for 25 minutes. I turned them once midway just to be safe.

3 cups large shrimps (cleaned obviously :), 3 cups frozen mixed veggies. I thawed these out in around 5 minutes by running cold water on them in a bowl. 

1tbsp garlic powder, lite sprinkle of black pepper, sprinkle of parm cheese coated thoroughly and added to medium pot with a little bit of water to cook for about 10 minutes. Adjust your cooking time to desired tenderness.

Done!!!

Healthy, quick & easy, fun & tasty. Clean up was no hassle and was able to sit down and enjoy some on demand shows. Have a great day enjoy!

Always stress free xo

Mari

Everything Roasted Shrimps w/ Candied Carrots

Happy Thursday to all my lovelies a bit humid around my way but as long as I wear my hair up in a nice tight bun we good to go. Yesterday was humid as well but I got in a nice walk around the park. My grandma duties have me a bit unsettled so walking and exercising helps, I'll share my latest struggles soon. Before I headed out I made something quick and lite for me and lil mama. I had some carrots I picked up on Sunday I didn't want to go to waste.

Thursday's Treat...Roasted Shrimps w/ Roasted Candied Carrots!

Ingredients:
-shrimps
-carrots
-honey
-olive oil
-lemon pepper

Since I was so involved in wanting to use my carrots I didn't really think ahead of what I would make with it luckily I always have a bag of ready to go Shrimps so I grabbed 2 handfuls of the large shrimps that were frozen and placed them in a bowl with cold water for 10 minutes while I washed and cut up my carrots. I had 5 and cut them in 1/2 then into 2 inch pieces.

In a separate bowl I mixed 2 tbsps olive oil, 4 tbsps of honey and 1 tbsp of lemon pepper all with my carrots till they were coated thoroughly. Trick I like is to use Olive oil first so other ingredients just slide off. Once my shrimps were semi defrosted I changed the cold water again and removed the tails. I usually buy the bag with no tail all clean ready to go but this large bag was on sale so I compromised. Once the tails were removed I drained the water, rinsed again and added 1 tbsp of olive oil and 1 tbsp of lemon pepper.

Turned toaster oven on bake at 450, sprayed baking sheet with Pam and laid the carrot pieces out first let them cook for 20 minutes and the remaining 10 I moved the carrots to the side and added the shrimps. I drizzled some of the remaining sauce from the carrots on the Shrimp just not to be wasteful lol. Delish!

Served mine with some Spinach and a glass of water, lil mama had hers with a mixed Spring salad. Quick and easy clean up and out the door for my walk I went. Enjoy.

Always stress free xo.

Baked Eggplant W/ Cheese and Shrimp

Happy Thursday! I thought I had shared this with you last week my bad. My days are all starting to blend. I wrote this last Tuesday, hope you enjoy :)

Hey loves, so my lil mama will be officially going away for the first time on her very own vacation. No parents all her doing and planning. She is headed to Montreal for a few days. So as a bonding meal to chat and share I decided to make this dish. I am continuing to enjoy this summer as best I can as well so after my meal prep I'll be off on a nice walk. I got home at 5 tonight so was able to invest more time in the kitchen which this meal actually needed. It's about an hour start to finish but I think worth it. If someone has easier way to handle the Eggplant please let me know I prefer 30 minutes or less.
Ok here we go....

Thursday's treat Eggplant w/Cheese and Shrimps!
ingredients:
-Eggplant
-shrimps
-pram cheese
-salt
-pepper
-parsley
-olive oil
-onions
-all purpose flour

Use 1 large Eggplant cut into slices pat down with a paper towel to remove moisture. Some people use salt and papers towels routine I think it's way to much effort involved. I pour 1/3 cup of flour in a bowl, turn heat on medium use a large skillet and add 2 tbsp of Olive oil. I dip my slices in the flour on both sides and when oil is ready I place a few pieces at a time till lightly golden each side about 4 minutes each. This is the part I didn't like because it's time consuming. Eggplants tend to soak up the oil and I ended up having to drizzle more oil several times.

While the Eggplant cooked I turned toaster oven on bake @400. In a separate bowl I mixed 1 cup of baby salad shrimps (you can use what you like), 1/4 tsp salt, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/3 cup onions (I prefer red), 1 tbs of Parm cheese. Mixed well and set aside. I sprayed a baking sheet with Pam and removed my Eggplants from skillet.

I placed them on bake sheet, took a spoonful of my Shrimp mix and placed in the center. I baked these for 20 minutes. Once done I set them all on a plate, cut up some Avocados on the side. Can you tell we love these things for real lol.
I served mine with some extra Parm cheese and sprinkled some parsley but you can tweak to your preference.
It wasn't quick but sure was yummy. We chatted, laughed and caught up on our PLL finale lol.
Enjoy!

Always stress free xo.