Dinner ideas, New Year's, Quick and easy recipes, Seafood

Garlic Lime Shrimp

This Garlic Lime Shrimp is pan seared with some lime butter along with a garlic cilantro sauce. It is such a quick and healthy recipe to make for when you are in a hurry or just craving some shrimp.

For this dish we are serving alongside a fresh avocado, but there are so many ways to enjoy this shrimp.

Think in a tortilla, over rice or over a bed of cooked pasta.

I have always favored my shrimp with lemon garlic butter and though that is just as good.

I also like to use lime too, adding in fresh cilantro with that gives this dish a mexican feel and really enhances all the other flavors.

Once you try this shrimp, you will be hooked, just be careful to not overcook the shrimp or it will become rubbery.

You are going to want to cook it on medium low heat till it turns pink in color then you will want to remove it immediately from the heat and serve.

Nothing beats fresh shrimp like this, drizzle with extra lime juice if desired and enjoy!

Buen provecho!

HOW TO MAKE GARLIC LIME SHRIMP

In a large skillet, heat your butter over over medium – low heat.
Add minced garlic and chopped cilantro and saute for 1 minute.
Add in the shrimp and season with salt and pepper along with garlic powder, saute till it turns to pink and is cooked.
Turn off the heat and squeeze in the juice from one lime.
Serve immediately.

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Chicken, Date Night, Dinner ideas, New Year's, Quick and easy recipes

Chicken and Bacon in a Dijon Mustard Sauce

This Chicken and Bacon in a Dijon Mustard Sauce recipe is out of this world, you may think there is a lot of fattening ingredients in this one pan dish, but you would be wrong.

If you know me, you know that I like to balance my cooking. So if I’m adding an indulging ingredient into my cooking such as bacon,. Then I will make sure not add too many other ingredient that could take away from such flavours.

This dish comes together beautiful in a mustard sauce that is not full of fat but rather flavour. Made with onions, Dijon mustard, lemon, apple cider vinegar and just the right seasonings that only enhance the dish not mask it.

I kid you not this recipe is pretty healthy for you, compared to other similar recipes out there which call for heavy cream, which I find ruins the dish.

This recipe reminds me of a dish I tried many years ago, called Yassa Chicken (Poulet au Yassa) which is a very popular Senegalese dish.

So in this dish we are basically merging the flavors from that traditional dish with some other amazing dishes that are more popular in Europe to come up with this unique and out of this world recipe.

So follow along below for the most mouth-watering dinner that you are your family are sure to love, it’s definitely become one of our family favorites.

You must try this dish over a bed of egg-noodles, it gives it that German snitches feel without all the heaviness, and goes so well with the sauce.

On a gluten free diet?

No worries you can choose gluten free egg- noodles then you will have a completely gluten free meal.

Start by cooking your egg noodles first, because the rest takes less than 20 minutes to prepare and you want to be able to merge the two at the end.

Next start with chopping the bacon and onions, and sauteing them together till cooked.

Be sure to remove the bacon and onions one cooked and set aside, before placing the chicken breasts back in the pan to saute the chicken.

Saute the chicken on medium heat in the bacon fat till cooked, approx 10 minutes or until they are lightly browned and cooked in the center.

Then remove the cooked chicken from the pan and finished off by making your dijon mustard sauce in the same pan. Merge everything back for one last time in the pan, allowing everything to simmer together before serving.

I hope you give this absolutely mouth-watering recipe a try!

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Chicken, Date Night, Dinner ideas

Greek Chicken and Potatoes

This Greek Chicken and Potato recipe is baked all in one dish. And really takes no effort at all from start to finish.

Well unless you are the farmer… but i’m guessing not? If you are… from the bottom of my heart. Thank you!

In our home we like to eat Greek food every so often, it’s such a healthy cuisines and so very tasty.

This dish is made with a few simple seasonings that will bring in the depth of flavor you crave in Greek food.

This is the fastest version of a traditional home cooked Greek meal, there is no BBQ or Kabobs involved here.

Just one baking pan and a few ingredients that you’re sure to have in your spice rack.

I prefer to use a mix of fresh and dry spices, however you can use whatever you have on hand.

Included below is my super delicious recipe for homemade Dill & Mint TZATZIKI sauce which goes excellent with this meal.

I will provide a link at the bottom for that recipe, if anybody is interested.

If you never had this before, I encourage you to give it a go as it’s a super simple meal and yet good enough to serve a crowd!

Note: Homemade TZATZIKI sauce goes excellent with this dish.

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Appetizers & Sides, Vegetarian

Cilantro and Jalapeno Hummus

YOU won’t believe how fresh this Cilantro and Jalapeno Hummus tastes!! If you’re tired of those expensive store bought varieties and thought that was the stuff! Well your in for a pleasant surprise!

I always like to make a fresh batches of hummus early in the. So that I can then store it in an airtight container for the unlimited guilt free munching!

Which usually happens at night, watching the food network or something! Enjoy this Hummus with tortilla chips or pita bread, super healthy and delicious.

I always like to make a fresh batches of hummus early in the. So that I can then store it in an airtight container for the unlimited guilt free munching!

Which usually happens at night, watching the food network or something! Enjoy this Hummus with tortilla chips or pita bread, super healthy and delicious.

HOW TO MAKE HUMMUS

Preparing Beans from Dry: Cover you garbanzo beans in water and allow to soak over night. The next day cook your garbanzo beans in a pot with 2 inches of water to cover, and bring to a boil. Cook for 1 1/2 hours or until they are soak. Drain and place in your blender or food processor Add your Cilantro, jalapeno, greek yogurt, garlic, olive oil, tahini and lime juice and purée. Then add in your garbanzo beans and blend till combined. Add in all your seasoning, and pulse for a few more seconds.
Preparing the Beans from the Can: Drain and rinse your chickpeas, add to your blender or food processor. Add your Cilantro, jalapeno, greek yogurt, garlic, olive oil, tahini and lime juice and purée. Then add in your garbanzo beans and blend till combined. Add in all your seasoning, and pulse for a few more seconds.

For best results chill it in an airtight container for up to 2 hours or more before serving.

The longer it chills in the fridge the thicker it becomes and the flavors really set in.

Serve this with some Homemade Pita Bread and enjoy!