Titling blog posts is an obnoxious endeavour. I don’t want to just name the recipe, ya know? And I mean the shrimp was actually eaten yesterday, so it’s not really the word of the day today. Anyway.
Yesterday was my husband’s birthday, so I wanted to try to be a little fancy in what I cooked for dinner. Usually we just do tacos of some sort, because I’m obsessed with tacos and Taco Tuesday is a pretty serious thing here. But he doesn’t love them nearly as much as I do (which is a bad life decision, but I digress), so I chose to make something involving sausages and shrimp. I roasted Johnsonville Firecracker sausages and red potatoes in the oven, which turned out pretty amazing, and made a shrimp salad on the side. Double protein, baby. Honestly, the salad would have been enough to fill me up, but I really like the spicy sausage, and it turned out to be a good meal! Also, we totally watched Muppet Treasure Island while I was making dinner, because that’s one of his favorite movies. Did you know Hans Zimmer composed the score? I’ve watched it so many times and didn’t realize that till last night because we don’t usually just let the credits play. So that’s your random fact of the day.
Also I am so terrible at ratios and measuring for recipes.
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Shrimp Salad with Zoodles
Ingredients:
1 package precooked shrimp, thawed
1 large cucumber, sliced and halved
1 can diced tomatoes (you can use fresh, this is just what I had on hand!)
1-2 cups spiralized zucchini (I don’t even remember how many zucchini this was)
1/4 cup chopped green onions
Feta cheese for topping
Olive oil (or avocado oil) and fresh lemon juice whisked together for dressing
Salt and pepper to taste, if you wish
Basically, just toss all ingredients together in a bowl and serve. Chill for an hour or so if you wish; the flavors melded together so nicely over night in the fridge when I stole a bite while filling my water bottle. But it was also great served without extra chilling.
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I am also just now realizing that we are still using the Christmas/winter dishes…oops. Well whatever, they’re nicer than any others we have.
With a Side of Rice 