The majority of shrimp scampi out there is, unfortunately not a very healthy meal.
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So what you actually have here is a low-calorie shrimp recipe that will make a full healthy meal when paired with the homemade zoodles. Fortunately, there are many options that are super tasty that we can still enjoy as sides for shrimp scampi. Pasta, sadly, isn’t the best option if you’re looking to eat healthier since it often contains high amounts of empty carbs and not a lot of protein, fiber, or nutrients. In restaurants, shrimp scampi often comes alongside a bunch of pasta. The best thing about this healthy shrimp scampi, besides the fact that’s a very easy to make clean dish, is that I get to enjoy the lemony flavor I love so much.
Great for a weeknight dinner or even an amazing lunch, this healthy shrimp scampi recipe is perfect whenever you need to prep a fast meal for you and your family. Each time I make it, I’m shocked at how quickly it actually comes together. The floodgates have opened.įortunately, I have a go-to 15-minute healthy shrimp scampi recipe that never disappoints. However, the urge has just been too strong lately. Therefore, I usually wind up not making many dishes that involve lemon at our house. He likes lemon to play a minor role in a dish, as opposed to having a dish bursting with tart lemony goodness. Whether it’s in my lemonade, squeezed over some grilled fish, in a honey lemon salad dressing or even in my glass of ice water, I will love it.ĭustin, however, isn’t usually a big fan of lemon (despite what he’d probably tell you). I am definitely a girl who likes her lemons. This was one of the reasons I chose to add the option of serving it over zoodles (zucchini noodles).This easy, flavorful, and healthy Shrimp Scampi recipe comes together in just 15 minutes! This Healthy Shrimp Scampi recipe with zucchini noodles is the easiest and most delicious healthy shrimp dinner you’ll ever try! I know that the butter and olive oil are heavy ingredients, but we’re talking authenticity here–not to mention FLAVOR–and even with both in the recipe, the scampi alone only clocks in at 360 calories. If shrimp scampi has seemed intimidating or complicated in the past, let me re-assure you that you’ll only need a handful of ingredients and 15 minutes! Just sauté shrimp in a combination of butter and olive oil with garlic, then add dry white wine to deglaze the pan, followed by lemon juice, lemon zest, and chopped fresh parsley. This recipe for “Uncle Vinny’s Shrimp Scampi,” as Liz calls it, is as authentic as can be, with garlicky shrimp and a white wine-butter sauce. Every dish feels like an heirloom-special enough to make over and over for Sunday dinners with my family.
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Food From Our Ancestors: The Ultimate Italian Sunday Dinner is the first in Liz’s series of eCookbooks documenting the ethnic recipes of childhood, and it has a dozen truly mouthwatering, authentic Italian recipes that she has learned from her husband’s Italian family like this Shrimp Scampi with Pasta (or Zoodles), Eggplant Parmesan, Pasta e Fagiole, Sunday Gravy and more. So when she told me about her brand new eCookbook, Food From Our Ancestors: The Ultimate Italian Sunday Dinner, I knew this book would welcome us readers into her extended Italian family. Liz cheers for me like I thought only my mother could, and cooks for me like my mom, too.
But I’ve come to expect nothing less from someone like her, who gives a quality hug and sends a thank you note for my thank you gift. Whether you make it with real-deal pasta or go lighter with zoodles, that scampi sauce is luxurious-silky, garlicky, and even refreshing with lemon zest. Liz Della Croce, of, makes a killer shrimp scampi.
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