Marinade for shrimp, fish. ect

This was awesome!  A little spicy, so adjust the pepper flakes to your taste but we loved it just the way it was.   I served it with brown rice and green beans. The extra marinade was tasty on the rice and beans as well.

2lbs large shrimp peeled and deveined
3 tbsp chopped garlic
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
4 tbsp lemon juice
2 tsp salt
1 tbsp red pepper flakes
3 tbps chopped parsley
1/4 cup chopped roma tomato
1/4 cup white wine


Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Combine all ingredients in an oven safe dish. Bake for 10 minutes

*The mahi mahi that I used needed to be cooked longer.
** Really you could use this on chicken, fish, shrimp, steak....
*** Okay, so I didn't have shrimp, I used mahi mahi, 2 thick filets from Costco. I used the same  amount of marinade, which was probably too much, but we ended up putting some of it over the brown rice I made to go along with this.

Pizza Portabella

Serves 2

2 - 3oz portabella mushroom caps
1/2 cup marinara or spaghetti sauce
17 slices turkey pepperoni
1/2 bell pepper
1 thick slice of onion
1/2 cup weight watchers Italian blend shredded cheese

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Chop into small pieces the bell pepper and onion. Saute for a 5 or so minutes until slightly softened. I sprayed the pan with Pam first.

While that is cooking, chop the pepperoni up and clean the mushrooms.

remove the veggies from the heat, add the pepperoni and sauce. Stir to combine.

Scoop into the mushroom caps and top with cheese. Cook at 350 for 10-15 minutes or until the cheese starts to brown on top.

Quick and Easy Salsa

1 14oz can petite diced tomatoes
1 10oz can rotel
1 garlic clove, rough chopped or I use the jar stuff
1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and rough chopped or again I use the jar stuff
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 cumin
1/2 small onion rough chopped
1 handful of cilantro
juice of 1 lime

Put all ingredients in a food processer or blender until chopped or to the consistency you like.

Brown Sugar Meatloaf

1.5 lbs lean ground beef
1 packet onion soup mix (or 1/2 cup finely chopped onion)
2 eggs
dash or two of worshetire sauce
1/4 cup milk
3/4 cup breadcrumbs or crushed crackers
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup ketchup

In small bowl mix the brown sugar and ketchup unitl smooth. Mix remaining ingredients and pat into a bread loaf pan. Spread the ketchup mixture on top and bake at 350 for 1 hour or until juices run clear.

Veggie Stirfry

Something I want to try.....

1 red pepper
1 orange pepper
1 yellow pepper
asparagus
white onion
cilantro
lime juice
ground turkey breast

Turkey Chili

I love Chili so I love this recipe since it takes out some of the fat content and it's super easy!!

Ingredients:
1 lb ground turkey breast
1/4 onion diced
1 1/4 cups tomato sauce
1 can kidney beans, undrained
1/2 cup of your favorite red salsa
2 tbsp chili seasoning
1/4 tsp garlic salt

Brown turkey and onion. Add remaining indgredients and stir to blend. Simmer for at least one hour covered.

menu for the week of July 11th-17th

Sunday
Monday - Salmon, brown rice and green beans
Tuesday - Pesto and Ricotta Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Wednesday - lasagna rolls
Thursday - Chicken in a biscuit and cantaloupe
Friday - Date Night
Saturday - tacos