Quick and Easy Shrimp Dinner

It's Friday night. I deserve two awards.
The first award is for cooking on a Friday. Who am I?
The second award is for cooking a dinner and blogging about it in the same night.


I finally did it. I finally made the perfect shrimp scampi dish that was absolutely amazing... and Whole30 approved. (If you are not worried about Whole30, most of the time I am not either. But it does help when trying to pick super clean and healthy family dinners.)

I got the idea from the Whole30 slow cooker cookbook. I just can't decide if I am ready for shrimp in the crockpot. Plus, shrimp take two minutes to cook, so I don't see the need. So I made my own twist, and I think it was much better. I still love that book... and totally recommend it! 

I apologize for the iPhone pictures. I really did not expect this to be such a hit. But it soooo was. Set your clocks for 13 minutes, because that is what it takes to make this amazing dinner. I should also say that I am NOT one to measure things when I am cooking. I'm just not that type... but I will try. (For you 1s that need a plan.) 

What you will need: 
2 pounds of shrimp
2 zucchini
1 cup of mushrooms
Ghee
Garlic (fresh)
Garlic powder
Parsley
1/2 lemon


Here we go:
Thaw 2 pounds of frozen shrimp. (Or buy them from Publix when they are having a sale.)

Spiralize 2 zucchini. Top them with a paper towel while you cook the shrimp.
In a pan, heat 2 tablespoons of ghee.
When ghee is hot, throw in your shrimp.
Add 3 cloves of garlic.
Cover the shrimp with garlic powder.
Stir for 3-4 minutes until the shrimp is pink. (Took me years to learn this... don't over cook the shrimp)
Remove the shrimp and juice from the hot pan.
Heat another tablespoon of ghee.
When the pan is hot, add your zucchini and a cup of mushrooms.
Add two cloves of minced garlic.
Stir for 3 minutes to make soft and cook the mushrooms.
When the veggies are soft, add the shrimp back to the pan.
Stir for one minute to mix.
Top with parsley and the juice of half of a lemon.

I promise. So good. So so good. If you have someone in your house that looks at you like you are cray when you put some zucchini noodles on a plate, you can serve them this dish with noodles. Totally works too..... here is proof of that! Ha!

Love love,
C^2