Sunday's Dinner

This week we decided that we would try at least 2 new dishes, however we ended up with six different meals. So on Sunday we tried our very first meal....

Shrimp & Rice
Ingredients:

1lb Shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 1/2 cup of Minute Rice
2 cups Fat Free Chicken Broth
1/2 cup Frozen Peas
1tbsp Butter
2 tsp, plus 1tbsp Olive Oil
1/4 cup Grated Pecorino Romano Cheese
1tbsp Chopped Parsley
Salt & Pepper

Directions:

In a medium size heavy pan melt butter. Add rice and saute about 1 minute. Add chicken broth and peas, bring to a boil. When most of the liquid is absorbed reduce heat to low and cover. Cook on low for about 15 minutes, until rice is cooked though. In a 2nd large skillet, heat 2tsp olive oil over medium heat. Season shrimp with salt & pepper and add to hot pan. Cook for about 2-3 minutes, until shrimp is cooked through. Remove shrimp from pan and set aside. Add 1tbsp olive oil to skillet and pour in rice mixture. Add grated cheese and shrimp and parsley. Saute for another minute.

Note: 1/2lb of shrimp may be enough, instead of 1lb if you use large shrimp as we did. It kind of took over the dish, but it was cool to get a bite of shrimp with each scoop. So it is really up to you as to how much meat you really like in a dish. Also the cheese was kind of hard to find. We found it at Whole Food, but even there we had to really search for it.

Tomorrow I will come back with Monday's meal.

TTFN (Ta-ta for now)