3/16/2023 0 Comments Shrimp scampi with zoodles![]() Once they get to this point, add in the garlic and herbs and butter. While they are cooking, heat a large skillet on medium and add your 1 T olive oil.Īdd the onions and mushrooms and saute until tender. Boil your pasta noodles if you are making them according to package directions. □ Also, use either a mandolin, or zoodle maker to get your zoodles ready and set aside (raw). Yes, yes, I know I need a new cutting board since mine has a huge gap on the side, but for now, it works. This dish goes pretty quick and you don’t want to over cook anything. I start by chopping all the veggies and herbs to have it all ready. Now to get on with cooking this yummy dish…. Well, don’t worry, mine won’t either, so I still boil a pot of noodles for them and just toss one portion of the scampi with the zoodles, and toss the rest with the pasta noodles. Now some of you might be saying but what about my family? My kids won’t eat that. In fact the whole dish with the cheese only has about 260 calories! You can’t beat that for dinner. It’s still a warm, garlicky, butter flavor, but so much lighter. As delicious as it was, I couldn’t bring myself to ingest that much fat and calories in one sitting, so I started to develop a lighter version and after a few years ended up with this. ![]() The first time I made scampi I think the recipe had like 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese or something like that. Being a pasta lover I wasn’t ready to completely give up my whole wheat noodles, but I DO love my veggies, so I am perfectly happy to sub out my high carb friends once in a while for a lighter and still tasty option. Has everyone tried zoodles by now? It seems like they are everywhere, but hadn’t actually tried them until a couple months ago. □ This one came from my mom’s garden and it was just the right size to turn into a bowl of noodles. So like I said before, I just enjoy the ones that other friends and family offer me. I know that I would get sick of them if I felt like I had to eat it every day and I don’t want to get sick of them. That’s one of the reasons that I don’t plant my own zucchini plants. ![]() □ I’ll admit, I can definitely hit my zucchini threshold after a few weeks, but as long as I keep changing it up, I can enjoy it far into the fall. But we have a one-pot dish here and I couldn’t be happier! Who has time for multiple pots and pans anyway.And here’s the next contestant in zucchini week! So are you all sick of zucchini yet, or are you just getting started like me. This is just the best thing ever because for some reason nothing on this beautiful earth pains me more than having to wash multiple pots and pans for one meal. And covered in a heavenly sauce, of course! □ This easy and non-expensive handheld spiralizer is seriously the BEST and totally life-changing! It’s incredible how much zucchini can taste like pasta when it’s spiralized. ![]() Have you had ’em? Do you love ’em? I’ve had them in my Ramen Zoodles recipe (which is DELICIOUS, btw), but those were the pre-spiralizer days. Now let’s talk about the easiest and most delicious One-Pot Shrimp Scampi w/ Zucchini Noodles ever. Hopefully we will have some more fresh bread this weekend! I mean, in my defense, I did tell him not to put in on the fridge! Ok, ok it was totally my fault BUT the good thing is he had to get rid of some of it anyway. ![]() But FIRST, this creamy, savory, garlic-y, lemon-y One-Pot Shrimp Scampi w/ Zucchini Noodles recipe that left both the hubs and I all heart-eyed and stuff!īut FIRST-FIRST, I need to update you guys on Cody’s sourdough bread progress (discussed at length in the Slow Cooker Beef Carnitas Tacos recipe)! Good news: We FINALLY have an edible loaf of sourdough bread! We celebrated by eating a few slices with this Shrimp Scampi recipe □ And then shortly after that I accidentally dropped Cody’s sourdough starter on the floor and it went everywhere….□ ![]()
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