Seafood

Honey Walnut Shrimp Recipe I’m excited to share a lightened-up version of a fan-favorite dish—Panda Express’ Honey Walnut Shrimp! This copycat recipe delivers all the flavors you love while saving on calories, making it more weight-loss friendly without sacrificing taste. The key swap in this version is using Greek yogurt in place of mayonnaise. Traditional honey walnut shrimp recipes typically call for mayonnaise in the...

Creamy Shrimp Pasta What to cook for dinner when it’s out outside?  This creamy shrimp pasta is the perfect dish because it’s ready in about 10 minutes, and tastes so light. The reason this takes hardly any time at all is using fresh pasta.  Fresh pasta typically cooks in about 3-4 minutes and is such a time saver.  If you live in the NW suburbs...

Buffalo Shrimp Buffalo Shrimp was my late husband’s favorite dish at Hooter’s.  Which was weird because he didn’t particularly like spicy food!  My version tastes just as delicious, but only 4 WW points per serving.  Winning! Ingredients Needed to Make Buffalo Shrimp frozen shrimp – unless you live in an area that you can get fresh shrimp, it’s always more economical to buy frozen shrimp...

Easter Dinner on A Budget Grocery prices seem to just going up and up these days.  But if you utilize your grocery stores sale flyer, you can create a delicious Easter Dinner on a Budget. While this meal may not be a typical Easter dinner, I think your family and friends will love this Easter Menu. How to save money at the grocery store Mariano’s...

This simple, yet restaurant worthy dinner is how you can do Valentine’s Day Dinner on a Budget. My late husband and I met and were married before we even spent our first Valentine’s Day together.  So crazy!  I had the idea to spend it at a local restaurant.  We were tight on money, but I saw they had a few apps we could share, we’d...

This shrimp tikka masala is packed with so much flavor – you’re whole family will love this! What is the difference between tikka masala and regular masala? Tikka masala is typically a cream based sauce, while regular masala relies on many spices to get it’s depth of flavor.  I worked with a woman who was Indian the first time I make tikka masala in 2010. ...

My late husband would have loved my dinner last night.  Crispy buffalo shrimp tacos! Here’s the thing though – my late husband could not stand spicy food, but somehow when I added the buffalo sauce to the wet better it wasn’t too spicy for him. For my shrimp plate though, I’d always douse them in more buffalo sauce because I puffy heart buffalo sauce anything....

If you have been intimated to make risotto at home, this shrimp risotto is easy! When I was in Italy I bought arborio rice that had turmeric.  The color that turmeric gives this risotto is incredible and pairs really well with the shrimp. Is it better to buy fresh or frozen shrimp? Unless you live near a body of water that you can get fresh...

This easy shrimp fried rice is a great way to sneak in some veggies! My late husband made THE BEST fried rice.  You can check out this video of how he makes it here.  I watched this a couple times today – it made me smile.  Sadly, my fried rice is nowhere near as good as he made it, but this is still really good. ...

This cajun shrimp and grits recipe needs to go to the top of the pile of recipes to make.  So delicious! Two of my Instagram friends, Carla and Shawna put together a mini cooking club.  They picked out this Weight Watcher recipe to be the recipe that everyone makes.  It is so amazing to me how everyone has the same ingredients and instructions and each...