{"id":4611,"date":"2008-01-09T13:33:20","date_gmt":"2008-01-09T19:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/wordpress\/?p=121"},"modified":"2013-08-26T17:33:34","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T17:33:34","slug":"shrimp-into-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nutritionknowhow.org\/blog\/e\/shrimp-into-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Shrimp into the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

My new year’s resolution for this year is not a lofty goal.\u00a0 It is pretty plain and simple, “learn how to cook shrimp.”\u00a0 It may seem like an easy task but for a girl born and raised in Nebraska I didn’t grow up eating seafood, unless you count fried fish from Long John’s Silver.\u00a0\u00a0 In more recent years I’ve started to eat shrimp when eating out and paying a pretty price for it.\u00a0 So I figured it was time for this dietitian (which I must remind everyone is not the same as a chef) to learn how to saut\u00e9 and grill shrimp.\u00a0 Plus shrimp is nutritious.\u00a0 It is high in protein, iron, selenium, B vitamins, and low in calories and fat.<\/p>\n

This summer I made some half-hearted attempts to grill shrimp but it turned out overcooked and tough.\u00a0 Embarrassingly I later learned I was cooking shrimp that was already cooked, whoops.\u00a0 So to those of you who also aspire to reach this goal please start with buying uncooked shrimp.\u00a0 Uncooked shrimp can be found in the freezer section and the meat department in your local grocery store.\u00a0 Uncooked shrimp is grey in color and typically pink shrimp is cooked and often served as “shrimp cocktail.”<\/p>\n

I used the Internet to aid me in the process of finding highly ranked shrimp recipes. Allrecipes.com is a fabulous resource for finding recipes and all of the recipes are ranked in popularity.\u00a0 I chose to start with a Cajun Shrimp recipe that had received five out of five stars in popularity.\u00a0 The ingredients are common and I had all of them at home.\u00a0 This recipe was so simple and only took me ten minutes to make.\u00a0 Not to mention inexpensive.\u00a0 When making these recipes, I set a timer for six minutes and flipped the shrimp over after three minutes.\u00a0 Ask my husband, I am very likely to overcook meat and this keeps me on track especially when my son is pulling at my leg during cooking to go and play choochoo trains.<\/p>\n

To make this a complete meal I paired the shrimp with whole grain brown rice from Uncle Ben’s.\u00a0 This is a new product and it comes in a microwavable pouch that only takes 90 seconds to cook.\u00a0 I also serve it with steamed fresh vegetables that you can find in the frozen food department.\u00a0 This entire meal costs less than $10.<\/p>\n

\"Cajun\"\"\"Side<\/p>\n

Cajun Shrimp<\/p>\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n