Seafood recipes can be EASY, yet they are fun and healthy as well! Using your favorite seafood, such as shrimp, mussels scallops or crab and a few of the ideas given in this article you can continue to create unique and healthy seafood recipes each and every time.
Now traditional clambake recipes and lobster recipes are good, but who has the time for the clambake or the money for lobster? As a working wife and mother, time is of the essence and if I cannot get dinner on the table in a reasonable amount of time, it’s not worth doing, but I have to be able to please my family in the process.
I personally have trouble eyeballing ingredients to see if I have added the right amount. I have a few ingredients that I use frequently in many dishes and have adapted them into my new healthier menu. Seafood is excellent for a tasty, low-calorie menu becuase it can be cooked in almost any fashion without losing its flavor.
Using shrimp as an example, we find that a pound of shrimp contains about 26 to 35 individual shrimp and costs roughly $8. That’s pretty cheap for the base of a meal that your entire family will enjoy. Use a small paring knife to peel the shrimp and remove the veins, by passing the knife from the top of the shrimp toward its tail. That makes it much easier to open the shell, and then the shrimp should pop out right away. (Or, if you’re willing to pay a bit more, you can purchase frozen shrimp already peeled.)
Put a teaspoon of butter and a teaspoon of extra-virgin olive oil in the bottom of a saute pan, add a clove or garlic (let’s be honest – we are not peeling and mincing our own garlic here, we are using a teaspoon of already chopped garlic in the jar), a half of finely chopped sweet onion, some salt and pepper, some parsley and your favorite seafood seasoning. You can just as easily wrap all of your ingredients in foil and pop under the broiler for about 20 minutes for no-fuss cooking, or pop on the grill.
Offer your shrimp over a bed of wild rice (that you cooked in chicken broth) along with a side of asparagus and baby portabella mushrooms (cooked together with a bit of extra virgin olive oil and salt on the stovetop or wrapped in foil on the grill) and you end up with a succulent feast that is not only tasty but healthy, too in 30 – 45 minutes… now if I could only get my husband to do the dishes, it would be perfect.
Seafood cooking with crab/shrimp/scallops is fun/easy/nutritious/low calories. Although clambake recipes and lobster recipes are good, they consume more time and money, which are precious for a working wife/mother. One would use a few favorite ingredients in any seafood recipes to give healthier/tastier food and they are amenable for grilling/sauteing/broiling. A pound of shrimp containing 26/27 pieces cost $8 and is sufficient for a family. Shrimps are peeled using a knife, remove the veins and open the shell. The ingredients used are butter/olive oil /clove/chopped garlic/onion/salt/pepper/parsley. Oil is heated on a saucepan and the ingredients with shrimp are wrapped in foil and grilled/broiled. Serve the shrimps with rice/asparagus/mushrooms.
- Matthew Lewis