Creamy Tuscan shrimp

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Creamy Tuscan Shrimp (Keto friendly)

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 pound shrimp, deveined, and tails removed
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)
• 3-4 cloves garlic (minced)
• 1 cup halved cherry or grape tomatoes (or sundried tomatoes)
• 3-4 cups baby spinach
• 3/4 cup heavy cream
• 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan
• 2 tablespoons basil, thinly sliced (or parsley)

Instructions

• Heat oil and butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once the oil is super hot and the butter has melted, add the shrimp and a generous sprinkle of salt & pepper, sautee for 1 minute. 
• Remove shrimp from pan and set aside then add the garlic, tomatoes, and spinach to the same pan. Saute for 1 minute or until the garlic is fragrant. 
• Stir in the heavy cream, parmesan cheese, and basil. Reduce heat to medium and simmer until sauce is slightly reduced about 2-3 minutes. Return the shrimp to the pan and stir to combine. Taste and adjust salt if needed.

Slow Cooker Carnitas

 https://lillieeatsandtells.com/easy-low-fat-slow-cooker-crispy-carnitas

 

Ingredients

• 2-3 pounds pork tenderloin
• Seasoning Salt
• 16 oz jar herdez green salsa
• 8 cloves of garlic 
• 1 medium white onion diced

Instructions

1. Trim fat off meat and pat dry.
2. Cut into chunks, 3-4 inches long. (This helps the pieces be shorter later like carnitas.)
3. Season liberally all over with season-salt and sear on all sides in a hot pan with cooking spray to lock in flavor. Get a nice brown crust on it.
4. Move to a crock pot and cover with the salsa, garlic, and onion and cook for 4-6 hours or until tender. Shred it and toss in juices. (I like to pull out my chunks and shred them in a new dish then pour a little more than half of the liquid over it.  Toss in those juices and then proceed to fry it up.
5. ***You can use the meat like this, or spread it on a pan and bake at 350 for about 15 minutes to get some crispy pieces, more like authentic carnitas. OR… my favorite way (AND THE ONLY WAY WE DO IT NOW… AND FOR SURE WITH ANY LEFTOVERS) is just crisp up as much as you need in a hot fry pan.  Quicker than the oven and SOO good when it gets a good brown on it!

 

Recipes from Kel

 

Pad Thai (adapted from tastesbetterfromscratch.com):

Makes about 6 servings

Ingredients:

8 oz flat rice noodles

1.5 lb cooked and shredded chicken (or shrimp or tofu)

2 eggs

4 bell peppers (all colors)

1 bunch asparagus

1 container mushrooms

1 bunch green onions

 

4 limes

½ cup fresh cilantro

3 tbsp fish sauce

1 tbsp low sodium soy sauce

5 tbsp light brown sugar

2 tbsp rice vinegar

1 tbsp Sriracha (or to taste)

2 tbsp creamy peanut butter (or to taste)

 

Instructions:

1. Cook noodles according to package instructions.

2. Mix fish sauce, soy sauce, brown sugar, rice vinegar, Sriracha and peanut butter and set aside

3. Chop veggies nice and thin and then lightly sauté in cooking spray. Make room in the pan and scramble two eggs in the middle, chopping them up.

4. Add noodles, chicken, and sauce and mix to combine over low heat until everything is reheated.

5. Garnish with green onions, cilantro, and lime.

6. Sometimes I double the sauce ingredients and then add as necessary (in MFP you could make the sauce as its own recipe and track accordingly).

Macros (approximate): 373 kcal (10g f / 25 g c / 44 g p)

 

Honey Sriracha Protein Bowl (copycat of Happy + Hale Bowl):

Servings: 5

Ingredients:

0.5 cup Sriracha

6 tbsp honey

2 tbsp salted butter

4 tsp soy sauce

2 tsp lemon juice

 

20 oz. cooked shredded chicken

15 oz. canned black beans

5 oz. roasted corn

5 c. chopped kale

25 oz. chopped and roasted sweet potato (400F until tender)

1 package of bacon - cooked

5 oz. goat cheese

 

Instructions: Combine sriracha, honey, butter, soy sauce, and lemon juice in saucepan and bring to simmer to combine. Evenly divide remaining ingredients into containers. Top with sauce before serving.

Macros (approximate): 670 kcal (26 g f / 70 g c / 53 g p)

 

Carnitas:

https://lillieeatsandtells.com/easy-low-fat-slow-cooker-crispy-carnitas/