Clean Eating Shrimp Scampi Recipe

by The Gracious Pantry

On a recent trip to the grocery store, I read Women’s Health Rx Magazine while I was standing in the checkout line. I was pleased to read that a new study done here in the states shows that eating shrimp and other fish associated with high cholesterol has absolutely no effect on heart health. Apparently, you can eat all the shrimp you want, and it will not have any impact on your heart.

I’m not sure about this one single study or what conditions the study was done under, but I will say that I do include shrimp in my clean eating menu plan, and I’ve never thought twice about it. So it was nice to read something that backed up my feelings on shrimp.

This recipe was adapted from one of the South Beach Diet cookbooks. Embarrassingly enough, I can’t remember which one. But I was definitely inspired, and the outcome was absolutely delicious. I’ve been making it ever since!

Clean Eating Shrimp Scampi

Ingredients
1 pound package of frozen, small salad shrimp
Zest of two lemons
Juice of two lemons
2 tbsp. dried parsley
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1/2 tsp. olive oil
1 lb. brown rice pasta in your shape of choice

Directions

Step 1 – Place frozen shrimp into a non-stick skillet with oil. Cook shrimp until they are mostly cooked and there is a nice bit of liquid in the pan (this will become your sauce)

Step 2 – Add everything else except the pasta.

Step 3 – When the shrimp is done and the flavors of your sauce have melded nicely, remove from heat.

Step 4 – Serve over pasta with a little parmesan, salt and pepper for taste.

Eat and Enjoy!

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

Let your munchkins empty the shrimp into the cold pan and add the olive oil. Older kids can stir when the pan is hot. They can also add the spices and help make the noodles.

You can also allow them to spoon their own shrimp and sauce over their own bowl of noodles.

Note: Nutrition data not available. While shrimp is somewhat high in cholesterol, there is no reason to cut it out of your clean eating plan completely. Everything in moderation! Keep the portions small, and enjoy this fabulous bit of seafood on special occasions.

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Recipe Title
(Makes 8 servings – 1/2 cup each)

Ingredients

Directions

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

Nutritional Content
1 serving

Calories:
Total Fat: 8 gm
Saturated Fats: 1 gm
Trans Fats: 0 gm
Cholesterol: 0 gm
Sodium: 108 mg
Carbohydrates: 48 gm
Dietary fiber: 7 gm
Sugars: 3 gm
Protein: 7 gm
Estimated Glycemic Load: 22

Nutritional Information estimated at Nutritiondata.com. Data may not be accurate.

Caution: Any time a child is in the kitchen, they will require close supervision. Munchkin Helpers suggestions should be applied with common sense to your own child, taking their own capabilities into account. Do not assume that because it says here that your child can do something, that they can, in fact do it. Please use common sense when in the kitchen with your child(ren).

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