Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Cooking My Way to Skinny - Shrimp Scampi

What do you do with left over Chardonnay from the Wrap Party?

Easy.

You make shrimp scampi.

I really don't have a recipe. I just tossed a bunch of stuff in a skillet.

Let's see - I added:
low-fat margarine
white wine
lemon juice
olive oil
peas
shallots
garlic
lemon slices
parsley
shrimp

No lie and I cooked it until it was done.

Oh, wait - let's name the ingredients in the order in which they went into the pot:

margarine
olive oil
shallots
garlic
white wine
lemon juice
lemon wedges
peas 
shrimp

Then I tossed it all with whole grain angel hair pasta!

Give it a try - happy cooking!
-DTW

24 comments:

  1. shrimp scampi is one of fav dishes to eat, but i've never made it at home go figure. i'll pretty much eat anything with shrimp, now that i'm thinking about it.

    anywhoo, i might surprise the make and fix this for him (minus the peas Yuck!), light a candle and call it romance :)

    Oh... was on €he Goddess blog and she made your chinese food recipes.. her looked REALLY good. I guess your recipes ARE really easy. :)

    Ok let me stop blogging in your comments! Lol

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  2. That's a colorful and tasty looking dish! Scrumptious!

    cheers,

    Rosa

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  3. cool poem I came across for Black History Month :

    FROM DUSK TILL DAWN

    Every morning we awake in haste
    Not knowing what might take place

    Past generations headed in one direction
    As if they were all just a mere reflection

    No longer are we knaves on a plantation
    But we continue to work with dedication

    We are now filled with anticipation
    Since we are in sight of our new destination

    Our children now join with others and sing
    All because of a man named King

    We have leaders among us with the same mission
    But none of this would of been possible without a vision

    Our hearts blaze within us like a fire
    Because of our aspirations, dreams, and desires

    These desires we see with clarity
    What we seek is prosperity

    Every night we lay our heads down
    Thanking our Maker for blessings that abound
    By David L.

    good link on african-american's in space :

    space.about.com/cs/formerastronauts/a/jemisonbio.htm

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  4. I love scampis and this looks skinny yummy :-)
    If yougo on cooking so liight, in the end we won't recogonise you :-)

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  5. Wow. This looks really, really good. A definite must try.

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  6. delicious!! i am starting to like shrimp a little more... :)

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  7. Each time I come to your page, I get hungry!!! I'm glad you did a low fat way to make shrimp scampi...now I will try this at home...Thanks!

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  8. i think im gonna make this... i may not use the peas though pea man.,.... (although I love peas too) huum?

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  9. I wonder if this taste anything like your creamy shrimp scampi you did back in July 08.

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  10. Not too shabby. Definitely a nice fancy dinner!

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  11. I love to cook and I 'm always inventing dishes or putting my own twist to things! I happened to log and came to your page tonite and saw you had shrimp scampi and that's exactly what I was making. I tried most of your version but added a few things..it turned out very good and light!

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  12. Darius, you make it all look so EASY!!

    I love how green peas make their way into so many dishes--I keep a bag of them in my freezer and am always forgetting to toss them in!

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  13. Love the addition of the peas. Looks delish!

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  14. That looks so delicious. I'll be making that this weekend. I wanna just bite my computer that looks so good. Lol

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  15. Looking good Daruius. Good luck on the orders.You will get it done.

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  16. Nice Darius! I think that whole grain pasta is pretty good, did you use Barilla?
    LL

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  17. Yes, I think I will. Bookmarked!
    Thanks D :)

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