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••••TOMATO SHRIMP STIR FRY!!••••

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••••TOMATO SHRIMP STIR FRY!!

Tomato Shrimp Stir Fry (番茄炒虾仁)

 

Prep time

10 mins

Cook time

5 mins

Total time

15 mins

 

If you serve this dish with steamed rice and a bowl of soup, it will be enough for four people. Or it will yield two big servings as main, with a small portion of bread or grains (noodles, quinoa etc. It goes well with everything).

Author: Maggie Zhu

Recipe type: Main

Cuisine: Chinese

Serves: 2 to 4

Ingredients

• 1 pound shrimp, peeled and deveined (*see footnote 1)
• 2 teaspoons minced ginger
• 2 tablespoons Japanese sake (or Shaoxing wine) (*see footnote 2)
• 1 tablespoon potato starch (or cornstarch)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 (6oz./170g) can Muir Glen diced tomatoes
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 tablespoon oil
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 cup fresh or frozen snow peas (*see footnote 3)
• 1 cup fresh or frozen green peas

Instructions

1. Combine shrimp, 1 teaspoon minced ginger, 1 tablespoon Japanese sake and the potato starch in a small bowl. Mix well and let marinate for 5 minutes.
2. Add diced tomato, rice vinegar, the remaining 1 tablespoon of Japanese sake, honey, and the remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt in a bowl. Mix well.
3. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium high heat until hot. Add onion. Cook and stir until slightly browned. Add the remaining 1 teaspoon ginger. Stir a few times. Move all the ingredients to one side of the pan with a spatula.
   
   
4. Add shrimp, with all the marinade, onto the empty side of the pan. Immediately spread, so the shrimp cover the pan evenly. Let cook without stirring for 30 seconds to 1 minute, until the bottom is slightly browned. Stir to combine everything, until the surface of the shrimp is cooked.
   
   
5. Add the tomato sauce mixture. Stir to mix well.
   
   
6. Add snow peas and green peas. Continue cooking and stirring until the snow peas start to turn tender, and the shrimp are cooked through. Carefully taste the sauce and adjust seasoning if necessary. Transfer everything to a plate.
   
   
7. Serve warm over steamed rice.

Notes

1. If you’re using frozen shrimp, thaw them thoroughly before cooking.

2. Any type of rice wine will add a nice umami to the dish. You can skip this ingredient for a non-alcoholic dish.

3. You don’t need to thaw the snow peas or green peas before cooking.

••••LEMON BLUEBERRY PANCAKE BITES!!••••

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••••LEMON BLUEBERRY PANCAKE BITES!!

Lemon Blueberry Pancake Bites

 

Prep and or Rising time

10 mins

Cook time

15 mins

Total time

25 mins

 

Portable lemon blueberry pancake puffs drenched in a cream cheese icing makes for a yummy weekend breakfast treat!

Author: Felesha Bell for Gather for Bread

Recipe type: Breakfast

Serves: 32 poppers

Ingredients

• 1½ cups cake flour + 1 Tablespoon
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 heaping Tablespoon baking powder
• 3 Tablespoons sugar
• 1 and ½ cups Pet Milk
• 1 lemon, juiced
• Zest of 1 lemon
• 1 egg, beaten
• 1 and ½ tsp. vanilla extract
• 2 Tablespoon butter, melted
• 1 cup blueberries, fresh or frozen
• Cream Cheese Icing
• 4 oz. cream cheese, room temp
• 2 Tablespoons butter, cold
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup milk
  

Instructions

Icing

1. Beat the cream cheese and butter until fluffy.
2. Add the powdered sugar and combine.
3. Add the milk and stir. You should have the consistency of a pour-able syrup.
   

For the Poppers

In a medium bowl, mix cake flour, salt, baking powder, and sugar.

1. In a small bowl, mix Pet Milk, lemon juice and lemon zest and rest it for about five minutes then add egg, vanilla, melted butter and whisk until combined.
2. Pour wet mixture into dry ingredients. Stir to combine without over mixing.
3. While allowing the batter to rise, heat ebelskiver cavities with a dot of butter over medium heat.
4. Fill each cavity ¾ full with batter and push
   3-4 blueberries down into the batter. Cook for one minute.
5. Flip the poppers over using two 2 wooden skewers and cook for another 1.5 minutes.
6. Serve poppers with cream cheese icing. Say Grace and enjoy!!
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

••••SHRIMP AVOCADO SALAD!!••••

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••••SHRIMP AVOCADO SALAD!!

••••THIS LOOKS SO REFRESHING ••••AND DELICIOUS!!

••••YUMMY!!

Shrimp Avocado Salad Recipe

 

Prep time

10 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

Shrimp Avocado Salad makes a wonderful lunch or light supper during the summer. Add this Shrimp Avocado Salad to a sandwich, pasta, or atop greens, too!

Author: Robyn Stone | Add a Pinch

Serves: 6

Ingredients

• 2 pounds boiled or steamed shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 2 avocados, cut into large pieces
• 2 tablespoons diced red onion
• For the Dressing
• ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
• ¼ cup red wine vinegar
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon parsley, chopped
• 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

1. Add shrimp, avocado, and onion to a large bowl.
2. In a 2-cup measuring cup, mix together ingredients for the dressing. Whisk until well-combined.
3. Add dressing to shrimp avocado salad until it has the amount you desire. Serve additional dressing on the side.
   

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••••HAPPY BIRTHDAY AL PACINO!!!••••

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