Shrimp Scampi

This recipe makes enough for 4 or 5 people. The following pictures are from making an individual serving. If cutting the recipe, I recommend using a little more garlic and olive oil than the cut amount... but I'm also a garlic fanatic! :-) I usually throw the scampi on top of whole wheat linguine, but any pasta could be used... or it could just be eaten with a side! (Great with broccoli!)

Another side note- this can also be made with the equivalent of chicken as well.

Ingredients
Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Minced Garlic (or more!)
1 1/2 Lbs of Large Shrimp, Peeled/Deveined
1/2 Cup Minced Parsley
1 Lemon, juiced (Lemon juice can be substituted)
Pasta of choice (Whole wheat linguine recommended)

Combine 1/2 Cup Olive Oil and 1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic in a large skillet. Cook, stirring occasionally, over very low heat until the garlic is golden, about 10 minutes. Do not rush. In the meantime, boil water with a dash of salt and olive oil for pasta and cook as directed.


Increase heat to medium-high and add Shrimp. Cook until the shrimp turn pink on bottom and turn them over. Add ½ Cup minced parsley and 1 Tablespoon Minced Garlic.

Cook until shrimp are firm and pink, about 5 minutes total. Sprinkle with 1 Tablespoon fresh lemon juice (Or more to preference) and minced parsley.

(I usually let the lemon cook down just a little bit.)

Put shrimp, olive oil and all, on top of pasta. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese if desired. Enjoy!

Chloe's Apple Muffins

I'm back! This last semester didn't leave a whole lot of time for trying different recipes, and when I did have time to cook I was mostly just doing the "No recipe" cooking where I throw things together at my liking, so those are kind of hard to share :-P . But, I am hoping to get more up here soon.

For now... I wanted to share a link to one of my favorite blogs, Butterfly Cupcakes and Daffodils, because she recently posted what looks like a DELICIOUS recipe for Apple Muffins. I will definitely be trying these soon! She's also a great blog to follow for multiple reasons, but she does a lot of yummy recipe posts throughout her blog.

You can find the recipe here. Photo by Chloe!