Lemon Butter Shrimp With Pineapple Quinoa
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Lemon Butter Shrimp
This recipe is designed to teach anyone how to make low carb lemon butter shrimp
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Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1 TBS dry cilantro
- 3 TBS lemon juice
- seasoned salt to taste
- seasoned pepper to taste
- 1 lb precooked shrimp with tails off
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 medium carrots peeled and chopped
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add shrimp and stir to coat shrimp completely with butter
- Add remaining ingredients and stir to fully distribute the seasonings
- Bring to a low boil. Cover and reduce heat to low and simmer 5-7 minutes or until shrimp is heated and vegetables are soft. Serve over quinoa or rice substitute.
Notes
This recipe yields 4 servings Each serving when served over quinoa contains about 16.5 grams of net carbs
If using cauli rice each serving contains about 5.2 grams of net carbs
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Pineapple Quinoa
This recipe is designed to teach anyone how to make quick and easy pineapple quinoa
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Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 cup uncooked quinoa, or rice substitute
- 2 cups broth
- 1 tsp seasoned salt
- 1/4 tsp seasoned pepper
- 2 small mild peppers, finely chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 TBS oil
- 2 TBS onion, finely chopped
- 1 TBS dry cilantro
- 1 cup pineapple tidbits, drained (if using canned pineapples)
Instructions
- Place quinoa or rice substitute and broth in a 2 quart saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. If using a rice substitute refer to package directions on how to properly cook and add seasonings in the last few minutes of cooking.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir to fully combine. Bring to a low boil.
- Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes or until quinoa is soft.