Ingredients:
Angel hair pasta
2 Tbs butter
2 cloves garlic sliced
2 Tbs fresh finely chopped parsley
Lemon Pepper to taste
2 Tbs Lemon juice (or to taste, I'm guessing at how much I used)
6 scallions (green onion) sliced
Zucchini (my sneaky veggi :) you can omit if you want)
1/2 lb of frozen fully cooked shrimp
1/2 cup chicken stock
Parmesan cheese
bread crumbs (or for variation substitute some flavored croutons, ground in the blender or food processor)
Directions:
Cook the angel hair pasta as directed.
In a large saucepan (I used a wok) over medium heat melt the butter, saute garlic until tender, remove the garlic (who wants to bite into a big piece of garlic anyway :) if you want to keep all the garlic there mince it and don't remove it).
Peel the zucchini and slice it, then cut the slices small so they look like noodles.
Add to the butter the zucchini slices along with the scallions, parsley, lemon pepper, and lemon juice. Cook for a few minutes
Add the shrimp and chicken stock and cook until shrimp is pinked up.
The breadcrumbs/croutons are used for thickening, so stir in a little at a time until desired thickness is reached. I used approx. 5 tsp of plain bread crumbs. Add some Parmesan cheese (I used a Romano mix)
Serve shrimp mixture on the angel hair pasta sprinkled with more Parmesan cheese.
This meal paired very nicely with brushed olive oil and garlic flat bread and a salad made with mixed greens, cucumbers (sliced and quartered), halved cherry tomatoes, sliced orange pepper, and some diced red onion.
It's only fair to announce to you all that I live with two of the worlds pickiest eaters . . . . my husband and my daughter. Maybe it's learned or maybe it's genetics, but my daughter has inherited his taste-buds; so most nights I cater to them, hey majority rules . . . right?!?! Well on Tuesdays and Thursdays I get the luxury of making whatever my little heart desires as my dear husband is at school *insert evil laugh here*. This is my chance to try to expand my daughters palate beyond her veggie of the week (currently broccoli). Living with these two I try to get creative on how I make things so they are more likely to get things that are good for them without the "are you serious" or "eeewww" Well it goes without saying that my husband won't eat shrimp! Nope, the only ocean animals he will eat are fish (preferably salmon) and clam chowder (NEVER clams!) So tonight we are having Shrimp Scampi baby! I looked at dozens on recipes and decided not to do it with wine (don't think miss princess would approve, hey I've got to be reasonable to what I can do here) I went with a cross of a few different recipes, turned out pretty good! Miss Princess actually ate about half of it (didn't do the shrimp though, maybe next time).
