Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Grilled Shrimp, Squash, and Couscous

 We did cook the last 2 nights, but I didn't take pictures. I made a roast, with potatoes, and carrots in the slower cooker. Then last night Jake reinvented it. He chopped up the roast, placed it back in the slow cooker, with some BBQ sauce. He made bbq beef sandwiches. It has been way too hot to cook.

Tonight was my turn. The cooker was fixed, so I decided to fix something fast.

For the shrimp, I shelled and deveined it, placed it in a glass bowl with canola oil, chopped fresh parsley, lemon zest, lemon juice, from 1 lemon, Greek seasoning, and chopped garlic. I then covered it, and placed it in the fridge for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, I prepped my veggies for the couscous. I chopped 2 small mini red peppers, 2 mini orange peppers,  1 yellow mini pepper, 2 chopped green onions, and 3 cloves of garlic minced. Then I sliced my zucchini and yellow squash.

I then heated my George Foreman G5 grill. While that was heating up, I placed the shrimp on wooden skewers (don't forget to soak the skewers in water before use or they could burn), and set them aside.

I cooked the zucchini and squash first. Meanwhile I started the couscous. I placed olive oil in a pot, then added my peppers and onions. I let them cook until tender, then added the garlic, cooked just until it was fragrant. Next, add 2 cups of chicken stock, then added, dried thyme, basil, and oregano, bring to a boil, then add 1 cup of couscous, cover, let simmer until liquid is gone about 8 minutes. When liquid was gone, I finished it with the juice of 1/2 a lemon.

When the zucchini was done, I placed the shrimp on the grill, and cooked for about 3 minutes. That's it! It must have tasted good, because Jake had seconds. Well, of course not of the veg, because he won't try my zucchini.





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