Easy Vegetarian Recipes

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Lisa’s Easy Vegetarian Shrimp Creole

I love shrimp. I love creole and this recipe is a great combo of 2 of my favorite things to eat.  Let’s hear it for our April Easy Vegetarian Recipes Contest Winner: Lisa S. (clap, clap, clap!!!) and her Easy Veggie Shrimp Creole recipe!

She’s totally simplified this recipe and it’s so yummy. By the way, all the recipes mentioned in our April’s contest rates Yummiest on the kids’ taste-ometer.

Ingredients:

• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1/2 cup chopped sweet onion
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 26 oz jar tomato-based garden vegetable pasta sauce (any brand)
• 1 1/2 teaspoons liquid crab and shrimp boil salt and freshly ground pepper, to taste
  3 pounds shrimp, peeled and de-veined

Directions:

Combine olive oil and onion in a large saucepan. Place over medium heat and cook until onions are soft. Add the rest of ingredients to the pan, combine thoroughly. Continue cooking, stirring frequently, for approximately 10 minutes, until shrimp are just cooked through. Taste and adjust seasonings. Serve over rice.

Substitutes:

Marinara or another tomato-based pasta sauce may be substituted for the garden vegetable sauce. Just add a cup of cooked/steamed veggies. Or simply ramp up the veggie factor by tossing in the vegetables of your choice in addition to the vegetable pasta sauce.

Cooking Tips:

Don’t overcook the shrimp!!

Lisa’s Comments:

This is super easy to make, super quick and is super tasty. For an even more mindless cooking experience use “boil in the bag” rice.

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