Now more than ever, I feel like my growing, active teenagers need healthy food to refuel their bodies. Both kids are growing so fast that I can hardly keep them in pants that fit. They're both athletes with rigorous practice and game schedules and they're burning a ton of calories everyday. I want them to eat foods that are nutritious but it's not always easy to convince them to eat well. Like all teenagers, they want food that tastes good - so it's my job to find healthy food that's also delicious. (Let's face it - we ALL want yummy food.)
One thing that I know that they we all love is shrimp. A quick dinner of skewered grilled shrimp and brown jasmine rice turned out to be a great weeknight meal. It didn't take long at all for me to throw this dinner together either.
Grilled Shrimp
2 Tablespoons soy sauce red pepper flakes
1 Tablespoon orange juice ginger
1 Tablespoon olive oil 2/3 pound jumbo shrimp
½ teaspoon sugar 12 cherry tomatoes
1 garlic clove
Combine first 7 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate 2 Tablespoons. Pour remaining marinade over peeled shrimp. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
Thread onto skewers, alternating with tomatoes.
Grill 3 minutes on each side, basting with reserved marinade.
This dinner was literally this simple: shrimp, rice and tomatoes.
Give this a try on your teenagers and let me know how they like it.
Ciao!
Grilled Shrimp
2 Tablespoons soy sauce red pepper flakes
1 Tablespoon orange juice ginger
1 Tablespoon olive oil 2/3 pound jumbo shrimp
½ teaspoon sugar 12 cherry tomatoes
1 garlic clove
Combine first 7 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate 2 Tablespoons. Pour remaining marinade over peeled shrimp. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Thread onto skewers, alternating with tomatoes. Grill 3 minutes on each side, basting with reserved marinade.
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