Healthy Recipe: Easy Shrimp Vegetable Skillet

This Shrimp and Vegetable Skillet is a quick and healthy recipe that comes together in less than 30 minutes. It’s loaded with flavorful juicy vegetables like zucchini, squash, bell peppers and large tender shrimp that makes this dish the perfect healthy weeknight meal.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. large shrimp raw, deveined and tail off

• 1 tbsp. olive oil light tasting

• Chopped parsley optional for garnishing

Marinade

• 3 tbsps. lime juice

• 1 tsp. salt

• 2 tsps. fresh ground black pepper

• 1 tbsp. chili seasoning the actual beef chili seasoning not chili pepper

• 1 tsp. paprika

• ½ tsps. cumin

• 2 cloves fresh garlic minced

• 1 tbsp. olive oil light tasting

Veggies

• 1 small purple onion diced

• 1 large zucchini halved and sliced

• 1 large yellow squash halved and sliced

• 1 large red bell pepper cubed

• 1 tbsp. olive oil light tasting better

  Instructions

  • Pat the shrimp dry with paper towel and place into a bowl. Add in the marinade ingredients and mix well to coat the shrimp. Set aside.

  • To prepare the veggies, wash and dry them well. Chop/cube them and set aside.

  • In a large non stick skillet, add one tablespoon of olive oil and bring to medium/high heat. Sauté the veggies until they are tender and obtain a golden color. Remove and set aside in a bowl.

  • In the same skillet, sauté the shrimp with 1 tbsp. of olive oil until they are fully cooked through. This takes about 6-8 minutes, flipping the shrimp pieces over half way through.

  • Return the cooked veggies back into the skillet and sauté with the shrimp for another 1-2 minutes.

  • Remove from head and serve. Garnish with fresh chopped parsley if you like.

Source: Easy Shrimp and Vegetable Skillet - Cookin' with Mima (cookinwithmima.com)