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Coconut Curry Shrimp

What a busy weekend. Saturday morning my 7 year old ran a 1 mile healthy kids race.   They have a series of these over the race season that kids can do for free.  This is the 3rd one he has done, and we actually “trained” for it.  I took him out last week and ran 1 mile trying to see if he could get faster each day.  He got down to 9:30 on the 3rd time.  He may or may not have ended up with 8:55 for the race (depending on how accurate our timing was).  But he did awesome!

So after such a busy weekend, this shrimp is a great meal.  I am not a big seafood fan, but I do like shrimp.  I have kind of been on a shrimp kick lately.  I made Crispy Herbed Shrimp, this, and then I have it for our meal plan again this week.  I am not sure what is going on, but my husband sure is happy!

I absolutely loved this shrimp.   It wasn’t my husbands favorite, but he did eat quite a bit of it.  It turns out that anything in a coconut broth, he isn’t a big fan of.  He did love the kick from the curry paste though.  It was just enough to give it a little kick, but not enough that you needed a drink after every bite.  I guess I will have to try another spicy shrimp curry that isn’t made with coconut milk to see how that goes over.

Coconut Curry Shrimp
 
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Plump shrimp in a sweet coconut curry sauce, that has just a little bit of a kick. Quick and easy dinner for the whole family.
Ingredients
  • 1 pound shrimp, peeled and devined
  • 1 Tbls olive oil
  • 1 Tbls fresh ginger, grated
  • 2 cloves garlic, grated
  • 1 cup coconut milk
  • 1 Tbls red curry paste
  • 2 tsp fish sauce
  • Salt and Pepper, to taste
  • 2 green onions, chopped
  • cilantro, garnish
  • White rice, cooked

Instructions
  1. In a medium skillet heat olive oil, over medium heat. Add ginger and garlic to the pan, cook for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Stir in the curry paste, until well combined. Toss in the shrimp, and mix with the paste to coat. Pour in the coconut milk and fish sauce. Cook for about 5 minutes, or until the shrimp are cooked all the way through. season with salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Serve over white rice. Garnish with cilantro and green onions.

Notes
Adapted from Epicurean Mom

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Thai Green Curry Chicken

Thai Green Curry Chicken

We have a slight disagreement in our house.  My husband and I both really like Thai food and Indian food.  I like Indian over Thai, he likes Thia over Indian.  Considering I am the cook, that means we have Indian more than we have Thai.  I tried to make Pad Thai once, and it just didn’t turn out.  I have figured out what I did wrong, so I just need to try again.  Not sure why I haven’t yet.  So in an effort to be a good wife, I made a Thai Curry.

When we go out for Thai food, we don’t usually get curry.  I always get Pad Thai, I mean always!  My husband tries a couple different things, but they are usually noodle dishes of some sort.  So although, this definitely had lots of Thai flavors, and we both loved it, I am not sure I am off the hook yet.  Must. Make. More. Thai.

I will admit I was slightly nervous about the green curry.  I am weird like that.  If it is a strange color it makes me nervous.  I am used to red curries, so this was a little different for me.  It was perfectly spicy, and the coconut milk gave it great flavor.  We will be making this many more times in the future!

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