Butter, garlic, lemon, crushed red pepper.. Insert any green and you’ve just stepped up your veggie game. Add a protein and a grain? And you’ve got yourself a go-to formula for a quick, veggie-filled dinner.
Kale is my favorite garlic/lemon/pepper green because it soaks up seasonings so well. And it’s one of the few foods you can eat an entire thing of and still feel good afterward.
And if you’re not in the mood for kale, shrimp, or quinoa, try combos such as broccoli, chicken, and brown rice or mushrooms, spinach, and pasta.
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Kale With Shrimp & Quinoa
By Published: October 20, 2015
- Yield: 1 Servings
Butter, garlic, lemon, crushed red pepper.. Insert any green and you've just stepped up your veggie game. Add a protein and a …
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup quinoa
- 1/2 cup water
- 3 cloves garlic cruhsed
- 6 shrimp peeled & de-veined
- 1 bunch kale washed, stems removed
- 1/2 lemon juiced
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- crushed red pepper flakes to taste
Instructions
- In a small saucepan, bring quinoa and water to a boil.
- Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook for 15 minutes.
- Remove from heat, keep covered, and let sit for 5 minutes.
- In a large frying pan, melt butter over medium high heat.
- Add garlic and let cook until garlic is lightly browned.
- Add shrimp, season with salt and pepper, and cook for about 2 minutes on each side.
- Tear kale into bite sized pieces and add to shrimp.
- Stir kale, shrimp, and butter together until kale begins to wilt.
- Add lemon juice.
- Stir for 2 to 3 minutes until kale is completely wilted.
- Season with salt and crushed red pepper.
- Mix in cooked quinoa and serve.
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How much butter in this recipe? Where do the water chestnuts come in? Do you have the Nutritional values of this dish? How many servings is this recipe?
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Hi Leah, for some reason my recipe plugin was buggy when I typed this recipe and changed things like “water” to “water chestnuts”. So embarrassing! I fixed this a while ago and the correct recipe is on the blog. Please let me know if it’s not coming up for you. I do not have calorie info..
Very nice . Doubled the recipe but used 4 big garlic cloves. Kale from my garden. This will be cooked often in our house!
Too much garlic is never a bad thing. Glad you enjoyed the recipe! 🙂
Thanks Kristin!
There are three of my favourite foods in your recipe, kale shrimp and quinoa! Can’t wait to try it!
Same here! Hope you enjoy!
Can’t find the corrected blog indicating how much butter to use! Would like to fix this for a friend for dinner tonight who can’t eat gluten, but don’t want to screw it up by guessing on the butter!