Shrimp Po' Boy

• We're taking it down south today to give you a GREAT Shrimp Po' Boy recipe. This is super simple, and relatively inexpensive considering most of the ingredients will already be in your pantry. There is practically no prep time and cooking is a breeeeezzzeeee!!! I made minor adjustments to a Cooking Light recipe. (I love my Cooking Light cookbook)

What you'll need:

• 5 tablespoons dry Whole Wheat breadcrumbs
• 1/4 teaspoon salt 
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tablespoon olive oil 
• 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined 
• 1/4 cup ketchup 
• 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice 
• 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/3 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/3 teaspoon hot sauce 
• 2 Whole Wheat  long rolls
• 2 cups lettuce
• 1/2 cup thinly sliced red onion

Make It:

Start by cleaning and removing the tails of your shrimp. Next, in a small bowl, add the minced garlic and breadcrumbs and mix these together well. Dredge the shrimp in the breadcrumb mix and cover well. In a medium sized pan, heat some oil on a medium-high heat and begin to sautee the shrimp. Cook the shrimp for approximately 5 minutes on each side or until shrimp browns on both sides.

While the shrimp is cooking, add the wet ingredients in a small bowl along with the seasonings. That includes everything in the list above except for the shrimp, breadcrumbs, garlic, bread, onion, and lettuce! Feel free to adjust this "dressing" according to your likes as this is going to be spread on your bread. Kick it up with extra seasoning and lemon, or tone it down with extra ketchup. However you prefer. I like mine with a little kick! Refrigerate this while we continue to cook the shrimp and let the flavors marry.

While the shrimp is finishing up in the pan, split the bread long ways and lightly toast. While the bread is toasting, shred some lettuce and onion to garnish and add some crunch to your sandwich. Once the bread is toasted, add the lettuce, onion, "spicy ketchup" by spreading it on the bread, and then finally add your shrimp.

Photo shown with a Sweet Mashed Potato side. Recipe to come shortly!

Easy Shrimp Toast

Looking through my grandmother's recipe cards, I found this card which my grandmother ranted and raved about.
Here's what you'll need

• 1/2lb Shrimp
• Some Water Chestnuts (chopped up)
• 1 egg slightly beaten
• 6 slices of bread
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tbl cornstarch
• Oil

Start by laying out all of your slices of bread and removing the crust on them.  Then, mix everything but the bread and oil together in a mixing bowl. Once the concoction is fully mixed let sit for several minutes while you heat your pan. In a large pan, pour oil into it and to get hot. While its getting hot, take the mixture and spread it over the crust-less pieces of bread. Once the oil is hot enough, place the covered pieces of bread shrimp side down and allow to fry.
Once fully cooked, allow to full cool. It will be hot!! Once cooled enjoy!

Food For Thought: Your wasted food could be a little animal's meal!
Now, I'm not a big fan of wasting foods.. So that bread you cut the crust off? Throw it outside and feed the animals, or nom on it yourself.