Sweet And Spicy Mango Shrimp

And ooooooo......my daughter loves prawns and loves mangoes, too. So here was a cool recipe for my little one. Trust me, she polished her dinner in 5 minutes and walked into the kitchen with an empty plate in her hands and a smirk on her face. Lol!!!! All I did was gape at her. I had barely sat down when she polished off her dinner right after I cooked and served her.

Her second helping was more prawns and mangoes but no rice. Too much carbs at night.

So, here's another new recipe to try......

Ingredients:-

- 2 tbsps coconut oil

- 1/2 large red onion, diced

- 2 cloves garlic, diced

- 2 tbsps soy sauce

- 2 tbsps lime juice

- 2 tbsps Sweet Thai chili sauce

- 1/4 water

- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes

- 500g of deveined prawns, large ones

- 1 mango, chopped

- unsweetened shredded coconut for garnish 

- chopped long green onions for garnishing

- lime for garnish

1. Hear coconut oil in a large skillet over medium heat.

2. Add red onion until soft

3. Add garlic, soy sauce, lime juice, Thai chili sauce, red pepper and shrimp. Toss well and cook till prawns turn pink.

4. Add water after all well mixed

5. Add mango, stir to mix and quickly warm through

6. Pour mixed prawns over warm rice for 1 serving. Garnish with coconut and green onions and lime.

Yum!!! Yum!!! Yum!!! That's all I can say and till my next tested recipe.

Ta ta as my little one always says.

Cilantro Lime Tilapia

I absolutely loved this dish and I learned about new ingredients like quinoa which is packed with protein and great for dinners if you want to keep the carbs down. That's the thing with Asians, we are always having our dinners with rice or noodles and quinoa is a great replacement. Only thing is that in Asia, it's expensive and thus far can only be found in the Organic section.

Well, I'll need to start digging for more quinoa recipes after this one.

Give a try. Easy to prepare and just easy to cook.

Ingredients:-

- 1 cup Uncooked quinoa

- 2 cup water

- 4 tilapia fillets

- smoked paprika

- 1 1/2 cup of corn kernel, steamed 

- 4 tbsps Lime juice

- 1 tsp Garlic powder

- 1 tsp Onion powder

- 1/2 cup cilantro, roughly chopped

- salt/pepper to taste (I didn't use any and it was still good)

1. In a large pot, bring water to boil over high heat.

2. Once boiling, stir in quinoa, cover and reduce heat to low. Cook until all water is absorbed.

3. While quinoa is cooking, spray a large pan with oil and hear over medium/high fire

4. Sprinkle each side of tilapia with paprika powder generously and cook till white and flaky. 

5. Once quinoa is ready and fluffed, mix cooked corn, cilantro, garlic powder, onion powder and lime well.

6. Divide the mixed quinoa into 4 servings equally and put a fish each on top of the quinoa mix.

7. Serve immediately.

Super yum. Super high protein. A must try recipe.

My daughter is the judge to all my cooking and she was Oh Yum!!!!