Spicy Shrimp

This recipe is inspired by the Emotional dimension of wellness.

Emotional wellness is about feeling and being in touch with your emotions. It is also about managing your emotions so that your life doesn’t fall apart each time something doesn’t go your way. It involves controlling your reactions when disaster strikes and learning that your response is a choice you make but one that takes time to develop.

“The heart of a shrimp is in the head. Perhaps, thinking from the heart isn’t so difficult.” - Johan Chris

What’s more important to you: The perfect meal or the person you’re serving it to?

Cooking from the heart is about love. It is derived when you relax and allow your actions to come from somewhere deep inside. Let your kitchen act as your stage: a place for technique and heart to find their balance. When your means of cooking are only about technique, and you are solely concerned about competence and precision, then you are blind to the basic reason for cooking in the first place. Cooking can be one of life’s most pleasurable acts: to cook with love and show your family an expression of that love.

Recipe of the Day: Spicy Shrimp

INGREDIENTS

• 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil

• 4 cloves garlic, crushed away from skin

• 1/2 tsp crushed red pepper flakes

• 24 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails in tact (ask for easy peels at your fish counter!)

• 2 tsp grill or steak seasoning blend or coarse salt and pepper (recommended: Montreal Seasoning by McCormick)

• 1 lemon, zested and juiced

• 2 Tbsp chopped parsley leaves

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add extra-virgin olive oil, 2 turns of the pan, garlic, red pepper flakes and shrimp.

2. Season with grill seasoning or salt and pepper and cook shrimp 3 minutes or until just pink.

3. Toss with lemon zest, juice and chopped parsley. Remove shrimp to a serving platter leaving the garlic cloves in the pan.

4. Serve over zucchini noodles (optional).