Friend of Julie: Bringing in the New Year with Shrimp

What are your New Year's Eve and New Year's Day plans? My plans include having this shrimp with lemon butter. My plans do not include resolving to lose weight, as that plan is already in motion and all I need to do is keep doing what I'm doing. This year, I resolve to do other things, such as having more joy in my life. What about you? Since you too have this program down, what resolutions are you making?

Shrimp with Lemon Butter

Whatever your plans are, I wish you all a happy new year. May your new year be full of many new experiences and may your heart be full of joy like you've never know before.

Shrimp with Lemon Butter

When I saw this recipe, I knew this would be the perfect dish to bring in the new year. It promises to be an easy and quick dinner, full of wonderful.

Ingredients

• 1 stick of butter (I used a 2 tablespoons of butter and 2 tablespoons of olive oil)
• 1 lemon, sliced
• 1 packet Italian seasoning* (I used jarred herbs instead: red pepper flakes, chives, dill, and black pepper)
• 4 cloves of garlic, minced
• fresh parsley or basil (optional)

*One of my key friends suggested packets of Italian seasoning may not be allowed, so you may want to use jarred or fresh Italian herbs instead. I thought that taco seasonings are okay, so it seemed logical that Italian seasoning packets should be okay too. I'm not always right. Remember, I'm just one person sharing my weight loss journey and I refine my journey along the way.

Instructions

1. Line a cookie sheet with tin foil. I used a glass baking dish.
2. Melt a stick of butter and pour into the foil. I added the butter and oil to the baking dish and melted it in the dish in the oven. Be careful not to burn the butter.
3. Add lemon slices and minced garlic on top of the butter.
4. Place fresh shrimp on top of butter mixture. I added the olive oil on top of the shrimp.
5. Sprinkle one pack of dried Italian seasoning (or jarred herbs of your choice) on top of shrimp. 
6. Bake in the oven at 350 for 15 min. 
7. Optional: top with fresh parsley or basil when the shrimp first comes out of the oven.

01/05/14 Update
I made this recipe yesterday and it was so delicious that I didn't stop to take a photo. I tasted a piece of shrimp, to make sure it was cooked enough, and immediately plated up my dish and ate every bite.

I served it on top of spaghetti squash.

Another great option is to serve it on zucchini noodles.

Zucchini noodles made with a spirooli