New Recipe Night - Unqualified Success Again!

Another fabulously successful New Recipe Night... either I'm turning into a Top Chef or I'm just getting better at choosing my recipes!  What was so fun about this recipe is that it combined 2 things I've never really had before... asparagus and gnocchi!

Skillet Gnocchi with Shrimp and Asparagus

1 Tbsp + 2 tsps olive oil

 1 - 16oz package of shelf stable gnocchi

1/2 cup sliced shallots

1 bunch asparagus (about 1 pound), trimmed and cut into thirds

3/4 cup chicken broth

1 pound raw shrimp

1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper

pinch of salt

2 Tbsp lemon juice

1/3 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1.  Heat 1 Tbsp oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.  Add gnocchi and cook, stirring often, until plumped and golden in spots, 6 to 10 minutes.  Transfer to a bowl.

2.  Add the remaining 2 tsp oil and shallots to pan; cook over med heat until beginning to brown, 1 to 2 minutes.  Stir in asparagus and broth.  Cover and cook until the asparagus is barely tender, 3 to 4 minutes. Add shrimp, pepper and salt; cover and simmer until the shrimp is pink and just cooked through, 3 to 4 minutes more.

3.  Return the gnocchi to the skillet along with lemon juice and cook, stirring until heated through, about 2 minutes.  Remove from the heat, sprinkle with cheese, cover and let stand until the cheese is melted, about 2 minutes.

This was delicious!  Brenna loved it.  Zack ate the shrimp, tried the gnocchi - but didn't like the texture and wouldn't even let the asparagus on his plate.  Despite that... home run!!!  

New Recipe Night - Pinterest Shrimp

Once again my Pinterest obsession has paid off!  Hours and hours spent pinning all sorts of stuff I'll probably never look at again, but I did find a yummy recipe.  I wonder can you be a Pinterest hoarder?  Just pin stuff repeatedly and never get rid of it or use it again so that it just accumulates forever.  At least if you're a Pinterest hoarder it's not obvious to your neighbors and the board of health won't be called!
This recipe didn't have any names or really any specifics... just a picture and some vague descriptions.

Pinterest Shrimp
Shrimp
1 lemon
1 stick of butter
couple cloves of garlic, minced
I package dry Italian dressing

Melt a stick of butter in the casserole dish.  Mix garlic in the butter.  Slice lemon and layer it on top of the butter.  Sprinkle half the Italian dressing seasoning over butter.  Layer shrimp on top of butter and sprinkle remainder of the seasoning over shrimp.  Bake at 350 for 15 min.

I served this with some plain pasta and a salad.  It was very tasty and so quick and easy there's no way it's not a keeper.