Food Porn ... Kind of.

Sooo, haven't worked out in two days. Tuesday I was lazy and yesterday I just did not have good things going on in terms of the inner plumbing so Brandon forced me to take the day off. Blah. However, once it cools down a bit tonight (and he gets home), it's cardio time!

But, since I haven't posted anything, I've had a hankering to go type away. So, since I made dinner early to make our lives easier, I'll share my fantabulous shrimp pasta recipe with y'all.

T's Shrimp Pasta

Ingredients:
- 1 serving (2oz) pasta (i use barilla plus! angel hair that's omega 3 fortified. it's basically whole wheat ... i think)
- 1 serving shrimp (i use frozen, pre-cooked shrimp. one serving is somewhere between 5-10 shrimp depending on the size)
- .15 lb (about 1 cup) snow peas
- 1 medium yellow bell pepper
- 1 can mushrooms (pieces and stems)
- about 1/4 cup chopped green onions/chives/whathaveyou
- 1 tsp parsley
- 1 tsp garlic
- 1/8 tsp paprika

Directions:
- Chop up all vegetables, put water on to boil, start thawing shrimp if need be.
- Put bell pepper (chopped or in slices; i prefer chopped) on a pan/tray (i coated mine in olive oil cooking spray and then sprayed the veggies again) and broil in oven until the tips start getting slightly browned. They should be slightly squishy, yet still firm. You'll smell them - they smell goooood.
- Water should be nice and boiling by this point, so toss in the pasta.
- If so desired, cut the shrimp in half/smaller pieces since, if you used frozen shrimp, they should be thawed by now.
- Take wok and toss shrimp, chives, mushrooms and snow peas in to it with either olive oil or olive oil cooking spray (my choice - no calories!). IF YOU DID NOT USE ALREADY PRE-COOKED SHRIMP, toss those in first and cook them. Also put spices in at this point - amounts are general; you can add more if you want ESPECIALLY if you like more zing to your food than I.
- Bell peppers should DEFINITELY be done by now - take out of oven and toss them into ze wok.
- Take pasta, which should be done by now, drain it and attempt to mix it in with everything in the wok.
- Enjoy!

It's about 460 total calories for one serving, though if you don't have the biggest appetite on the planet, toss in a few more shrimp and you can easily split it with someone else. For Brandon and I, I double the pasta, double the shrimp, add more spices and a bit more snow peas. I also choose a larger bell pepper. I forget the entire nutritional breakdown, but it's HIGH in protein, fairly high in carbs (though keep in mind, i was on a 60/20/20 breakdown when i finally perfected my pasta) and ridiculously low in fat.



And, since I promised and I'm too lazy to edit the original post, a 5K photo:




That girl with the red butt is me. The guy on the grass with black shorts and white shirt with the blue stripey thing? That's Brandon.