I once went on a cross country road trip with John during what we called “the long diet.” The one food item that was on almost every menu were grilled shrimp. Eat them in a taco, have them on a salad, eat them skewered with rice and vegetables. I ate shrimp in every possible way except for fried. For six weeks we traveled eating out three meals a day. I lost 6 1/2 lbs. during that time. I knew I could count on shrimp to come to the rescue. Tonight it is helping me get back in control.

John is a super shrimp cook. He made a rub and then sautéed our shrimp in 2 teaspoons of olive oil. I heated up some leftover basmati rice and sautéed snow peas dusted with cumin and salt in butter spray. Day 2, back on track.

Shrimp, basmati rice, and snow peas