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Lowcountry Shrimp Pilaf

We had Lowcountry Shrimp Pilaf for dinner last night. It’s one of Cooking Light’s quick dinners in the November 2006 issue. It was very easy, very quick and very tasty. And it was only 7 Points for a cup and a half! The magazine suggests serving it with crusty bread and a salad. I didn’t do the salad, but the whole-wheat garlic bread I had in the freezer went very well with it.

The only thing I didn’t enjoy about the dish was peeling the shrimp. Ugh.


Lowcountry Shrimp Pilaf
Originally uploaded by nichole_e.

Lowcountry Shrimp Pilaf
1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
1 1/2 cups prechopped green bell pepper
1 cup prechopped onion
1 tablespoon bottled minced garlic
2 teaspoons Old Bay seasoning
1 pound peeled and deveined large shrimp
1/2 cup dry white wine
1 (8-ounce) bottle clam juice
1 1/2 cups instant white rice
2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme, divided
1 (14.5-ounce) can diced tomatoes with jalapenos, undrained

Heat oil in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell pepper and onion to pan; saute 2 minutes. Add garlic and Old Bay seasoning to pan; saute 1 minute. Add shrimp, wine, and clam juice; bring to a boil. Stir in rice; cover and remove from heat. Let stand 5 minutes or until liquid is absorbed.

Place pan over medium-high heat. Stir in 1 tablespoon thyme and tomatoes; cook 2 minutes or until thoroughly heated, stirring occasionally. Sprinkle with remaining 1 tablespoon thyme.

Cooking Light, Nov. 2006

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Birthday shoes

Somehow, I missed the fact that there is a NoBloShoeMo photo pool on Flickr. It’s too late now to join the “30 days of shoes” effort*, but I wanted to show you my new shoes anyway.

I first saw these boots this summer in Missouri, where the fancy-pants shoe store downtown was closing. I tried them on in a fit of goofiness. And I loved them. They were marked down quite a bit but not enough to satisfy my inate sense of cheapness. I went back to the store twice before it closed for good, but I never bought the shoes.

Months passed before I saw them again. I was at a TJ Maxx in North Carolina. And there they were. Cheaper than before. But we were about to move to Holland, and I was in spend-no-money mode, so once again, I bid them adieu.

Again, months passed. And just a few days before the Greatest Day of the Year, we were reunited.

Thanks, Rockford, for the rock star boots. I love them, and I promise I will wear them somewhere, someday.

*It says “Post daily, or once in a while, or when the shoe whim strikes.” So I joined anyway.