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Healthy Recipe of the Day – 7.17.2009

Posted on : 17-07-2009 | By : Dave | In : Main Dishes, Recipes

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Photography: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Lydia DeGaris-Pursell
Photography: Becky Luigart-Stayner; Styling: Lydia DeGaris-Pursell

Barbecued Lime Shrimp and Corn

With virtually no cleanup, cooking a meal in foil over the fire is simple. Buy premade foil oven bags, or fashion your own from heavy-duty aluminum foil. Then toss the bag directly on the coals. If you skip the couscous, soak up the juices with French bread.  Recipe Courtesy of CookingLight.com.

Ingredients
1/3 cup fresh lime juice
1/4 cup fresh orange juice
2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
2 ears corn, each cut crosswise into 4 pieces
1 1/2 pounds large shrimp, peeled and deveined
4 cups cooked couscous

Instructions:
At home, combine the first 9 ingredients in a heavy-duty, zip-top plastic bag, and seal. Place the corn, shrimp, and couscous in separate heavy-duty zip-top plastic bags, and seal bags. Place the shrimp in cooler.

At campsite, place lime mixture, corn, and shrimp in foil oven bag. Place directly on hot coals (or in a 450° oven if at home); cook 10 minutes. Serve over couscous.

Nutritional Information:
Yield:  4 servings (serving size: 5 ounces shrimp, 2 pieces corn, and 1 cup couscous)

CALORIES 473 (7% from fat); FAT 3.9g (sat 0.7g,mono 0.6g,poly 1.5g); IRON 5.3mg; CHOLESTEROL 259mg; CALCIUM 115mg; CARBOHYDRATE 66.7g; SODIUM 534mg; PROTEIN 42.8g; FIBER 4g

 

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