Great way to get protein

If you are cooking for the family and the meat dish isn’t exactly GERD friendly, I have an idea for you.  This also works for anyone who is cooking for one and is a bit lazy about cooking.  What’s the idea?  Shrimp!

Most mainline grocery stores ( I use Kroger) or gourmet food stores (Whole Foods, Fresh Market) carry frozen jumbo shrimp that you can buy by the pound.  Now, I’m not talking about the prepackaged kind next to the fish sticks (yuck!)  These are flash frozen and when thawed properly are not mushy at all.  Bring them home and store them in a freezer bag in the freezer and thaw a few at a time for the protein portion of your meal.  You can also throw them into pasta dishes at the last minute to add some protein.  Caution:  if you cook them with the sauce from the beginning they, like any shrimp, can get tough.

Of course if you don’t like shrimp…..  sorry about that!