This slow cooking Spanish shrimp and quinoa recipe is a tasty and super healthy wonder! Pour all the ingredients into your cooking pot and let it cook! Ridiculously easy and full of quinoa, shrimp, spinach, tomatoes and spices like smoked paprika, onion powder and more!
If you’re looking for healthier wonders, you’ll also like: ground turkey fried rice, instant carnitas, pan-cooked Greek chicken, and slow-cooked vegetable curry
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I have a case from Monday.
Anyone with me?
Trevor and I had a great weekend, which always makes it harder to get back to reality.
We took Teddy for a walk, went to the pool, visited some new restaurants in downtown Raleigh, watched a movie (if you haven’t seen the new Mission Impossible, dooooooo), and went driving on Sunday to see all the cute neighborhoods Raleigh has to offer.
It was bliss.
The only thing that helps me get through today?
Knowing that dinner is already done and waiting for me. Woot woot!
Monday’s call for quick, easy, but still totally delicious dinners.
I KNOW they are all with me.
Enter: Spanish shrimp and slow cooking quinoa!
Throw a bunch of stuff into your cooking pot, set it, forget it, devour it!
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Today’s recipe is very special, because it comes from my friend Lindsay’s new cookbook (from the Cotter Crunch blog), Nourishing Superfood Bowls: 75 Healthy and Delicious Gluten-Free Meals to Fuel Your Day.
Not only is the book absolutely MAGNIFICENT, but it takes the most amazing photos, but it’s full of easy, healthy, and super delicious bowl recipes.
I had a hard time deciding which recipe to share with you, because they are all so colorful and sound so tasty, but once I saw the Spanish quinoa and slow cook shrimp, I knew that was exactly what I needed to share with all of you today.
How are shrimp made in the slow cooker?
I’ve had that question on my mind for SO long. I don’t know why, but I’ve always been really afraid to make shrimp in my cooking pot.
But let me tell you.
It’s easy… totally foolproof and SUPER delicious.
Take frozen shrimp, throw them in the slow cooker with all the other ingredients, and it will be perfectly cooked in about 2 hours!
Because it is cooked together with spices and broth, it is not only perfectly cooked, but also perfectly seasoned!
What ingredients are in the Spanish slow cooker and shrimp quinoa?
- Quinoa
- broth
- Olive oil
- Tomatoes roasted on
- fire Honey
- Lemon juice
- Cayenne
- Worcestershire sauce
- Smoked paprika
- powder
- Dried cilantro
- spinach Frozen
- Green onion
- Goat cheese
- Fresh herbs
- Salt and pepper
pepper
Onion
Frozen
shrimp
So how is Slow Cooker made Spanish shrimp and quinoa?
Literally throw all those ingredients (minus green onion, goat cheese, herbs, and salt/pepper) in your slow cooker and let it cook for 2 to 4 hours.
Try and season with salt and pepper, then serve with a generous pinch of green onions, goat cheese, and fresh herbs of your choice.
Whatever you do, don’t skimp on goat cheese, it’s SO spicy and the perfect complement to smoked paprika and fire-roasted tomatoes.
I can’t believe it took me so long to cook shrimp in the cooking pot… I’m absolutely obsessed.
Perfectly cooked shrimp and quinoa, subtle but delicious spices…
This one-pot wonder might be the easiest recipe on Show Me the Yummy, yet!
Spanish slow cooker and shrimp quinoa for victory!
-Jennifer
