Garlic Butter Shrimp!

This recipe was the first recipe I ever Pinned on Pinterest back in the day!  It's actually called a butter, Italian shrimp, but I add the garlic to it!  It's SUPER easy and really tasty!  The whole thing takes only about 20 minutes!  Melt a stick and a half of butter in the oven on the tray you're going to cook the shrimp in.  Thinly slice some lemons and lay them over the melted butter.  Layer the shrimp over the lemon slices and add italian seasoning and some salt and pepper.....and that's it!  15 minutes in the oven at 350 degrees and you're done!  I like to add some fresh, chopped garlic to the melting butter in the oven to give it a little kick.  I also steamed some sugar snap peas on the side and made some white rice.  Easy Peasy!

Here's how it turned out:

My 2 year old's dinner - everything just chopped up over rice :)

In the mood for fish...

I was in the mood to make something quick and easy and remembered I had some fish in the freezer.  We like to buy the frozen pack of Whiting from Publix and just keep it in the freezer for quick meals and so that's what I decided to make last night.  I started looking up Whiting recipes on Pinterest, but honestly, had very little luck.  So I decided to use a recipe for another type of white, flakey, fish and try it out.  It was sooooooooo good!  I made a lemon, butter, cilantro, pan-fried fish using my Calphalon skillet!  My husband bought me the skillet because I complained that I needed something better to make pancakes on (because I'm a horrible pancake maker), but I use it for EVERYTHIGN except making pancakes on and I absolutely love it!  LOL!  It was perfect for this fish recipe.  I followed the recipe below, but like I said earlier, I used Whiting and I used cilantro instead of the parsley.  I also used a little onion powder and garlic powder to marinate my fish with. This meal was honestly, super quick and easy!  I made a pot of rice and steamed some broccoli next to it - it was perfect!

Here's the link to the recipe:
http://juliasalbum.com/2015/10/trout-with-garlic-lemon-butter-herb-sauce/


Here's what it looked like:

Completed fish put back in the sauce

Cooking fish flesh side down 

Fresh garlic, cilantro, and lemon

Pan frying skin side down

Making the sauce - as a side note, I do not cook with alcohol and so where the recipe says to deglaze with white wine, I used a little broth instead

Completed meal