What is a Balaboosta?
Balaboosta (n.)(bah-lah-b00-sta) A Yiddish term meaning the perfect housewife, homemaker, wonderful mother, cook, and gracious hostess. She does it all and does it well.
I make simple food with easy recipes and I like to try new things. My family and friends love my cooking and always ask me to share, with them, what I know about food, flavor, and technique.
I'm not a professional chef and I've had no formal culinary training. What I know and do in the kitchen comes from three women...Nana, Grandma Della, and Rose, my mom. Each one of them knew more about putting a meal on the table than any fancy chef in a white hat. They were the ultimate
Balaboostas.
What I offer you is a lifetime of experience in the kitchen with my compliments and theirs. I hope they'd be proud. I will bring you my recipes as I make them with photos of the actual food I'm preparing. I'm no professional photographer either but I promise, my food will speak for itself in every picture.
The food on my table isn't stacked in a trendy tower.
Instead, my food is stacked with flavor and full of my passion for cooking. So please come in, make yourself comfortable, and enjoy.
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Disclaimer: While most of my recipes are "Jewish Style", I do sometimes cook with pork. This might have been a great disappointment to some but my grandmothers knew that I live in modern world. I light Shabbos candles religiously but I have to admit...I do not keep a Kosher home.
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Did you know that a 3 ounce serving of boiled shrimp has 84 calories, 1 gram of fat, 0 grams of carbohydrate and 17.7 grams of protein? This makes shrimp a great choice.
Shrimp is very versatile. Hot or cold, with or without sauce, in a salad or stew, fried, steamed, boiled, baked, or chopped, shrimp is delicious and a gift from the sea.
To make a healthy version of Garlic Shrimp with Pasta, use the healthier options such as olive oil and brown rice pasta.
Ingredients...
- Pasta
- 3/4 to 1 pound of small Shrimp (Fresh is best but I do use the already cooked frozen shrimp to save time and mess.)
- 5 cloves of Garlic sliced thin
- 1/4 cup Margarine (OR butter if you prefer)
- 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil (equiv to 4 tablespoons)
- 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed (or bottled) Lemon Juice
- 1 Tablespoon fresh chopped or dried Parsley.
- 1 tablespoon Paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon ground Black Pepper
- pinch of Red Pepper Flakes
- Salt to taste
Here's how you do it...
- Prepare your favorite pasta according to package instructions.
- Shrimp... If using frozen shrimp, defrost according to package instructions. If you are using fresh, peel, de-vein, and rinse.
- Prepare the garlic in thin slices.
- Heat a skillet to medium.
- Add the margarine.
- When it begins to foam, add the olive oil.
- Add the sliced garlic and stir occasionally until it just begins to get golden edges.
- If using fresh shrimp you would add it at this point. If using prepared frozen shrimp you will add them at the end.
- Sprinkle on the lemon juice, paprika, ground black pepper, red pepper flakes, parsley, and salt to taste.
- Stir until heated. If using fresh shrimp they will be done when they turn pink.
- If using prepared frozen shrimp add them now to heat.
- Toss with prepared pasta until all is coated.
This recipe pairs well with a fresh salad.
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