High-Protein Shrimp and Calamari in Tomato Sauce

I shared this delicious high-protein recipe for shrimp and calamari in tomato garlic sauce many years ago. Back in 2016 and it’s still one of my favorite, FAVORITE, protein-packed healthy dinner ideas using seafood. Recently I made it while it was still light out and took some new photos, so I’m doing a little update here.

You can make this quick high-protein seafood recipe with shrimp only, as I did last time and use whatever fresh herbs/greens you have on hand. I hope you enjoy it when you do make it and now let’s see what I wrote in 2016.

Last week I decided to buy lots and lots of seafood. I was craving it like never before. This is a little weird since I eat fish and seafood every week. But let’s not get into that – overanalyzing is never helpful. Long story short I went and bought about 4 kg of fish and seafood and ate it almost every day of the week. Mercury poisoning, here I come.

Don’t know about the guys in Dirty dancing, but I truly had the time of my life.

You already saw the salmon with asparagus recipe and here comes another recipe from the sea for my clean eating challenge: Shrimp & calamari in tomato garlic sauce.

This is the one dish that can distract me from any goal or activity in my life. Seriously it’s that seductive. My sister makes this low carb dish pretty often when I say I will go vegan for a week. I don’t know for sure if she’s trying to sabotage me, but it definitely seems like it. I always end up eating more than her. And I honestly never regret it.

But in my defense, can anybody resist seafood in tomato garlic sauce?

I mean who can resist anything drowned in sweet flavorful and super garlicky tomato sauce? With some basil in it? Come on. Alright I will probably be able to resist a cheesecake or a cookie drown in that, but I’m not even sure I can make that promise.

BEAUTY AND HEALTH BENEFITS

Luckily the biggest and tastiest distraction in my life is also very healthy and helps me renew my beauty. Makes me feel like J.Lo.

This high-protein recipe for shrimp and calamari in tomato sauce is:

• anti-inflammatory (thank you, Garlic!)
• anti-cancer (thank you, again little stinker!)
• high-protein (thanks to calamari and shrimp)
• antioxidant (thanks to Lycopene from the tomatoes)
• gluten-free
• paleo

You see – you can’t go wrong with this simple healthy dinner idea. It’s delicious and super nutritious! So make sure you make it and really enjoy it. It makes it totally worth it to not achieve a goal of being vegan for a week.

More Healthy Dinner Ideas

I hope you love this high-protein shrimp and calamari recipe in tomato garlic sauce! For more healthy dinner ideas, check out these:

• Mediterranean Fish Soup
• Spicy Shrimp Chickpea Salad
• Easy Salmon and Rice

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High-Protein Shrimp and Calamari In Tomato Garlic Sauce

Yield: 2

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

High-protein shrimp and calamari in garlicky tomato sauce! This is a quick and easy healthy dinner recipe with seafood that is low carb, gluten-free, paleo and delicious!

4.6 Stars (11 Reviews)

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Ingredients

• 250g/8oz shrimp (peeled)
• 1 calamari tube
• 3 tomatoes – cubed
• 2-3 garlic cloves
• 10 leaves basil – chopped
• 2-3 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

1. Chop tomatoes, clean and cut calamari in strips.
2. Wash and chop basil, clean shrimp.
3. In a large non-stick skillet place chopped tomatoes and calamari and cover with a lid. Cook at medium high heat for 5 minutes, but be sure to look from time to time whether there is enough sauce in the pan. Depending on how much fluid the tomatoes have, the time can vary.
4. After 5 minutes, uncover, add tomato paste, stir it in well, until you see the sauce thicken up.
5. Add shrimp and garlic and stir. Let it to cook like this for 2-3 min.
6. If the sauce gets too runny – add again more tomato paste. I had used around 2 tbsp.
7. Then add basil, stir for 1 min. Turn off heat.
8. Add olive oil and serve with whole grain bread.
9. Enjoy

Nutrition Information:

Yield: 2
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 453Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 13gCholesterol: 335mgSodium: 1238mgCarbohydrates: 38gFiber: 5gSugar: 11gProtein: 39g

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