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Beauty Bites: Shrimp and Calamari in Garlicky Tomato Sauce

Name: SHRIMPS & CALAMARI IN GARLICKY TOMATO SAUCE
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 2 servings
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

Last updated on April 10th, 2018 at 01:09 pm

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

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 defence, can anybody resist sea food 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.

These shrimp and calamari in tomato sauce are:

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 dish. It’s delicious and super healthy! 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.

SHRIMPS & CALAMARI IN GARLICKY TOMATO SAUCE

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Yield: 2 servings

This is a very healthy and delicious dinner or lunch recipe for everyone who's short on time and loves sea food, tomatoes, garlic and basil. So basically - for everyone.

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

Chop tomatoes, clean and cut calamari in stripes.
Wash and chop basil, clean shrimp.
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.
After 5 minutes, uncover, add tomato paste, stir it in well, until you see the sauce thicken up.
Add shrimp and garlic and stir. Let it to cook like this for 2-3 min.
If the sauce gets too runny – add again more tomato paste. I had used around 2 tbsp.
Then add basil, stir for 1 min. Turn off heat.
Add olive oil and serve with whole grain bread.
Enjoy

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How To Get Fit Without A Gym Membership – Tips For Working Out At Home

If you think you need a gym membership to get fit and lose weight, then you’re probably making excuses. These tips will help you in shape at home without going to the gym!

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So many women tell me they need to sign up for a gym, so they can lose weight and get in shape. To that I just roll my eyes and continue with my day. You know, people don’t really listen when you give them well-intentioned advice.

The gym isn’t a bad place to be, but do you really need it to get in shape or to lose weight?

I’ve had a gym membership for years, but I am also someone who actually LOVES to work out at home.

The Benefits of Working Out At Home

The biggest benefit in my opinion: Working out at home saves me time. I don’t need to get to the gym before or after work and therefore I’m more likely to work out.
You can squeeze in 5-minute workouts whenever you need a break from whatever you’re doing
Work out whenever you want (don’t need to stick to opening/closing hours)
Don’t need to wash my hair, put make up on, even brush my teeth (disgusting or genius?…yes, disgusting)
If you’re just starting out – you get to try new things in the comfort of your own home
Saves you money

7 Huge Secrets To Get Fit Without The Gym

Now here are 7 awesome tips, or should I call them secrets to get you started with working out at home even if you don’t have a gym membership. These will help you lose weight, start taking better care of yourself and will motivate you to make some healthy changes in your everyday life.

Secret # 1: You don’t need much

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Many people will tell you, you need a ton of equipment. Basically, you don’t need to change, but you’ll have to turn one of your rooms into a home gym. Well, I don’t have an extra room and I don’t want to spend a lot of money on equipment. I know it’s hard to believe, but I’ll say it: I am not Beyoncé, mkay?

But here’s what I actually use and recommend to start exercising at home:

A good, thick exercise mat. I had an exercise mat that wasn’t thick enough and it would really hurt my knees, elbows or back when I do pilates or other mat exercises. Like seriously, the next day I would have bruises. Getting a thicker exercise mat, made a huge difference.
The right shoes. I used to work out without shoes at home (again that genius), but then I would hurt my ankles and wouldn’t be able to exercise for weeks. Don’t do that! Get shoes that will make it easy and pleasant to walk and exercise.
Free weights. This is something I thought I never needed and it’s completely optional if you’re just starting out. First get into the groove and build some endurance and strength. At some point, when you get comfortable – it’s time to step it up and get some hand weights to develop more strength. I don’t use heavy weights, mine are 3lbs and I have some that are 8lbs, and I find this to be enough for me.

That is all you need – 3 things.

Of course, you can get some cute looking exercise clothes, some resistance bands, and so on – but these are the 3 basics I would definitely recommend when you want to start working out at home.

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Comments

Beth says

13th June 2018 at 5:57 pm

Perfect!!! Only thing I added was some spinach. Quick, easy, and delicious!

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- Stella says
  
  14th June 2018 at 5:32 pm
  
  Happy you enjoyed it!
  
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