Quick N Easy Thai Coconut Shrimp Stir Fry Loaded With Veggies #SundaySupper

I was super excited when my #SundaySupper team decided to do a “ Back To School Meals” theme this week.  Being a busy working mom I need ideas and all the help I can get  to put together quick and easy healthy meals on the table. I can’t wait to visit all the participating blogs and get some great tips and recipes.  Added bonus : all these meals can be put together in 30 minutes or less. My kind of meal !  Who wants to spend time slaving over a meal on a school night ?  I do some of my cooking for the week over the weekend so when I need to put together a quick meal, I like one pot meals where I can combine the meat and the veggies. A good stir fry loaded with veggies is quick and easy and gives my family  a healthy dinner. Serve the stir fry over rice noodles or rice and serve some fresh fruit and milk and we have a complete meal in 30 minutes or less. Cook the rice in a cooker while the stir fry is simmering. This Thai style stir fry swimming in coconut milk is super simple to make and transports you to a Thai restaurant ! Seriously ! I love cooking with coconut milk and coconut oil and this dish has both. Fresh ginger, garlic, basil, mint, cilantro and Thai red curry paste make up the spice mix for this curry. I found using hot chili sauce instead of authentic Thai chili paste works just as fine. Tone down the curry paste if your kids are not too crazy about spicy. The coconut milk tones down the taste so it’s not very hot.  I used Costco stir fry veggie pack which has oodles of veggies like baby corn,  snow peas, red peppers, mushroom, and other veggies. You can use any combo of  your favorite veggies. Get creative !!  Make this vegan by substituting the shrimp for tofu. It tastes great with tofu too.

Floating in coconut goodness !

Nutrition Wise !

This stir fry is bursting with fiber courtesy of the veggies. It’s also brimming with healthy fat in the form of coconut milk and coconut oil ! Read my post on the “wonders of coconut milk”  to see why I love and advocate coconut milk!   A good amount of protein and when served with rice or noodles give you a nutritionally complete meal. Adding some fresh fruit and milk to the meal are just additional nutritional icing on the cake !

In the skillet !

Making it child friendly with some fresh fruit and milk . My kids like blue plates !

Up Close And Personal.  Yummy !!

 

Thai Coconut Shrimp Stir-fry

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Serves	4 – 6
Dietary	Diabetic
Meal type	Lunch, Main Dish
Misc	Child Friendly, Pre-preparable, Serve Hot

Ingredients

• 1lb shrimp (peeled and devined)
• 2 tablespoons coconut oil
• 1 tablespoon ginger (grated or pureed)
• 4 cloves Garlic (finely diced or pureed)
• 1 Onion (Sliced)
• 5 cups Stir- fry veggies (or 5 cups of you favorite veggies sliced long )
• 1/2 cup fresh mint (finely chopped)
• 1/2 cup fresh cilantro (finely chopped)
• 1/2 cup fresh basil (finely chopped)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric or curicumin (optional)
• 1 tablespoon Thai red curry paste (or medium hot chili sauce)
• 1/2 cup lemon juice (or juice from 1 lemon)
• 1 cup coconut milk

Note

Good veggies to use in a stir-fry are bell peppers, squash, Zucchini, mushroom, carrots, celery, broccoli, snow peas, water chestnuts, peas, edamame etc, Be creative !!

Directions

	If using fresh veggies, chop all veggies into long pieces. Finely chop basil, mint and cilantro.
	Heat coconut oil, add onion and saute till soft. Add chopped ginger, garlic turmeric and red curry paste. saute for 2 minutes. Add shrimp and saute for about 5 minutes till cooked.
	Add veggies and salt and saute for another 5-7 minutes till crisp cooked. Cook longer for softer veggies. Add the chopped mint, cilantro, basil and lemon juice.
	Add coconut milk and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Take off fire and serve over hot rice or noodles.

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Please be sure you join us on Twitter throughout the day on Sunday. We’ll be meeting up at 7:00 p.m. EST for our weekly #SundaySupper live chat where we’ll talk about Back to School Meals and ways to make meal time easier!

All you have to do is follow the #SundaySupper hashtag, or you can follow us throughTweetChat! We’ll be sharing great recipes and tips all afternoon, and we’ll be talking all things Back to School Meals during our chat!