Recipe Food Review #1: Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta

So, we decided that we would try a new "healthy" recipe every week. So I'll be writing a food review of the stuff we try out.

Last week we made Baked Shrimp with Tomatoes and Feta that can be served over rice or with pasta. Your choice.

Ingredients:

1 Tbsp Olive Oil
1 medium onion diced
2 garlic cloves minced
2 14 oz cans of no-salt added diced tomatoes
¼ cup finely minced parsley
1 tbsp freshly minced dill
1 ¼ pound of medium shrimp peeled and deveined
¼ tsp of salt - add more to taste
¼ tsp fresh ground pepper - add more to taste
2/3 cup crumbled feta cheese

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a skillet, heat olive oil and add onion.
3. Add garlic into skillet and sautee for a couple of minutes
4. Add tomatoes undrained.
5. Add parsley, dill, shrimp, salt and pepper.
6. Bring everything to a boil
7. Reduce heat to low and let mixture simmer until it has thickened
8. Finally, top with feta cheese and bake until cheese has melted.
9. That's it.

So this was the finished product. I didn't let enough of the juice evaporate so it was still a little more "juicy" that I would have liked.



This dish was just okay for me. I really like the shrimp as they were infused with the flavor of the sauce. Very nice, but it still lacked a certain kick for me. This would have been better had we added some heat to it (i.e. red pepper flakes). A good chunk of the flavor came from the feta cheese. I think that it's an acquired taste, kind of like bleu cheese. Overall I give it a 3 out of 5 stars. If we cook it again, I'll have to add a little something extra to it to get more flavor out of it. Very healthy though, the way that it is as most of the ingredients are fresh vegetables. I had mine with rice. Tess had hers with spaghetti.