We’ve been eating, making and serving this shrimp dish for close to a year now, and I am finally getting around to posting the recipe! It is easy, lemony, and delicious and I should have posted it long ago! But let me explain . . .

Eric & I first enjoyed this shrimp dish last Summer while on vacation in Vermont with Kelly & Andrew. (Gilbert had just started a new job and could not take the time off.) Since we had a full kitchen where we were staying and we are a foodie family that loves to cook together, we had planned the meals we would make while on vacation. Kelly suggested this easy shrimp dish, requiring just a few ingredients that my sister, Diane had made for Kelly & Gilbert just prior to our vacation. As advertised, quick, easy & delicious. But we were on vacation and I didn’t take pictures of the preparation.

Fast forward to Christmas. Most of our extended family was going to be at Diane’s house for the weekend and she was looking for a great dish to serve the crowd on the first night. I suggested the shrimp dish to her, since the recipe originated with her. Once again it was a huge hit. I took a few pictures, but not all that I require when I am posting a recipe.

I took the very next opportunity to make it again, so I could finally get the recipe posted! That was on New Year’s Day when we had friends over for games & dinner. Once again, huge hit! And I got all the pictures I needed . . . almost! I got caught up in the games & visiting with our friends and I forgot to take the finished product pictures that I use at the beginning and end of each recipe.

And so, we made it again this week. And I finally got ALL the pictures I need. Fortunately, it is delicious enough to eat often and a cinch to make!

Italian Shrimp

Italian Shrimp (adapted from justapinch.com)

Serves: 4-6,  Prep Time: 30 minutes,  Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 pounds raw shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 2 lemons, thinly sliced, seeds removed
• 1 package dry Italian Dressing packet

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a cookie sheet with foil.

Heat the butter in the microwave in 30-second increments at half power until is it melted. Pour the melted butter onto the prepared cookie sheet.

Add the melted butter to the prepared pan.

Lay the lemon slices on the melted butter.

Spread the lemon slices over the melted butter.

Lay the shrimp on top of the butter and lemons.

Clean & pat dry the shrimp.

Spread the shrimp over the lemon slices.

Sprinkle the dry Italian Dressing mix on top of the shrimp.

Sprinkle the Italian dressing seasoning over the shrimp.

Bake the shrimp in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, until the shrimp are light golden brown.

It only takes 15 minutes in the oven!

Serve over pasta, rice, or mashed potatoes, or with some good crusty bread.

Very quick & very delicious!

Thanks for the recipe, Diane & Kelly!  ~Linda

Italian Shrimp (adapted from justapinch.com) Serves: 4-6,  Prep Time: 30 minutes,  Cook Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds raw shrimp, shelled and deveined
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter
• 2 lemons, thinly sliced, seeds removed
• 1 package dry Italian Dressing seasoning packet

Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Line a cookie sheet with foil.

Heat the butter in the microwave in 30-second increments at half power until is it melted. Pour the melted butter onto the prepared cookie sheet. Lay the lemon slices on the melted butter. Lay the shrimp on top of the butter and lemons. Sprinkle the dry Italian Dressing mix on top of the shrimp.

Bake the shrimp in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, until the shrimp are light golden brown. Serve over pasta, rice, or mashed potatoes, or with some good crusty bread.