🍤 Garlic Butter Shrimp + Zucchini Noodles (15 min, 320 kcal)

It's 7pm, you just got home, and you want something that feels like a real dinner — not cereal.

This one takes 15 minutes. One pan. 28g of protein.

Swaps: No spiralizer? Thin-slice the zucchini lengthwise. No shrimp? Chicken strips work; add 3 extra minutes to cook through.

Step 1 — Prep (2 min) Spiralize the zucchini and set aside. Pat shrimp completely dry (this is what gets you the sear). Season with salt and pepper.

Step 2 — Sear the shrimp (5 min) 🔥 HIGH heat Heat olive oil until just smoking. Add shrimp in a single layer — don't crowd the pan. 2 minutes per side until pink and slightly charred at the edges. Pull them out and rest on a plate.

Step 3 — Sauce + noodles (3 min) 🔥 MEDIUM heat Same pan, drop the heat. Melt butter, add garlic, stir 1 minute until fragrant (it should smell amazing, not brown). Add soy sauce and lemon juice. Toss in zucchini noodles and stir 1 minute — just enough to warm through, not go limp. Return the shrimp on top.

Scatter parsley. Eat immediately.

Standout benefit: shrimp is one of the highest protein-to-calorie seafoods around — nearly 2g of protein per 10 kcal.

Tried it? Drop the time you actually finished cooking in the comments. Curious if anyone beats 12 minutes.

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