This glazed shrimp dinner is a super EASY and flavorful, protein-packed, gluten free recipe that your whole family will love! The healthy seafood recipe has shrimp that is browned in a sweet and savory apricot and bacon sauce that’s to DIE FOR!
This week.. OH MY! I think I need a little grace here. In fact, I need a lot of grace. You see, after I posted THIS DELICIOUS Reese’s protein bites recipe on Monday, my site crashed. Annoying, yes. But not the end of the world. Although staying on hold for tech support for hours is not my idea of fun, haha. Oh wait, it gets better.
I forgot I had a sponsored post due; whoops. I also forgot I was supposed to submit the bites recipe to another site for a project. Double whoops. Both of those “supposed to” obligations couldn’t happen, didn’t happen. Oh, and I forgot that I was supposed to be a loving supportive wife… MAJOR WHOOPS! In fact, my poor husband got the frustrated annoyed wife instead. Good thing he’s patient and gives me a lot of grace. PHEW!
So there I was. Needing extra grace and a little bit of therapy. Luckily, I figured I could I’d call it a day and get in the kitchen. That’s my therapy. A glass of wine, sautéing a bunch goodness, and the computer shut off! I also figured that if I cooked a really good meal, then that would make up for me being a pain in the arse to my husband. Makes total sense, right?
Yep. The way to a man’s heart is by food, bonus points if you include 5280 meat bacon! And DOUBLE bonus points if you ALSO share your last few pieces of sizzlefish. Which i did, obviously.
So this glazed shrimp recipe is not about the health benefits. It’s not about the perfect pre or post workout meal. But it is a RECOVERY meal.
A meal that can and WILL recover you from ANY bad day or week. A meal that says “Honey, I’m sorry, here’s a home cooked meal with extra bacon and extra love. You don’t even have to share it.” Haha – okay, he did share. But you get where I am coming from.
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Apricot and Bacon Glazed Shrimp with Quinoa
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Description
Apricot and Bacon Glazed Shrimp with Quinoa
Ingredients
- 8 oz shrimp (peeled)
- 3 pieces of smoked bacon (chopped)
- 1 tbsp honey or maple syrup
- 3 tbsp Apricot Preserves
- 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- ⅓ to ½ cup chopped green onion
- ½ tsp minced garlic
- Dash of sea salt and black pepper
- 2 tbsp orange juice (fresh)
- Quinoa Ingredients below.
- ½ to ⅔ cup white quinoa
- ⅔ cup water
- ½ cup coconut cream (or broth if you prefer)
Instructions
- First, cook your quinoa according to directions. I like to add in a little bit of coconut cream to make it a tad sweet. I used a rice cooker but you can use stove top. ½ cup quinoa calls for 1 cup water. So I used ⅔ cup water and about ⅓ to ½ cup coconut cream.
- Once the quinoa is cooking, start your shrimp dish.
- Place 3 chopped bacon strips, shrimp, and honey in a skillet. Cook on medium for about 8-10 minutes or until shrimp is cooked and bacon is crispy on edges.
- Keep on low or set aside.
- In another small pot, add in 3 tablespoon apricot preserves, 1-2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar, a few spoons of the bacon/honey mixture you cooked the shrimp in, and 2 tablespoon orange juice.
- Cook on medium for about 5 minutes until it turns into a sauce.
- Now combine the sauce, shrimp, and quinoa all together in one pot, mix and add in your garlic, pepper, dash of salt.
- Spoon into bowl and garnish with green onion.
- Feel free to add in extra sauce on top if you have any!
Notes
Feel free to add in any extra veggies too!
If you decide to not use the bacon, be sure to add in little oil or other fat to cook the shrimp at first.
Apricot bacon glazed shrimp is my saving grace meal. It’s a little bit of every sweet and savory flavor rolled into one delicious dish.
It’s gluten free (duh), it’s pretty much healthy (unless you drink the bacon grease straight up), and it’s suitable for ANY type of meal. Heck, throw an egg on top and let’s call it breakfast. Just sayin..
Now, excuse me while I go remove my horns and put on my angel wings.
What’s your saving grace meal? Favorite way to cook with bacon?
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This quinoa salad looks absolutely delicious! Will definitely be trying out this recipe soon
Another gluten-free recipe, I’ll add this to my list! Pinned =)
This looks really good!!! I still haven’t tried quinoa and I even have some in my pantry just waiting to be cooked!
YUM, this looks fantastic. We are blessed with very patient men, I think! I have so been there too, letting it out on him! My saving grace meal definitely involves bacon, any kind of meat factor really, sometimes eggs. And doritos 😉 Some of M’s favorites!
Cheers to your site being back up! Not a fun thing to go through, at. all. LOVE this dish – bacon and shrimp go well together 🙂 pinned this!
I need you to come move near my house and make me dinner all the time. I’ve turned into the laziest cook! And this looks AMAZING, and easy, so maybe I can make this one? 😉
yes you can! but you’ve been busy bee! so i totally get that. Have fun at blend! Gonna miss you guys!
PS Lindsay, you might want to add some Alt Text into each of those images so it is autofilled when people pin your images! 🙂
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oh i thought i did! Thank you for telling me!
Woah! Check out the glaze on that shrimp! I don’t really make glazed shrimp but seeing this, I wonder WHY NOT??!! This looks amazing. Wouldn’t even think about this being gluten free.
Pinning to some gluten free group boards! People need to discover this!
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Sounds delicious. So sorry to hear about the computer crash. Major annoyance. Hope the rest of your week is looking up! xo
The combination of flavors sounds amazing. Perfect recipe for summer too.
This dish looks amazing! I love the whole sweet and savory thing together and gluten free is better yet. I am delighted to see that you got your site back up and going. I know how frustrating that is. Just pinned and shared!
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thanks friend! I so appreciate that!
bacon AND shrimp?! This is too good to be true!
OH my. I think I say that on every comment…but seriously this looks amazing. You had me at quinoa, bacon and shrimp and at it all!!! Everything is better with bacon!!
Ah! You’ve explained why, when I clicked in bloglovin on your previous post, a few days ago, it was coming up with an error. That’s a nightmare that your site went down!
But still, it gave me two delicious recipes to read today instead of one, so that wasn’t a bad thing (for me anyway) 🙂
haha you are kind. thank you for waiting
Oh my gosh this looks good! Shrimp…bacon…what’s not to love!? Sorry about site crash. Thanks for sharing this – pinned!
bacon helped.. no doubt! haha i’m feeling good now. haha
Seriously. Guest room, bunk beds, you and Fit Foodie Mamma – I never cook again and am so happy. Plan?
I’m sure the Kiwi would be totally cool with it.
i’m making your room now. 😉
can you really go wrong with bacon? haha
we love it anyway.
Girl this looks fantastic!
so agree! bacon for days! haha
Oh no! Sorry about the site crash and all the stress involved with that but wow this ‘recovery meal’ sure looks amazing!
OH my stars it sounds like you have been having one of those weeks! I hope that your day today is much better!! This looks like the kind of meal I would happily eat on a crappy day! Love the apricot addition!
I wish my “quickie” meals looked this good. LOL! Need to check out that bacon…
Bacon! More bacon! yes!
Oh woman…I am going to kidnap you and fit you in my suitcase so you can practice yoga on Nantucket and get your Namaste on…XOXO
Oh man I am just trying to imagine all the sweet and savory flavors of this!! I’m not a bacon fan but love the flavor of bacon, just not bacon. I need to make this just because I can’t wrap my head around it and I’m sure it is even better than I am imagining it (fireworks going off in my head)!
My poor cornbread.
Come over and we can experiment with removing certain ingredients from vegemite and tucking into this!
okay deal! on my way
Sorry to hear about all the crazy, I sure can relate to that! But this dish absolutely makes up for it. Food cures all.
oh ya, i remember when that happened to you. Ugh, computers.
I kind of always forget about apricots. I think my mom would love this recipe, I’ll have to add it to our dinner menu!
oh let me know what mama says!
Uh, yes. Like, I wish that a bowl of this would have appeared in front of me after I pinned it. Hah. If only it worked like that, right?! My saving grace meals usually end up being trash bowls. They vary each time I make them, but are usually so tasty every single time.
those too! the best random ingredients ever!
you got me at Shrimp and Bacon! Yum!
i’m still drooling over it.
Tech issues are the worst-est! But dang – this meal is redemption indeed! With bacon, apricot preserves, garlic and shrimp all mingling – this must have been taste bud heaven!
I’m NOT BUYING IT.
Nope.
Nice try… pshhht. Horns. LOL.
I am sure your level “10” on the bish scale is like most people’s 2. (0:
Still haven’t tried the fruit/fish thing what is wrong with me? This looks divine… cooked by an angel.
Question though…. only one glass? *wink*
You know me too well. Lush lindsay
I would have never combined bacon and apricots on my own but that sounds delicious! Love your gorgeous photos, too!
I love ALL of these things! I’m immediately pinning to make next week. Shrimp dishes are my all-time favorite, and I need to mix it up a little. 🙂 Your stuff is always delish!
me too! love love me shrimp. Come for dinner, bring the wine. ok?
That is one beautiful looking meal!!! I am not a bacon person though – I know! 🙂
UGH on the site & all the things due – I am not even going to tell you what I did the other day when I had too much on my mind! 🙂
I was wondering what happened to your blog the other day! And man, oh man, can I relate to getting all sorts of stressed whenever I’m dealing with any sort of technical issues. I definitely become one someone who’s not too pleasant to be around. Glad it all got resolved, though! xox
Apricot and Bacon? What an amazing combo, salty and sweet! my favorite This sounds wonderful. I love how you think of such great flavor combos.
Oh friend. I’m so sorry about your site! That’s very stressful. Thank goodness for grace, right? And now, I need to have some bacon today!
So drinking bacon grease straight up is frowned upon ….. noted. HA! Seriously girl, you deserve to give yourself some GRACE because sometimes things out of our control wreck our lives and technology is at the top of that list. But I love your style, getting in the kitchen both relaxes and energizes me. When I’ve had a stressful day or need some time alone by myself, I send Husband and Kamden outside and I’m in the kitchen. Mama needs a break and, oh by the way, when she’s done you’ll have a home cooked meal. I don’t make quinoa a lot, even though it’s delicious and healthy, but I need to more often. And who doesn’t love shrimp AND bacon? Sweet Jesus, this is manna from heaven! Thanks for sharing your “grace meal” with me.
Have a blessed day!!!!
xo,
Nicole
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yes, good call. calmness and kitchen time! Best therapy! haha. thanks for your words of encouragement. xxoo
oh my gosh get in my belly this looks ridiculously good!
You are a smart woman. This is my exact tactic when I need some grace with my husband. 🙂 I think he’d love this dish, too!
good to know! haha i need to sharpen up my wife skills.
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Well this sounds delightful!
I feel like I had a couple a days like that last week too. Blah!
boo! we need a fresh start. haha. Love ya!
Seriously? It is hella unfair when you use all of my favorite ingredients together in one bowl. HELLA UNFAIR. I just need a little avocado to go with and I’m done.
OMG genius!
Ok, so, I don’t eat bacon anymore but I LOVE THIS RECIPE. I always enjoyed apricot flavors when paired with chicken (when I ate chicken lol) and I would love it with shrimp! My son would enjoy this too (especially if I add the bacon!) and I even have quinoa cooked and ready to go which means this may be dinner tonight!
It’s great with chicken too and or minus shrimp! Let me know if you try
Love this combo of flavors! Pinned of course!
Yay pinning haha
Extra bacon and extra love solve everything right? Looks delicious, and still so healthy! Plus I love green onions a lot – the combo with bacon is killer 🙂
Yes and you could use cauliflower ice instead! Yay