Why wait for takeout when you can have a healthy, organic, delicious and quick meal on the dinner table sooner than it would take you to call, order, and provide your credit card?

This meal takes less than 5 minutes and is super easy to prepare. Just follow the recipe and you may adjust the red pepper according to your taste. Enjoy!

Ingredients: Serves 1

• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, peeled and  smashed with the back of a knife
• 8 jumbo shrimp, peeled and deveined, tails in tact
• 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
• 1/2 teaspoon each, coarse salt and pepper
• 1/2 lemon, zested and juiced saving 1 slice of lemon
• 1 tablespoon chopped parsley leaves

Preparation:
Heat a medium skillet over medium high heat and add the extra-virgin olive oil. Once the oil is hot, add the  garlic, red pepper flakes and shrimp. Season with salt and pepper and cook shrimp 3 minutes or until just pink. Turn the shrimp over to its’ other side and continue cooking for an additional 1 minute. Toss with lemon juice and chopped parsley. Remove shrimp to a serving platter leaving the garlic cloves in the pan.

Serve with organic brown rice and garnish with the lemon zest and a slice of the lemon.