I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend! And for those of you that are moms, I hope that you got to relax and had a great time doing whatever makes you happy! I definitely did and now I am stuffed to the brim with brunch, cocktails, cookies, a sushi dinner and frozen strawberry almond faux ice cream (from Fresh pressed juicer- it’s my favorite!) STUFFED.

Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp from HeatherChristo.com

And, have I told you all that I am heading to Greece one short month from now? I am so excited to get back to my favorite place on earth, where we get to spend two weeks with friends and family there. Then we are following it up with a week in Italy and we are going to show the kids where we got married in Tuscany almost 11 years ago! (Don’t worry we are going to be doing major coverage and already have lots of Facebook lives planned!) But I guess that the point is that this means 30 days from now I have to wear a bathing suit. In public. Which also means that I am going to be including as many healthy and light recipes as possible over the next 30 days. Don’t worry, there is some juicy recipe stuff planned too (pizza and treats!) that I have stored up for you! Also, please GOD can you guys encourage me to exercise??!! I have one month to whip things into shape, and that is not looong.

Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp from HeatherChristo.com

My first of these all-new lovely healthy recipes are these Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp. Grilling season is almost here (or at least for most of you I hope) and these give you a new recipe to add to your arsenal- one I hope you will love!

Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp from HeatherChristo.com

Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp
Author: 
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • 1 pound of shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • Blueberry Maple Mustard sauce
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 garlic clove
  • ¼ cup grainy mustard
  • kosher salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat the grill to medium heat. Skewer the shrimp, 4-5 shrimp to each skewer.
  2. For the Sauce:
  3. In a small saucepan, combine the blueberries and maple syrup and water and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring in the syrup and making sure that the blueberries have burst, about 3 minutes.
  4. Add the blueberry mixture to the jar of a blender, add the garlic and puree on high until smooth. Pour into a bowl and stir the grainy mustard in to the blueberry mixture. Season to taste with kosher salt.
  5. Baste the shrimp on both sides with half of the sauce, reserving the other half for dipping once they are cooked.
  6. Grill the shrimp on each side until lightly charred and just cooked through, about
  7. ½ -2 minutes on each side.
  8. Serve the hot grilled shrimp with the dipping sauce. Garnish with fresh chives if desired.

 

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I hope that you all had a wonderful weekend! And for those of you that are moms, I hope that you got to relax and had a great time doing whatever makes you happy! I definitely did and now I am stuffed to the brim with brunch, cocktails, cookies, a sushi dinner and frozen strawberry almond faux ice cream (from Fresh pressed juicer- it’s my favorite!) STUFFED.

Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp from HeatherChristo.com

And, have I told you all that I am heading to Greece one short month from now? I am so excited to get back to my favorite place on earth, where we get to spend two weeks with friends and family there. Then we are following it up with a week in Italy and we are going to show the kids where we got married in Tuscany almost 11 years ago! (Don’t worry we are going to be doing major coverage and already have lots of Facebook lives planned!) But I guess that the point is that this means 30 days from now I have to wear a bathing suit. In public. Which also means that I am going to be including as many healthy and light recipes as possible over the next 30 days. Don’t worry, there is some juicy recipe stuff planned too (pizza and treats!) that I have stored up for you! Also, please GOD can you guys encourage me to exercise??!! I have one month to whip things into shape, and that is not looong.

Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp from HeatherChristo.com

My first of these all-new lovely healthy recipes are these Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp. Grilling season is almost here (or at least for most of you I hope) and these give you a new recipe to add to your arsenal- one I hope you will love!

Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp from HeatherChristo.com

Blueberry Maple Mustard Grilled Shrimp
Author: 
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 4-6
 
Ingredients
  • 1 pound of shrimp, peeled and deveined
  • Blueberry Maple Mustard sauce
  • 1 cup blueberries
  • 2 tablespoons pure maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons water
  • 1 garlic clove
  • ¼ cup grainy mustard
  • kosher salt
Instructions
  1. Preheat the grill to medium heat. Skewer the shrimp, 4-5 shrimp to each skewer.
  2. For the Sauce:
  3. In a small saucepan, combine the blueberries and maple syrup and water and bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring in the syrup and making sure that the blueberries have burst, about 3 minutes.
  4. Add the blueberry mixture to the jar of a blender, add the garlic and puree on high until smooth. Pour into a bowl and stir the grainy mustard in to the blueberry mixture. Season to taste with kosher salt.
  5. Baste the shrimp on both sides with half of the sauce, reserving the other half for dipping once they are cooked.
  6. Grill the shrimp on each side until lightly charred and just cooked through, about
  7. ½ -2 minutes on each side.
  8. Serve the hot grilled shrimp with the dipping sauce. Garnish with fresh chives if desired.