Cal Smart Caper-Dill Dressed Shrimp
with Couscous, Tomatoes and Spinach
Capers add a briny pop to this shrimp dish with creamy Dijon-dill sauce. Underneath the salmon, there's a bed of lemony couscous to soak up all those delicious flavours.
Calorie Smart (650kcal or less) is based on a per-serving calculation of the recipe's kilocalorie amount.
Ingredients: Shrimp • Baby tomatoes • Moroccan couscous (durum wheat semolina) (wheat) • Lemon • Spinach • Capers (capers, water, salt, vinegar, calcium chloride, potassium sorbate) • Mayonnaise (canola and/or soy oil, liquid whole egg, frozen egg yolk, water, salt, sugar, vinegar, concentrated lemon juice, spice extract, mustard, lactic acid, calcium disodium EDTA) (mustard, egg) • Dijon mustard (water, mustard seed, mustard flour, vinegar, salt, white wine, spices, xanthan gum, citric acid, tartaric acid) (mustard) • Dill • Garlic.
The quantities provided above are averages only.
Produced in a facility that processes eggs, milk, fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, soy, tree nuts, and wheat.
Ingredients
285 g
Shrimp
(Contains: Shrimp)
½ cup
Couscous
(Contains: Wheat)
113 g
Baby Tomatoes
1 unit(s)
Garlic, cloves
30 g
Capers
(May contain traces of: Milk, Sulphites, Tree nuts, Wheat, Egg, Fish)
1 unit(s)
Lemon
7 g
Dill
56 g
Baby Spinach
½ tbsp
Dijon Mustard
(Contains: Mustard May contain traces of: Milk, Sulphites, Wheat, Egg, Fish, Sesame, Crustaceans, Soy, Gluten)
2 tbsp
Mayonnaise
(Contains: Mustard, Egg May contain traces of: Milk, Sulphites, Wheat, Fish, Sesame, Crustaceans, Soy, Gluten, Mustard)
Not included in your delivery
¼ tsp
Salt*
0.13 tsp
Pepper*
4 tsp
Oil*
Nutrition Values
Utensils
Cooking Steps
- To a medium pot, add 2/3 cup (1 1/3 cups) water and 1/8 tsp (1/4 tsp) salt. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Once boiling, remove the pot from heat, then add couscous. Stir to combine.
- Cover and let stand, 5 min.
- When couscous is tender, fluff with a fork.
- Meanwhile, halve tomatoes.
- Peel, then mince or grate garlic.
- Drain capers, reserving brine, then pat dry with paper towels. Roughly chop one-quarter of the capers.
- Zest lemon. Juice half the lemon, then cut remaining lemon into wedges.
- Roughly chop dill.
- Roughly chop spinach.
- Heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high.
- While the pan heats, using a strainer, drain and rinse shrimp. Pat dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper.
- When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then shrimp.
- Cook, stirring occasionally, until shrimp just turn pink, 2-3 min.**
- Meanwhile, to a small bowl, add Dijon, mayo, chopped capers, half the lemon juice, 1 tsp (2 tsp) dill and half the garlic. (NOTE: Like things dilly and garlicky? Add more dill and garlic!)
- Season with salt and pepper, then stir to combine.
- To a large bowl, add couscous, tomatoes, spinach, lemon zest, remaining capers, remaining lemon juice, reserved caper brine, 1 tbsp (2 tbsp) oil, remaining garlic and 1 tsp (2 tsp) dill. (NOTE: Like things dilly and garlicky? Add more dill and garlic!)
- Season with salt and pepper, then stir to combine.
- Divide couscous between plates.
- Arrange shrimp over top, then drizzle with caper-dill sauce.
- Sprinkle any remaining dill over top, if desired.
- Serve lemon wedges alongside.
If you've opted for shrimp, heat a large non-stick pan over medium-high heat. While the pan heats, using a strainer, drain and rinse shrimp. Pat dry with paper towels. Season with salt and pepper. When hot, add 1/2 tbsp (1 tbsp) oil, then shrimp. Cook for 2-3 min, stirring occasionally, until shrimp just turn pink.**
Divide couscous between plates. Arrange shrimp over top, then drizzle with caper-dill sauce.
