Stir-Fry Shrimp with Spicy Orange Sauce

April 6, 2015 by Kristi 26 Comments

This Stir-Fry Shrimp with Spicy Orange Sauce is so easy, fast, light, healthy and delicious – it will become a weeknight family favorite.

Happy day after Easter! I hope you all had a lovely, peaceful Easter Sunday.

This year, Easter was just the two of us, and it was an easy, restful and peaceful day of testing recipes. As a result, I have some fabulous recipes coming for you.

And GAH…you guys will love this flavorful shrimp recipe topped with orange sauce!

Busy? I’ve got your super-fast recipe right here! Booyah!

The green onions in this dish are only cooked for 2 minutes, which keeps them nice and crunchy for that all-needed texture hit. Yet, they still have that prominent onion flavor we all love so much.

With this dish, you can serve the shrimp with the tail on or the tail off. I always think it looks so much prettier with the tails on, but when you’re in a hurry and hungry, who wants to have to play with their food before they eat it?

Another thing you love about it is, that it’s slightly spicy, but not overly so – the orange mellows out the spice so nicely and adds a great, sweet citrus punch.

I can’t help but feel that spring is so among us, and with bathing suit weather just around the corner, it’s time to get serious and get ready for it. So with that thought, I have a question for you guys…

How many of you have a FitBit?

I just got a FitBit Flex two weeks ago, and let me just say, it is definitely telling me something about myself. It goes something like this > “Kristi, get up and move, girl!” And, to add insult to injury, it uses its outside voice. 🙂

Good bye desk job, hello running shoes.

Now I’m not entirely on board with this plan yet, but I’m working my way up to it. I think any time you change change your diet, start incorporating a more regimented exercise program and start to actually take control of the types of food you’re putting in your mouth – there’s bound to be learning curve. Welcome to my world. Haha!

p.s. before I tell you about my FitBit, let me be clear – this is *not* a sponsored post. I just wanted to share what I have loved about my FitBit so far:

it’s making me aware of how much or how little I’m actually moving;
it’s holding me accountable for my activity;
I need to sleep better and get a lot more steps in every day!

About the sleep comment (#3.) – the other thing I’ve loved about the FitBit, is learning about the quality of my sleep. You all know how horrible my sleep is (and I knew it too – I just didn’t know how bad it was). The FitBit tells me how many hours I’ve slept each night, and how much of that sleep/sleeplessness was restless/awake/real sleep. That was a real eye opener for me! Because even your quality of sleep impacts your weight!

And, as it turns out, it’s true. I’m sleeping 3-4 hours a night. <Big gulp>

Time to take action, so I’m snapping on my FitBit, exercising more and eating lower fat and healthier. Which means you are too. 🙂

I hope you love the path to healthier eating, because I want someone to do it with me!

Enjoy!

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