What better springtime recipe than some fresh tasting fish and seafood like my Tilapia Shrimp Scampi? This recipe evolved from the fact that I wanted to make shrimp scampi, but didn’t have enough shrimp left to make a whole meal for 4 people. So I incorporated a few pieces of tilapia I also had on hand and voila!

This has actually become one of the most popular pages found on my main Thrown-Together-Meals.com website from search engine traffic. Seems quite a few people are actually searching for tilapia shrimp scampi! Who knew?

The recipe has traditional flavors of scampi, including lemon juice, wine, butter and garlic.  I have usually served it with steamed white or brown  rice and a steamed broccoli and zucchini mixture. But it’d also be good with angel hair pasta and asparagus, if you want it to be more spring-y.

To get this Tilapia Shrimp Scampi recipe, just click the link. You can also find other fish and seafood recipes on the main site… or share your own recipe there. Or… if you know of a great fish/seafood cookbook, tell me about it here.

I hope you enjoy this! … And feel free to “hop” on over to Recipe Lion to see other contributions to their March Spring Blog Hop, won’t you:

Here’s a contribution from Amelia, one of my readers. It’s a hearty winter soup made from root vegetables that are easy to find at your local grocery.

I encourage my readers to contribute their own recipes to the Thrown Together Meals website that this “Recipe of the Week” blog is part of. I’m aiming at developing our own small community of “thrown together” chefs who love creating fast, healthy, quick meals.

So, I thought it would be fun to include some of my readers’ recipes on this blog too. Here’s one that sound truly scrumptious…

This butternut squash soup is so easy to make, with only 3 main ingredients. I never liked squash growing up… at least not the way my mom cooked it! {haha} But recently, I have discovered that butternut squash can be sweetly flavorful, especially when used in combination with other ingredients.

So I hope you’ll give this recipe a try some time, and then leave your comments… either here on the blog or on the recipe page. You’ll find Amelia’s Butternut Squash & Potato recipe here. She suggests you serve it with some sourdough bread. But you could also make it with grilled cheese sandwiches, if you’d like a more complete meal.

Share your own soup recipe with us here.

Thanks and enjoy!

Another recipe I grew up on… and that I always loved… was my mom’s Swedish meatballs. If you like meatballs and brown gravy, you’ll like this one!

It actually doesn’t take all that long to make your own meatballs from scratch, but if you’re really in a hurry… as I was the night I invented this recipe… you can use frozen meatballs. They come in both a beef and a turkey variety in many stores, and they can save a lot of time. Personally, I don’t think they have as nice a texture as the homemade version, but you can’t beat the convenience.

I use something called “Wondra” flour to make all my gravies and sauces, because it makes lumps a thing of the past. It’s a superfine sifted flour that comes in a shaker can. It doesn’t cost a whole lot and it really works great.

I served this recipe with rice, but it’d be just as good with mashed potatoes or even egg noodles.

To get this recipe, click on this Swedish meatballs recipe link. And then, please feel free to leave your rating and comments, either on that page or here on the blog. I’d love to know what others think!

You can also find the following on my main Thrown-Together-Meals.com website:

• More easy ground beef recipes
• Cookbook reviews
• Gift guide for cooks

Have fun exploring!

Chicken Broccoli Alfredo is a thrown together meal recipe using a simple white sauce recipe with chicken and broccoli… yummo!

One night I had a hankering for Alfredo sauce (yumm… Parmesan), and I had chicken and broccoli on hand, so I decided to put them together in one quick dish. A few other ingredients and a new classic was born!

To view this recipe, go to our Thrown-Together-Meals.com website and visit the Chicken Broccoli Alfredo recipe page. You can also find more great chicken recipes or share your own special recipes. Enjoy!