Lime-Garlic Grilled Shrimp and Deconstructed Mango Guac

It was definitely one of those days today... it was like one thing after another -- and it totally kicked my butt! After coming off of a fabulous weekend at a friend's beach house I was completely exhausted.

So I knew that I was going to want something tasty, to reward myself working my butt off today...

And also something easy, cuz HomeBoy is too tired to get too fancy...

There's nothing easier than grilled shrimp. And this Deconstructed Guac is also SUPER simple! Chop, Grill, and Eat -- it's that easy!

Ingredients

1 Garlic clove

1 lime

7 mid-size raw shrimp

1 tbs olive oil

1 mango, quartered and peeled

1 avocado, quartered and peeled

1/2 red onion, cut into four wedges

1 jalepeno, halved and seeded (optional)

Pre-heat Grill pan over medium-high heat.

Grate the garlic over a cutting board. Use a small grater to get a fine garlic paste. Zest the lime on top of the garlic, and mix together with your fingers.

Skewer the shrimp, and lightly brush with oil. Rub the lime-garlic mixture into the shrimp, and set aside.

Lightly brush the mango, avocado, onion, and jalepeno (if using) and grill each until there are visible grill marks. Set aside, and grill the shrimp skewers, about 2 minutes on each side. Shrimp will be opaque and pink when done (you'll recognize it, I'm sure)

Plate the grilled mango, avocado, onion, and jalepeno, and place shrimp skewers on top. Serve with a few lime wedges for squeezing on top.

To eat, cut up the grilled components into bite-size pieces, and get each part into every bite. The sweet of the mango with the smoothness in the avocado -- all of which have an amazing smokiness because we grilled them -- will leave you wanting more!

Oh, and for all my budgetors out there -- This cost me less than $9.00 :)