Momma's Stuffed Shrimp

Generally, anything that starts with "Momma's" or "To Die For" or anything along those lines is absolutely horrible for you! Not this time!! This is a recipe that my family has been using since I was a wee little girl for Christmas Eve dinner. I hadn't ever made it until this Christmas when I was helping Mom prepare dinner for our large group of 17! I realized it wasn't so bad, and thus began the Weight Watcher calculating!!!

The original recipe is for Stuffed Shrimp, but we have also recently tried the same stuffing in mushroom caps and it's DELICIOUS!!!!


Stuffing:

3 Tb. Light Butter/Margarine
1 c mushrooms, finely chopped
1/3 c onions, finely chopped
1 clove of garlic, minced
1 Tb. chicken bouillon
1 Tb. jarred/canned pimentos
3 slices of low cal (35 calorie) white bread--make into bread crumbs using blender or food processor


Shrimp:
1 lb 20-30 count shrimp, raw
OR
1 pkg mushrooms caps
melted margarine/butter

Instructions:
*Peel and remove vein from shrimp, or if you are making this with mushrooms, remove the stem from the mushrooms and clean the cap with a damp papertowel.
For shrimp: cut the bottoms of the shrimp so they sit upright--just making the deveining cut a tad deeper. The tail of the shrimp should be standing up.

*Grease a glass baking dish (I generally use a 9 x 13). Brush your shrimp or mushrooms with melted margarine--be sure to coat all sides and areas. Place the shrimp or mushrooms in greased dish.

*Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

*In a skillet, melt the 3 Tb of margarine. Add the mushrooms, onions, garlic, and bouillon, and cook until soft and well mixed. Add the pimentos and bread crumbs and cook until combined.

*Using a spoon, place a small amount of stuffing on each shrimp, using the tail to help hold it in place.

*Once all shrimp are stuffed, place in the oven, uncovered, for approx 10-12 minutes. Mushrooms generally take a tad longer---15-20 minutes.

*Remove from the oven and serve hot....DELICIOUS appetizer or meal!!!

Servings=4

WW points:
SHRIMP: 4 pts per 1 serving
MUSHROOMS: 2 pts per 1 serving