Shrimp and Vegetables Sauteed with Butter and Garlic

Back in October (I've warned you before that it sometimes takes a while for me to post things...) I moved into a new apartment with a good friend from college. She moved to the city to start a new job, and I wanted to start budgeting for my then distant career in food because unfortunately a culinary career doesn't exactly pay the same as a finance one... Anywho, I believe this is the first meal we cooked together in our new home. We didn't really have much in our refrigerator yet as it was our first week living in the new abode, but thanks to some frozen shrimp and a number of random bodegas we made do. The result was really simple yet still really delicious. A great meal doesn't need to be extremely complex - a few simple ingredients can often lead to out of this world food experiences.

Ingredients:

• asparagus, green bell peppers, and mushrooms (feel free to use whatever vegetables you want) cut into about one and a half inch pieces/strips
• shrimp, peeled and deveined
• olive oil
• butter
• salt
• pepper
• minced garlic

Procedure:

• Saute each of the vegetables separately in a equal mix of olive oil and butter and season with salt and pepper. It's easier to cook each on its own because of the the varying amounts of time the different foods will take to get to the same level of doneness, but go ahead and cook it all together if you're feeling brave (or just aren't concerned with such matters).
• After each vegetable, pour the cooking liquid over the vegetables and set to the side before moving on to the next item.
• Similarly, start sweating the minced garlic in a olive oil/butter combo - you don't want to brown it! After about a minute or so, add the shrimp and season with salt and pepper. They're done once they become opaque, so be careful not to overcook them! Add to the vegetables and enjoy. A nice glass of white wine would go nicely with this meal.