Creamy Linguine with Shrimp and Veggies

Please excuse my infrequent recipe posting. Don’t know how I manage to get nothing done lately! I AM still cooking dinner at least 5 out of 7 nights of the week but just haven’t been posting. Tonight’s recipe came from Cooking Light magazine. Seems I’m on a kick with their recipes again. Maybe I’ve been [...]

Salt & Pepper Shrimp

Working until 5:00 has really cramped my cooking style. Before, working until 3:00 when Audrey got home on the school bus left dinner options wide open. Now I need to find meals ready in 45 minutes or less. Weeknight Menus from Cuisine at Home to the rescue! I made a few recipes from the book [...]

Chinese New Year Dinner

Just in case you haven’t heard, today is the 1st day of the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. Thank goodness that nasty tiger is finally outta here. The year full of changes last year was almost more than I could handle! After helping Mike shovel the driveway & sidewalk for almost 3 hours yesterday [...]

Lowfat Shellfish Gumbo

I’ve made this dish twice. Both times for Mike’s birthday dinner. It’s taken me at least 3 hours start to finish each time, so it’s definitely a labor of love. It’s so delicious, though, it’s completely worth it. Click here for the full recipe. Below are some step-by-step pictures I took:

p. 195: Shrimp Foo-Yung

I have to say, I was skeptical of this dish. I don’t think I’ve had it since I was in Junior High sitting in the back of the room at one of my mom’s Chinese cooking classes. Maybe it’s because I didn’t think Egg Foo-Yung was even an authentic Chinese dish. One Google search, however, and I was proven [...]

p. 192: Cheater Seafood Paella

Another “Rated Mmmmm by Mike” recipe – with some modifications. Recipe – or Cliff Notes if this is a true “cheater recipe”: (improvised ingredients marked with a “*”): 2 packages of rice* (Sam says to use Rice-A-Roni spanish rice mix but I used “Mahatma” brand yellow rice I discovered through my sisters) 3/4 lb. raw [...]

p. 194: Shrimp BLT

Mike’s review of this recipe: “Mmmmm. Good summer sandwich.” Take a BLT, add cooked shrimp and spread some cocktail sauce on the bun instead of mayo or whatever you would normally use.

p. 197: Barbequed Shrimp

I’m not exactly sure why this is called “Barbecued Shrimp.”  There’s nothing barbecued about it. Here’s the recipe. You decide: 1 stick butter 2 tablespoons chopped fresh garlic 1 lbs raw shrimp; shells on 1 tablespoon Old Bay seasoning 1 12-oz bottle darkish beer 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce Juice of 1 lemon Crusty bread, for [...]

p. 129: Shrimp Tacos

A while ago I had found this recipe for Shrimp Tacos from Health Magazine and thought it was really good. Well, Sam has his own recipe which is what we had for dinner tonight. Sadly, this is the 2nd case in the 2-week long history of this blog where Sam’s recipe wasn’t better. The seasonings [...]