This Week of Cooking

This week I have done a lot of cooking for Brett and I. I found some great recipes from websites, such as www.eatingwell.com, which i think is my favorite right now. On Monday I made bourbon salmon, sweet potato fries and a blue cheese salad. 

Great Flavors together!

The salad was a pre packages publix premium brand salad with all the fixin's and was delish!! The salmon was also pre seasoned with the bourbon flavor and took about 3 min. to cook which was great, and also very delicious!! This was my first time making sweet potato fries and they were definitely good, but I think next time I will make them a little thicker. I tossed them in a little olive oil and sprinkled a little bit of Lawry's seasoning, garlic salt, and paprika for flavoring! Yum!

Enjoying Irish Coffee and Peanut butter Balls

We needed a little something sweet, so I made us some peanut butter balls! I mixed up some banana flavored dry oats, a little sugar, peanut butter, and rolled them in cocoa. After cooling them in the fridge for a little while, they made a very tasty treat, especially when we paired it with irish coffee. 

Pasta-licious!

Tuesday night I made us a healthy pasta treat. The recipe called for the following ingredients:

• Pasta
• Grape tomatoes, halved
• Spinach
• Mushrooms
• 1 Lemon
• Pre-cooked, previously frozen shrimp
• 1 cup White Wine
• Olive Oil

The pasta we had we actually got form a local farmer's market and was high protein and low carb, which we both loved! I sauteed the veggies in a little olive oil and seasoned with garlic salt. I added the shrimp and heated until hot. Then squeezed in the juice from half a lemon and poured in the white wine to form a sauce and wha-la! It was very light and satisfying, and looks nice garnished with some lemon wedges!


Wednesday night i just heated up some left over pasta, added some grilled zucchini, marinara sauce and a dollop of ricotta cheese.

Big, fat, 'dilla!

Thursday night was a proud dinner night for me!! I made a veggie quesadilla stuffed with sauteed onions, peppers, and mushrooms, and fat free cheddar cheese on whole wheat tortillas. I added some broccoli and salsa on the side for a little something extra!

Big, fat, cookies!

I don't bake very well, at all, but I would love to start!! I did NOT make these cookies but someone from the office did and gave me some to take home. Boy are they delicious, and HUGE! I enjoyed one of these bad boys after dinner!