Linguine with Shrimp Scampi

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/ina-garten/linguine-with-shrimp-scampi-recipe3/index.html


This was fairly easy and delicious - no real sauce because it is shrimp scampi.

New favorite Salmon recipe from Jenny:

In a foil packet, layer
asparagus
salmon (with skin side down)
drizzle olive oil and lemon juice
tablespoon of pesto
wrap and bake for 15 minutes at 400

Jazz = 12
Alex = 11

Served with Rhodes Rolls and Mashed Potatoes.
perfect!

Shrimp Boil (with Greg's help)

I can't tell you how many times I had to replay the blackberry voice messages from Greg to help myself through this -not a complicated recipe - just wanted to make sure I got it right.

Important numbers = 3 and 15
Get your water with onion, potatoes and crab/shrimp boil to a rolling boil.
Add your shrimp.
Return to a rolling boil and leave for THREE MINUTES.
Then take off heat (add ice cubes if you want) and let it sit for FIFTEEN MINUTES.

EAT.

We also added polish sausage to the pot. We laid the newspaper out and everything on the table to make it as authentic as possible.

Homemade Cocktail Sauce

I don't have horseradish on hand but even without it, we did ok

You can make your own homemade cocktail sauce. Here is how..


2 tablespoons ketchup
1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon horseradish
3-4 drops of tabasco sauce
1/4 teaspoon worcestershire sauce


Combine all the ingredients. If you want a little bit hotter, add more tabasco sauce..

Baked Salmon - not so much

I made baked salmon tonight. Bret and the kids love salmon. Bret just wanted a sandwich (at least that was his order when he left me in the morning); although I think when he got home and realized I hadn't made him one, he felt left out.

The recipe wasn't super yummy. The kids scraped off the topping and then they really liked it. So I guess I could have just made them plain. Bret had bought a pack of salmon fillets frozen from Costco - super easy!

http://www.kraftfoods.com/kf/cookingschool/videos/videoplayer.aspx?vid=1074