My Favorite Photos at the moment-

Lovin this pic i took at the park, love the alive realness, and the sweet personalities of my sweet lil brothers and sisters.

Also-I was so thrilled to find this pic of my mother holding me when she was my age...

Shrimp Scampi

Went to dinner with Father and Mother the other night and had this…. Prime Rib & Lobster… It was Delish!

I have a bazillion recipe books checked out from the library, to get new ideas from. One of them is “Barefoot Contessa –Family Style” from which I made this and it was SO good!

Linguine with Shrimp Scampi

Serves 6
Oil
Salt
1 ½ lbs linguine

6 Tblsp Butter
5 Tbls Olive Oil
3 Tbl Minced Garlic
2 lb large Shrimp- Ready To Eat
½ tsp Fresh Ground Black Pepper
¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
Grated zest of 1 lemon
½ cup Fresh lemon juice- 4 lemons
½ lemon thinly sliced in half rounds
¼ tsp red pepper flakes

Cook noodles in large pan of salt water, with a drizzle of oil- according to package directions.
Meanwhile, in large heavy bottom pan, melt butter and olive oil over medium-low heat.
Saute garlic 1 minute while stirring. Add shrimp and @ 2 tsp Salt and pepper . Saute 5 minutes, stirring often. Remove from heat, add lemon juice, zest, slices, parsley and red pepper. Toss to combine. When pasta is done, drain the cooked linguine, and then pour back into pot. Immediately add the shrimp and sauce. Toss well and Serve!

Valentine Pretzel Snax

Made these the other day for a snack to take to the library… Simple and yummy

All you need is:

Pretzel twists

Pretzel Rods

Guittard Apeels White Chocolate or Ghirardhelli White Chips

Food color

Sprinkles

Caramel Squares

Lay out whole pretzel twists on a tray covered with wax paper.

Melt Chocolate in a glass bowl in the microwave. Add 3 drops neon food color. Pour into sandwich-size Ziploc bag and poke a whole with a toothpick. (Do not cut a hole, as the stream will be too large and chocolate will just fall off when cool.) Drizzle back and forth over pretzels quite quickly to keep from having squiggly lines. Stop when you have the preferred amount of chocolate.

Cool a few minutes till set up. Break apart and arrange in bowl.

Also made these Princess Wands for the girls.

Use Pretzel Rods and dip in melted caramel. When completely cool, dip in the white chocolate, tinted whatever color you like. When mostly set up roll in sprinkles.

Tie a ribbon around the pretzel at the base of the chocolate.

PS.. if doing caramel, DO NOT lay on wax paper as it just sticks. I ended up holding them up side down for a few seconds and then standing them on end ,chocolate side up in a mug to set.