Flowers from the yard

It's so easy to grab some flowers from the yard and spruce them up. Just put them in a mason jar and add some jute and voila!

Happy National Lasagna Day!

Last Friday was National Lasagna Day! Since my niece was staying the night with me I thought we better do some cooking. We made lasagna cupcakes! She has so much fun. She got to sprinkle the cheese in each one and put the sauce in. She said she is a "Little Chet" oh, if she only knew!!! No really she is pretty awesome!! She loved her chef hat. I made it from a white piece of paper with a white wal-mart sack stapled to it!!! So easy!! We watched Ratatouille afterwards and she wore her hat to match!

Saucy Shrimp

One of my all time favorite appetizers is Saucy Shrimp from Bonefish Grill. We bought quite a bit of shrimp while we were in Florida recently and I decided I needed to cook some. I wanted to try a new recipe with it. I thought hmmm, I wonder if I could recreate Saucy Shrimp?!?! I went to google it and low and behold, Bone fish has it on their website! That was easy. It was so good. I just served it over angel hair to make it a meal. Yummmy!

Mango Key Lime Pie

I got this recipe from my step-mom. It is so delicious and so easy to make. I make my crust from the side of the box of Honey Maid Graham Cracker Crumbs.

½ cup Key lime juice

1 can sweetened condensed milk

3 egg yolks plus 2 whole eggs

1 medium mango

graham cracker crust

Peel and cut up mango

Blend first four ingredients together in a blender

Pour into crust and bake for 30 minutes

At 350 degrees

"Best burrito I have ever had", said Mike!

Today for lunch I made healthy shrimp burritos. When Mike took his first bite he was making his "I love this food" noises! As soon as he could get some of it swallowed he said "this is the best burrito I have ever had" He liked the freshness of it. So, I thought I would share!

I buy my groceries at Trader Joe's so all the items below are Trader Joe's brand, but you can use whatever you want!

TJ's Whole Grain Tortillas

TJ's FF Feta

TJ's FF Refried Beans

TJ's Shredded Cabbage

TJ's frozen peeled shrimp

Avocado

Diced Roma Tomatoes

Greek Avocado Sauce (Recipe below)

This is about as simple as it gets. Heat the beans, heat the shrimp, and add it all to the tortilla!

Greek Avocado Sauce

1 cup TJ's FF Greek Yogurt

1/2 of a avocado diced up

cumin to taste

garlic powder to taste

I put all ingredients in a bowl and used my immersion blender until the avocado was smooth. This tastes like a sour cream, but WAY better for you!

ENJOY!

My First Pecan Pie

I made my first Pecan Pie tonight. My dirty little secret is that I did NOT make the crust. I did however sort and shell the pecans....does that make it better? Since I do not like pecan pie I had to have others test it and they approved! You can find the recipe here. Unfortunately I did not get a picture of the final result since it was gobbled up quickly!

Remodeled Ikea Chairs

We bought 4 of these chairs and a table forever ago at Ikea. I was planning on taking them up to our cabin, but decided I might use them for my new photography business instead. I am done with 2 and have 2 more to paint. I am going to paint the other ones pale yellow and a salmon color. Can't wait to finish them and use them in a session.