15 minute salmon recipie

Bought some salmon at the grocery store today; but wasn't sure how I wanted to prepare it. I remembered my mom had a recipie for leeky salmon. Not being the most orgainzed person; I just googled it and found this recipie:WHFoods: Braised Salmon with Leeks. It was quick and delicious.

Curry!

I'm turning into a food blog!
Made this yummy Chicken Curry soup for dinner saturday night. Very quick and easy. I did leave out the jalepeno (kids) but added asian chili sauce for a spicy kick to the adult bowls. Sorry I can't figure out how to paste the photo. Hope you give it a try.This Week for Dinner – Weekly Meal Plans, Dinner Ideas, Recipes and More!: Guest Blogger Katie Goodman: Coconut Chicken Curry Soup

Haven't posted in a long time now; but thought you'd enjoy tonights dinner-one pan only! It was delicious!

Shrimp and Orzo

8 oz. large uncooked shrimp
1 Tb. vegetable oil
1/4 tsp salt and pepper
1/8 tsp sugar
8 oz. orzo pasta
1 clove garlic, minced
2 cups chicken broth
1 cup clam juice (you can find it with the canned seafood-don't skip this!)
1 lemon ( you'll need to zest abut 1 Tb. and use 1 Tb. juice)
1 cup frozen peas
1 Tb. butter

Peel and devein shrimp. Combine with salt,pepper and sugar to coat. Add oil to large skillet; heat over medium high heat for a couple of minutes. Add shrimp in a single layer. Cook 1 minute then turn over and cook additional 30 sec to 1 minute to cook through. Remove to plate, set aside.
In the same skillet add orzo,garlic, broth and clam juice. Bring to a boil;cover and reduce heat to low. Cook 10-12 minutes until orzo is cooked through.
Remove skillet from heat and stir in peas, butter and squeeze half of the lemon over the top. Arrange shrimp over the top; cover and let stand 5 minutes until shrimp is heated through.
Zest lemon over top of dish.
Serves 4.

stale bread

I had a leftover half loaf of italian bread from the bakery ; it was way too stale to eat (crouton like state). So instead of tossing it I made:

Caramelized Banana Bread Pudding

1/3 cup craisins (or raisins)
3 Tb. dark rum
1 Tb. unsalted butter
3 med. bananas, halved lengthwise then sliced into 1/2 inch pieces
4 Tb. dark brown sugar
1 1/2 cup milk
2 eggs
3 Tb. granulated sugar
1/3 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups cuped french bread

In a small bowl, combine craisins and rum. Let stand 10 min. Drain, reserving rum and craisins separately.
In lg. bowl whisk milk,eggs, granulated sugar, cinnamon ,vanilla and reserved craisins. Stir in bread cubes let stand 15 min.
Preheat oven to 350.
In med. skillet, melt butter over med-high heat. When frothy, add banana slices and cook, stirring frequently until lightly browned, 3 minutes or so. Remove skillet from heat and add brown sugar and rum. Return skillet to heat and cook until rum evaporates about 30 sec.
In large baking dish sprayed with pam, spoon in 1/2 the bread mixture, then 1/2 banana mixture. Repeat to use all. Bake until puffed and golden; bout 30 minutes. Serve warm or at room temp.

The Sweetest Place on Earth

D and I had the day off Friday for the holiday weekend, so we decided to head up to Hersheypark. They offer a "preview" evening-if you present your ticket for the next day you can enter the park after 7:30 pm and enjoy the park for free. So we headed up Thurs. evening after work. We had a great time, despite the rainstorm that happened. We did several inside rides that we may not have normally chosen. We took the Kissing tower ride which is a several hundred feet elevator type ride which rotates giving a birds-eye view of Hershey and the amusement park; it was neat to ride in the dark. The coasters all shut down with the rain but started running again in the last hour. S took her first big roller coaster ride on the superdooper looper- in the dark. As the name implies it has a loop. She loved it-and a rollercoaster monster was created.

The next morning we were in the park at opening and stayed until closing. We only had one brief rain shower and the weather was otherwise wonderful with partly sunny skies and temps in the upper 70's. The kids enjoyed going on the coasters repeatedly as the lines were not long 15-20 minute wait at most. As always, the people watching was interesting and quite amusing at times! We went to Chocolate World which smells deliciously chocolate-y and took the factory tour ride which completes with a piece of chocolate. Longest line of the day was for the cars, which took almost an hour. As we stood there D and I both recalled this type of ride always moves slow in every theme park. Last few rides of the day were spent on the Comet a huge classic wooden coaster and the infamous superdooper looper-5 times in a row. We left happy and worn out! We made our drive home and colapsed into bed a little after midnight. A fun time was had by all.

new door

Better pic of completed project:

New Door

We decided it would be nice to have a roof over our heads coming in the house and a new front door was long overdue. As with all home improvement projects, it seemed to take a long time to get done. Construction is completed, now comes the re-landscaping work!