Wednesday, March 31, 2010

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.....well, it has been forever since i have posted a recipe....i honestly have been bad about cooking "real" food at home, especially those that are *blog worthy*....but now things have settled down a bit around here and the beautiful weather is getting me back into the mood to cook good....oh yeah!!

City Hall Diner's Shrimp & Grits


this scrumptous recipe was posted in our local newspaper...and i am so glad it was.....wonderful!! it was my first attempt and shrimp & grits....turned out great!! i will be making this again soon :)


City Hall Diner's Shrimp & Grits

1 cup cooked stone ground grits (i added s/p, butter, a little cream & shredded parmesan cheese to my grits)

1/4 cup olive oil
30 peeled shrimp 26/30 in size, deveined
salt & pepper to taste
1 cup grape tomatoes, halved
3 cups baby spinach
1/4 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup white wine
1 1/2 cups heavy cream
8 slices bacon, cooked crisp & chopped

- put olive oil in a large saute pan over high heat. add shrimp to pan and season with salt & pepper. cook for about one minute
- add grape tomatoes and spinach and cook for another minute
- add lemon juice and white wine; cook for one more minute. reduce heat to medium. add heavy cream and bring to low boil, stirring constantly.
- reduce heat to simmer. cook until cream is thickened, about 7-10 minutes.
- salt & pepper to taste
- portion prepared grits into four bowls. ladle shrimp saute over the grits. top each with chopped bacon.

....i hope you guys try this....you will not be disappointed...so yummy!!

Enjoy!! Bon Appetit!!

Monday, March 29, 2010

huntin' eggs...

....with friends from my work!
sunday we hosted the women's operating room family easter egg hunt at our home...so much fun! i hope to make this an annual event :)
sweet treats for the kids ~ big and little!
waiting for everyone to arrive!
we had lots of fun activities for the kiddos....bubbles, hula hooping, jump rope, horseshoes, swinging, eating and of course, egg hunting!
all the kids were so precious!!
just a swinging!!! girls having fun...
i think someone was a little smitten with this sweet girl.....precious!!
and the main event.....ready ~ set ~ GO!!
look what i found mom!!....so excited!
and the best part.....checking out their treasures in each egg!

fun at school....

....on a saturday!!
big man's school was having a little carnival saturday....and of course we couldn't miss an opportunity to enjoy the beautiful weather!
he had so much fun playing with one of his classmates....they were attached at the hip once they found each other!
sissy had lots of fun too!

and who doesn't love the classic *fishin'* game!?!?...prizes for everybody!
a little hula hooping fun...

and a perfect ending....pop-a-sicles ~ as brother says!


Sunday, March 28, 2010

first game....

....for the RedSox!
this is going to be a great softball year for miss priss!! she has lots of great friends on her team and a great head coach...her daddy!

...big man was his sissy's biggest fan!



















pre-game pep talk!
let's go sissy, let's go!
a few dug-out shots...
and brother man was a bit jealous of sissy's helmet so he felt the need to wear his own....
batter up!
....and to end a wonderful first game....we won!....good game, good game...
post-game pep talk...
....goooooo red sox!
sweet friends...
how cute are they!?!
thanks grammy for coming up for the game!
we love our little baller...
and she loves her coach!