In honor of the 12 days of Christmas, I will be doing the 12 Dishes of Christmas. Basically, I've got a huge stack of recipes I've never made and lots of things to cook for this month. Instead of cooking reliable stand-by recipes, I will be making 12 new things during the month of December and writing a post about each one. I haven't made a complete list of what I will be trying out so stay tuned!
In other news, winter has officially come to town and Christmas is just around the corner. Its cold, windy and there's no trace of sun today. Other ways to know Christmas is coming (and shopping needs to get done if you are me), the Holly channel is on XM (also known as all pop Christmas music, N*SYNC anyone?), our Christmas tree is up and has two wrapped gifts for the adorable Baby G underneath! Dr. Suess' "The Grinch" has been tivo'd (came on last night) and I've got my DVD of "A Charlie Brown Christmas" ready to watch!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Sunday, November 15, 2009
A Concert, Dublin, and a Wedding
The past few days have been FULL of activity!
Last week, Laura A and I went to see Regina Spektor. Jupiter One opened for her and they had some pretty catchy music and were funny to watch. Regina was great as always! Here's a picture of her... (not the best but it'll do!)
Last week, Laura A and I went to see Regina Spektor. Jupiter One opened for her and they had some pretty catchy music and were funny to watch. Regina was great as always! Here's a picture of her... (not the best but it'll do!)
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Lemon Shrimp Scampi
On Sunday I made this lemon shrimp scampi by Melissa d'Arabian of the Food Network. I made only small changes... medium sized shrimp weren't available so I had to go with small ones and I didn't make my own seafood stock (I swapped in vegetable stock instead). Pretty good... I think the olive oil could be decreased... depending on how much you like. I used 4 tablespoons to marinate and cook. Four are necessary to coat all the shrimp when marinating but I think I will decrease it by another tablespoon (using only 3) for the cooking part. We ate the pasta with salad and Italian bread.
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