Both girls were invited to sleep overs tonight and Kirk is on a trip! Wow... We had pizza at a friends house tonight and she had a great salad dressing from Trader Joe's. I am not normally a big fan of bottled dressings, but this one was good. It's a low-fat cilantro lime dressing. It was tangy and didn't taste too bottled.
A friend hired me to cook dinner for his wife and friends last night as a belated birthday present. I made a delicious lentil soup with frizzled pancetta, and shrimp scampi over linguine that was delicious and very simple. Here's the recipe:
Add 1/4 C. olive oil and 1/2 stick unsalted butter to a large nonstick pan on medium high heat. Add 5 cloves thinly sliced garlic to the pan and 3 sliced cherry peppers. The peppers have a delicious flavor with just a little heat. Saute the peppers until they begin to brown, about 5 minutes.
Add in 2 pounds of raw shrimp to the pan and cook for about 45 seconds per side before turning. Add in about 1/4 C. capers making sure to drain the liquid before adding in. Stir to combine. Add in a good pinch of salt and ground black pepper and a small pinch of red pepper flakes or cayenne pepper.
Before the shrimp begin cooking, boil a large pot with water and cook a package of linguine until just al dente. When pasta is cooked, add to shrimp and serve with chopped fresh parsley and grated Parmesan cheese.
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