The Best Food I Made This Weekend-Shrimp, Avocado and Tomato Salad with Quinoa

I made several food items this weekend but my favorite was the Shrimp, Avocado, Tomato and Quinoa Salad that I made Sunday.  I got the inspiration from this salad I found on Pinterest then I made some changes and additions.

I forgot to upload the photos I took so here is a photo of my inspiration
salad from here.  Mine had quinoa though.

Shrimp, Avocado and Tomato Salad with Quinoa and Lime Vinaigrette
1/2 pound of shrimp (I like easy peel)
cumin
chili powder
garlic salt
olive oil-for cooking shrimp
1/2 cup quinoa
1 small lime
2 tablespoons olive oil (can vary depending on how you like your vinaigrette)
sugar
2 small avocado's (or 1 large), cut into small bite sized pieces
a cup of cherry tomatoes, halved
1/2 small red onion, chopped

1-Peel shrimp and sprinkle with a little cumin, chili powder and garlic salt.  Cook these in the olive oil and set aside to cool.  Once cooled, cut the shrimp into smaller pieces.
2-Cook quinoa per directions and let cool
3-Make a vinaigrette by whisking together the juice of one lime, the olive oil, a couple sprinkles of cumin, chili powder and garlic salt.  Add a small sprinkle of sugar.  You can adjust this all to your own taste and preference.  I mix it and taste it and add more as I go.
4-Add veggies to the vinaigrette and then add in the shrimp and quinoa once they've cooled some.  Mix everything together and refrigerate before serving.

This is a very refreshing and healthy summer salad!

What's your favorite summer salad/dish?

Gwyneth Teaches me to Make Salsa and Other Beach Things....

It's been 90 degrees all week and I feel as though it's officially summer so let's talk about my last beach trip.

Last weekend I went to the beach with my parents and I coerced my mom into attempting a recipe from Bon Appetit.   I bought a year long subscription to Bon Appetit for $4 a few months ago that I learned about from Hip2Save, a cool couponing/saving website.  My first issue arrived last week and it had Gwyneth Paltrow on the cover.  Apparently she has written a new cookbook.  She is taking multi-tasking to a new level. 

We decided to make Grilled Halibut with Mango Avocado Salsa.  We pretty much dropped the ball on the fish as we decided to bake it instead of grill it and also to get some cod instead of all halibut.  So the fish was not my fave.  But the salsa was awesome.  I loved it.  I was a little worried about the mango but apparently we ended up getting one that was perfectly ripe and sweet.  The sweetness of the mango was good mixed with the other veggies and such.  Seriously, it was good.  I ate a bunch of the leftover salsa the next day on some chips.  I think the fish would have been much better if we grilled it.  I also added a few onions to the salsa the next day when I used it on chips.  It was delightful and a great summer dish.

So in conclusion, I trust Gwyneth with my food needs. 

Now here are some pictures.....

Hobie, I'm sorry for showing you in all your glory.

Good Salsa!

Hobie's favorite beach activity=staring out the window
in the car.

The Best Dessert I've Made in a Long Time aka the Ice Cream Cookie Sandwich....

OK I'm back.  I have mostly recovered from my debilitating illness.  I kid, it wasn't debilitating, but I just do not handle colds very well.  On Friday when I got off work at 11 am (yeah it's awesome) I spent my afternoon baking cookies for the basketball team my husband coaches.  They had an ice cream social on Saturday to celebrate the end of the season.  We had a few cookies leftover but I was tired of eating just the cookies.  Plus it was really nice outside this weekend for the first time.  So we bought this...

This ice cream is good on it's own.  The cookies are good on their own.  But then I came up with a better idea...

Delightful...

These cookies are chocolate chip oatmeal.  I got the recipe from "What's Gaby Cooking."  This is a great site for recipes, especially if you like guacamole.

So what did you do this weekend?

What's your favorite summertimes dessert?

Valentine's Week-My Valentine's Date for B

Because I am neat and awesome (errr maybe), I decided a few weeks ago that B and I should each plan a secret Valentine's Date for the other person (or because I wanted to force him to do something nice for me).  So this past Saturday we had those dates.

I'm not going to lie, the idea for this stemmed from the fact that I had always wanted to order something awesome from Zingerman's.  I discovered this place a few years ago and have always enjoyed perusing it and daydreaming about ordering a big box of goodies.  I never really had a reason to until now. 

After much thought and research, I placed my order for The Weekender (the small one).  And for good measure I also added in a loaf of peppered bacon bread since bread is probably my husband's favorite food.  I had it arrive on Friday and it was a very exciting experience for me.  Most people might not get as excited as I do about opening a big box of food.  But to me it was awesome.

So my date was a picnic.  But I'm not super in to the outdoors, so it was a picnic at our coffee table.  I'll let the pictures do the rest of the talking.

Hobie checks out the goods...

 I check out the goods...

 Bread, cheese, salami, coffee cake, honey, jam, cheese, mustard, brownies...

 The salami and cheese were delightful and I don't typically eat salami...

 I added some bacon to the spread....

 There is a brownie underneath all that whipped cream...

 Dollar Store Champagne flute filled with beer (very classy)...

We didn't eat any of the sour cream coffee cake until last night but it was awesome.  It was definitely one of the best pound cake/coffee cakes I have ever had. 

So in conclusion, ordering a box of food from the Internet is fun.

4 Thanksgivings and a 5K

I pretty much had 4 Thanksgiving meals this year.  And I know you want to know all about them.

1-Dinzee Buddeez Festival of Fakesgiving.  This occurred last Sunday.  When my husband and I were first dating we would spend holidays apart so I made up some fake holidays that we could have together.  Such as Fakesgiving.  Fakesgiving is basically just eating Thanksgiving food on a day other than Thanksgiving.  It allowed us to share a turkey (or perhaps a rotisserie chicken or turkey sandwich) together before we left to hang out with our families.  This year I decided to see if my Dinzee Buddeez friends wanted to have a Fakesgiving before Thanksgiving since we'd all be going different places for Thanksgiving.  (Side note, Dinzee Buddeez is a group of 4-8 people who go out to random restaurants sometimes to eat.  It's very exclusive-ok not really.)  This basically ended up being a long con to get my friend Shanzie to prepare a turkey for me to eat at her house.  So Shanzie made a turkey breast and dressing and the rest of us brought sides.  We had a ton of food including...cider, spinach dip, green beans, mashed potatoes, macaroni, sweet potatoes, turkey, dressing and cranberry sauce.  I also made a pumpkin pie.

2-Thanksgiving Day Lunch with my immediate family, aunt and cousins.  Normally I go to B's Aunt's house for Thanksgiving but due to a work event he had we decided to stay in town for all of Thanksgiving.  So we ate lunch at a restaurant near my Aunt's house for Thanksgiving.  It was a lovely Thanksgiving buffet with all the normal stuff plus prime rib.  However I mistook some horseradish for potatoes and accidentally put a huge spoonful on my plate.  Fortunately I figured out what it was before eating a big bite and dying.

3-Me, B and Hobie Thanksgiving night (our Fakesgiving even though it actually ended up on real Thanksgiving).  Since we ate early in the day but I still wanted a Thanksgiving themed dinner for my small family I made us Turkey, Brie and Cranberry Sandwiches.   They were delightful.  I also made some pink stuff per B's request.  Then we read out of our Thanksgiving Basket of Thanks that we had been keeping throughout November of daily things we were thankful for.  Then Hobie tried to eat our leftovers.

How to Make a Delightful Turkey, Brie and Cranberry Sandwich.....
-Toast some croissants for a few minutes in the oven.
-Put some canned whole berry cranberry sauce (don't be a canned cranberry sauce hater, but you can use homemade cranberry sauce also) and deli sliced turkey on one side
-Put slices of brie cheese on the other side
-Toast for a few more minutes
-Then carefully stick the two sides together

4-My Mom's Festival of Fakesgiving (although she hates the word Fakesgiving.  She thinks it means I give Fake Thanks which is just not true).  This was on Friday.  My mom made all of her amazing Thanksgiving foods including a turkey.  I like her dressing the best and her mac and cheese is awesome as well.  Everything was very good and I definitely ate too much.  My sister and I got in a brief shouting match but I think that's what makes the holidays fun/memorable, right?

Then there was the 5k.  Gboro apparently has a Gobbler 5k every year on Thanksgiving morning so B and I decided to participate.  This was awesome.  I mean not while I was actually running it.  But after.  I just felt really good and positive and semi athletic and not as bad for binge eating 4 meals as I normally would have.  And I beat my last 5k time by a little bit.  Plus I got a t-shirt with a turkey on it.

What did you do for Thanksgiving?
Anyone have more than 4 Thanksgiving meals?

PS-Don't forget to enter the giveaway!

I Really Want Some Leftovers...by Hobie

I really want those turkey sandwich crumbs in the middle of the coffee table.

I will just go over this foot that's blocking it....

 Hmm didn't work, maybe under the foot.....

 Other side?....

 Nope, maybe from this side....

I don't think my parents will notice if I just jump on the table....

Hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving....I did!

Easy Last Minute Thanksgiving Dishes

pic from wikipedia

Are you still looking for the perfect side dish or dessert to take to Thanksgiving Dinner?

Well here are some ideas...

I was feeling a little under the weather on Friday evening and Saturday morning so I spent a lot of time watching the Food Network in my bed.  I found this awesome show called 5 Ingredient Fix.  The host made a full 9 dish Thanksgiving Meal with all items having 5 ingredients or less.  Pretty amazing.  Now I haven't tried any of these but here were some of my faves that looked pretty easy to do.
-Brie and Onion Puff-Seems very simple as long as you have access to an oven and would make a great appetizer.
-Spicy Cranberry Chutney-It might sound weird, but she adds some jalapeno in to her cranberry sauce and I'm all about a little extra spice.
-Sauteed Green Beans with Garlic Chips-She actually fries the garlic in some oil before adding them to the green beans.
-Pecan Bars-These seemed easy to make and would be a great alternative to Pumpkin Pie (if there must be an alternative to pumpkin pie).

Now, if you are in charge of the dessert and want something a little different (or extra desserts), I definitely recommend the Mini Pumpkin Cupcakes with Honey Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting.  These were a hit when I brought them to work.  Plus Shanzie made them for her work the other day and they were gone by the end of the day.

If you have vegetarians or vegans coming to dinner, quinoa salad is always an option.  Here is a vegan one and a vegetarian one (with feta).

I also really like this salad I made a few months ago that has apples, granola, cranberries, and blue cheese in it.  It's ingredients are Fall themed and therefore would make a great addition to Thanksgiving Dinner.

Mac and cheese is always good.  I loveeeee the kind my mom (Gammy's recipe) makes but if you want something a little healthier, here's a recipe for one that has some squash hidden in with the cheese and noodles.

These rich and creamy cheesy potatoes are also a great option and a nice alternative to regular mashed potatoes.

But really if you can't figure out anything to make but want to take something to a Thanksgiving dinner, there's always the classic pumpkin pie.  It's really easy to make.  The recipe is on the back of the can of pumpkin and people typically like it (unless they have a weird aversion to pumpkins).  Plus I made two different pies this weekend and I'm pretty sure pumpkin pie is not that bad for you as far as pies go.  It doesn't have a ton of sugar in it and pumpkin has a lot of vitamins.  (This is in comparison to the other pie I made which had 2 sticks of butter in it and multiple kinds of sugar.)

So Happy Thanksgiving week!
Are you hosting Thanksgiving or going somewhere for Thanksgiving or do you live in Canada and have a whole different day for Thanksgiving?
What are you making for Thanksgiving?
What is your favorite Thanksgiving Dish?

Pumpkin Cupcakes

Apparently it was Boss's Day sometime last week.  One of my co-workers found out and suggested we all bring in treats on Friday to celebrate.  It was kind of funny though because our bosses didn't even know it was Boss's Day.  I thought this would be a great time to make some pumpkin cupcakes.  I had been wanting to make some for awhile but did not want to have 30 cupcakes in my house.  Cause if they were in my house.  I would eat them.  All.  In like 3 days.  I have seen so many amazing looking pumpkin cake and cupcake recipes online recently but I finally narrowed it to the recipe I saw on this blog.  I think she got it from another blog.  Anywho.  The honey cinnamon cream cheese icing stood out to me.

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes with Honey Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

Pumpkin Spice Cupcakes-(Recipe from Very Best Baking as seen adapted on Sweet Tooth, Sweet Life)
Makes about 24 mini cupcakes and 12 regular cupcakes  (sorry I used two different pans)

1 package (18.25 oz.) spice cake mix
1 can (15 oz.) pumpkin
3 large eggs
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup water
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp pumpkin pie spice

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake tins.

-Mix all the above ingredients in a bowl for about 3 minutes with a mixer.

-Bake mini cupcakes for about 11-13 minutes or until they are done and bake the regular sized ones for 20-22 minutes.

Honey Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting

1/2 cup butter, softened
4 oz. cream cheese
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tbsp. honey
2 cups powdered sugar
a splash of milk

Mix the butter until it's fluffy.  Then add in the cream cheese and mix those two together.  Add in the cinnamon and honey and mix together and then added in powdered sugar about a cup at a time until you get the consistency you want.  You can add some milk also to smooth it out. I put this into a plastic pastry bag and just squirted blobs on to my cupcakes.  It worked out pretty well.  If you hate pumpkin, this icing would probably still be good on a regular spice cake.  In other words, I loved this icing.

 
People at work loved these (ok well they ate them all).  If you want to impress people, make them mini cupcakes.  People are easily fascinated by miniature versions of normal things.

Did anyone else celebrate boss's day?
When is regular employee day?

Impromptu Dinner Party

Me: What should we do tonight?
B: I dunno, what do you want to do?
Me: I dunno, what do you want to do?
B: I dunno.
Me: Well I don't know either.  Give me some ideas. 

Somehow this convo lead to me and B deciding to have people over for an impromptu dinner party.  Our two guests confirmed at 5 that they would be over at 7 so we headed off to the store to pick out food.   When I saw that salmon was on sale at the Harris Teeter, I went ahead a put B in charge of the main dish.  He made me this salmon on like our 4th date and it's his signature dish (really his only dish).  Then I decided I wanted to try this "healthy" mac and cheese recipe that I found online.  So we gathered up our ingredients and some dip for appetizers and of course some wine and headed home.

B's signature salmon dish is actually a Rachael Ray recipe (Oven Poached Salmon with Dill, Onion and Cucumber Relish).  From what I can tell, it's pretty easy and pretty much always ends up being good.  Here is the recipe.  Since I've never made it myself I am assuming he just follows the recipe.  The cucumber, onion, radish relish actually makes the recipe in my opinion.  Everyone liked it last night.

The mac and cheese recipe I found was from Ellie Krieger.  The thing that makes it healthy is the addition of winter squash in to the cheese mixture.

Macaroni and 4 Cheeses (adapted from Ellie Krieger's recipe,  I made a couple of small changes)

Cooking spray
1 pound elbow macaroni
2 (10-ounce) packages frozen pureed winter squash
2 cups skim milk
4 ounces extra-sharp Cheddar, grated (about 1 1/3 cups)
2 ounces Monterrey jack cheese, grated (about 2/3 cup)
1/2 cup part-skim ricotta cheese
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon powdered mustard
pepper
2 tablespoons unseasoned bread crumbs
2 tablespoons grated Parmesan
1 teaspoon olive oil
another 1/2 cup of Cheddar or Monterrey jack cheese

-cook the pasta
-cook the milk and frozen squash in a separate pan
-mix all that together with the cheese, salt, pepper, and mustard
-grease the 9x13 baking dish with cooking spray and then pour the pasta mixture into dish
-top with a mixture of the Parmesan, bread crumbs and olive oil
-cook for 20 minutes
-add the rest of the cheese to the top and cook for about 5 more minutes on a higher heat to brown the top

I just added more cheese at the end because I thought it tasted a little too squashy.  It was pretty good.  I think everyone liked it and it has to be a little healthier than the traditional kind of macaroni and cheese.  I thought it could use a little more flavor but I'm not sure what I would put in it.  B said he liked it how it was.

So that was my impromptu dinner party.
Did you do anything fun this weekend?
Is it wrong to sneak vegetables into a classic like Mac and Cheese?

PS-Happy 10/10/10 everyone!

Butterbeer, Pumpkin Juice and The Three Broomsticks aka The Food and Drinks of Harry Potter Land

What did I do at the Wizarding World of Harry Potter?  Apparently I drank.  And guess what?  None of those drinks above had any alcohol in them.  I found two new things that I love; Pumpkin Juice and Frozen Butter Beer.  And it's a good thing that those drinks are only available in Harry Potter land because I'm guessing that a drink that tastes like frozen candy is not super healthy for you.

Frozen Butter Beer-If you read Harry Potter, you know all about butter beer.  It's served in bottles or at Hogsmeade (the magical wizarding world near Hogwarts) in steaming hot mugs.  However I don't think anything that comes in a steaming mug would be purchased in 90 degree weather in Orlando so I think having frozen butter beer was a great idea.  It tastes like a butterscotch candy milkshake type thing.  And if that description sounds gross, it is not.  It is delicious.  I wasn't even really excited about trying it until I tasted the one B had ordered.  My associate, B, describes it as "Frozen slushy Root Beer/Cream Soda with a butterscotch cream added to the top.  Butterscotch cream consistency is like a thicker whipped cream."  See that mug up there I'm drinking out of?  It was $11.50.  A little steep.  But you can actually get it in regular cup for $4 (or $3 if not frozen) so that's not too bad (you know, for a theme park and all).  I will keep my mug forever though.

Pumpkin Juice-I was also a little suspicious about this beverage but it was also really tasty and refreshing.  B describes it as "Cool apple cider mixed with pumpkin pie.  Hints of cinnamon."  That is pretty accurate.  You know what I don't like though?  I don't like when I'm at a theme park, enjoying a delicious beverage and a woman comes up to me and demands to know how many grams of sugar are in the delicious drink I'm drinking.  I told her.  But still...Woman, I'm on vacation at a theme park, not a health spa.  When I was looking up the grams of sugar I also noticed that it does actually contain juices and pumpkin puree so I'm assuming it's not the worst thing for you (health wise).

The Three Broomsticks-This is a restaurant that is featured in the Harry Potter books.  I was not expecting much from this restaurant.  I mean, it's at a theme park.  I was assuming it would be crowded and just greasy fish and chips.  I was wrong and I realized this when I walked in the door and saw people below me eating.  At this point I was super mad that there were only 2 of us because apparently there was a meal called the "feast for 4" which featured roasted chicken, ribs, fresh veggies, corn, and salad.  And it looked delightful.  They did have other options though such as fish and chips, Shepperd's pie, turkey leg, rotisserie chicken, ribs, and salads plus kid's meal options like mac and cheese. 

Yes, this restaurant was crowded but they did have an amazing system that actually worked really well.  You waited in a line where you could see menus and some of the actual items, then went up to a register, ordered, picked up your food, and then someone would lead you to a table.  It was actually very efficient.

On the other side of the restaurant was a bar (The Hog's Head Pub) featuring all the above drinks plus actual real beer (you know, the kind with alcohol.)  They even have their own draft brew.  Unfortunately the keg was out when we were there.

Now maybe you are wondering, how was I able to drink dessert drinks and eat chicken and ribs all day long without gaining 30 pounds?  We did a lot of walking.  Our hotel was about a mile from the Parks so we walked back and forth each day (and back and forth and back and forth one of the days).  And then we pretty much walked around the parks non stop while we were there.  Here is a photo of me outside of Universal Studio with the hotel in the background.

Come back tomorrow so you can learn about the Harry Potter rides and stores and then later on for everything else we did at Universal Studios.

Have you ever tasted Butter Beer?

What about pumpkin juice?

What's the coolest beverage you've ever tasted?

Dinner on the Cheap-Tuna Noodle Casserole

So awhile back I decided that I was going to attempt to make some reasonable priced meals.  I am one of those people who tends to go to the grocery store 4 times a week and just buy whatever I feel like at the time.  I'm not great at planning out a week of meals in advance or even one dinner.  I have walked up and down the aisles of the grocery store for long periods of time before just looking for something to make for dinner.  So anyways, I have decided that I probably waste a lot of money doing that.  So I will be doing a series on cheap meals.  Apparently this is a popular topic.  There are at least 2 shows on the Food Network about saving money on meals (Money Saving Meals and $10 Dinners) and I also noticed a food magazine featuring 5 meals for 4 for under $10 each while standing in line the other day.  So I can totally do this too.  Right?

Sometimes I get annoyed at these low price meal shows.  Awhile back there was one that I used to watch and the guy would make supposedly affordable meals but he would say well this spice doesn't count because you already have that in the pantry.  Or he would buy some weird cheese that would be super expensive at my grocery store.  Stuff like that.  I will try not to do that.

Onward.  When I think of cheap dinners, I think of casseroles.  And when I think of cheap meat, I think of canned tuna (which is pretty much the only canned meat I will eat).  So I was thinking of making a classic...Tuna Noodle Casserole.  That can't be too expensive, right? 

Ok, here is my breakdown....

So essentially this meal cost $7.50 to make but buying all the ingredients new cost $14.25.  However, I have used those remaining ingredients for other stuff.  The remaining cheddar cheese was used in a soup I made last night.  The Parmesan cheese (which you could probably leave out anyways) was used in a pasta salad I made for the baby shower.  The milk was used in my cereal.  The bread crumbs were already half used on something else anyways. 

(Oh and if you want to make this just cook the noodles and mix it with the next few ingredients, then top with a little melted butter, bread crumbs and parmesan cheese.  Then bake it at 350 for 30 minutes.)

So there you go.  I think this meal was actually cheap to make.  Some people might not be a big fan of tuna noodle casserole though so next time I will try to make something with fresh meat or vegetarian.  I know you can't wait.

Wedding Week-Shrimp N Grits

Maybe you already know this from reading this blog, but I'm kind of in to food.  So for my wedding, food was on the top of my list for things that had to be awesome.  My brother had been to a bunch of weddings and he claimed that the best thing he'd had at any wedding were shrimp and grits.  Also, I like shrimp and grits.  So we decided to have a shrimp and grits station at our wedding (with martini glasses).  It was neat and people seemed to enjoy it.  We also had meat, potatoes, salad, chicken cordon blue bites, etc.  The food was pretty awesome.  I was very happy.

After our wedding I found this awesome shrimp and grits casserole recipe.  It is really good.  It's really just grits with a bunch of cheddar cheese and pepper jack cheese, some onions, peppers, rotel and shrimp.  Spicy and Tasty. I pretty much follow those instructions.  Sometimes I add in a little bacon and I usually use regular onion instead of green onions.

The wedding coordinator at the place I had my reception was all like, "you will not eat at your own wedding."   And I was like "uh, yeah I will."  And I did.  I also had someone save me a plate of appetizers from cocktail hour (that I missed because of photos).  I definitely recommend doing that.  Also if you make your bridal party take tons of pictures right after the ceremony, it's nice to have someone bring them drinks and food if possible.  I couldn't do this because I was at a Church but yeah, do it.  They will like you more.

So do people really hate grits?  I mean I get it if you are not super interested in plain grits.

But add a cup of cheese and they are delish.....

So in conclusion.....I really like food, I did eat at my wedding and grits taste great with tons of cheese.

Feelings on grits?
If you are married, did you eat at your wedding?
What is the best food you have ever had at a wedding?

MuckLuck-Another Dish Made with Vegetables (and some Meat too)

Apparently it's Vegetable Week here at Making Stuff is Fun.....  While perusing an issue of Southern Living (thanks mom) I found this recipe for Maque Choux.  According to wikipedia that is pronounced Mock Shoe or MuckLuck as B calls it.  Either way.  I thought it would be great to make since Farmer Gene gave me a bunch of okra and I have never really cooked fresh okra before.

I made a few changes to the recipe so here is my version.

Maque Choux with Shrimp (aka Muckluck)
2 links of Spicy Andouille Sausage (about 1/3 lb)-diced
1/2 medium sized onion-chopped

2 cloves garlic-minced
a little green bell pepper (it was all I had)-chopped
1 cup fresh tomatoes-seeded and diced
1 cup cut fresh okra-sliced in to small pieces
2 cups frozen corn
1/2 pound shrimp peeled and deveined (I always buy easy peel)
cumin
chili powder
lime juice
salt and pepper

1-Brown the sausage a little and then add the onion, garlic and pepper and saute until the veggies are tender
2-Add in the rest of the vegetables and cook until everything is hot (I think okra might take the longest) about 10-15 minutes.  Season with salt and pepper.
3-While the veggies are cooking put cumin, chili powder and lime juice on shrimp and saute in a pan until they are cooked
4-Top the vegetable mixture with a few shrimp and enjoy!

I thought this was a really good dish especially with fresh vegetables in the summer.  Next time I'll make it with fresh corn too!  OK I think I'm veged out for a bit. 

Happy Thursday!  It's almost the weekend.  We can do this.