Monday was shit. Yeah, I said it. But I was determined to make Tuesday a better day and decided to make one of my favourite meals for dinner. Baked garlic shrimp, Caesar salad (homemade dressing!) and fresh french bread. Heaven.on.a.plate. (I might have stolen that quote from The O.C. circa 2004). It is ridiculously easy and ridiculously bad for you but oh so tasty.
Baked Garlic Shrimp for 2
12 shrimp, cooked, devained, tails off
3 tablespoons butter, cut into 12 pieces
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup grated cheese (whatever cheese you have. I always mix cheeses together)
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Place one shrimp in each of the sections of an escargot baking dish. Spread minces garlic on each of the shrimp. Place cube of butter on each shrimp. Cover with cheese. Bake at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until cheese is melted. Put on HI broil for 2 minutes to crisp up top of cheese. Serve with french bread for dipping.
OHHHHH SOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOD!
Salad Dressing
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp brown sugar
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
2-3 tbsp mayo (depending on how creamy you like it) <-- that's what she said.
3 tbsp Parmesan cheese
splash of lemon juice
splash of Worcestershire sauce
salt & pepper
Place everything in a mason jar. Shake and pour over a bed of romain lettuce.
Last week I took a small container of my homemade pesto (found here) out of the freezer with every intention of making pasta but completely forgot. Tonight I was cooking up half chickens and decided to spread pesto all over the chicken before baking. It turned out fantastic. 
Monday was shit. Yeah, I said it. But I was determined to make Tuesday a better day and decided to make one of my favourite meals for dinner. Baked garlic shrimp, Caesar salad (homemade dressing!) and fresh french bread. Heaven.on.a.plate. (I might have stolen that quote from The O.C. circa 2004). It is ridiculously easy and ridiculously bad for you but oh so tasty.
I'm one of those people who never win anything. I wouldn't go as far as to say that I'm an unlucky person because I have been dealt some pretty awesome cards. However, I have now learned to expect absolutely nothing from any raffle, 50/50 draws or contest that I participate in (except the warm fuzzy feeling of money going to a good cause, right?!) Well folks, that all changed on Thursday. I WON A CAKE! Talk about a great day at work, eh? I walked into school with half a cup of lukewarm coffee in my hands and walked out of the building with a huge chocolate cake with beautiful tidied fondant icing. 
I don't know what I was thinking but I decided to hit Costco on Friday evening after work. Hell.On.Earth. Why don't people understand how to operate a shopping cart? It's a simple concept folks - stick to the right and everyone will keep moving. That is until someone decides to leave their cart in the middle of the isle, on a slight angle preventing everyone from getting by all because they saw the jumbo ketchup on sale back 10 feet. I digress. 2 months ago I purchased amazing salsa from Costco so I was on a mission to get it again since my brother, sister-in-law and adorable nephew were visiting the following day. Darn it! They weren't carrying that brand anymore. I decided to whip together some homemade salsa instead so grabbed some tomatoes and red peppers and headed for the checkout (who am I kidding!? I didn't just purchase those two items. I've never left Costco without dropping at least a hundred buckaroos). The salsa turned out pretty good!
1 small onion, diced (small)
