Seafood Portabella Mushrooms

This can be a side dish or stand alone as a main dish with some green beans or another vegetable on the side.

4 portabella mushrooms
4 oz. Cream cheese
1\2 c. Parmesan cheese
1 egg
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
Garlic powder
Ceyenne pepper
1\2 c. Cooked shrimp, cut into bite size pieces
1\2 c. Lump crab meat
Breadcrumbs
2 T butter

Clean out and stem mushrooms.  In bowl, mix together cream cheese, parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, egg, Worcestershire sauce, and seasonings. Carefully add in seafood. Spoon mixture into each mushroom.
Melt butter and mix with breadcrumbs. Spoon on top of each mushroom.  Bake for 15-20 mininutes on 350 degrees.

Breakfast Sandwich

This little sandwich is amazing! If i ever open a restaurant, this will definitely be served and it's pretty quick and easy too!

2 pieces toast, buttered
2 eggs
Half of an avacado
3 slices cooked bacon

Cook bacon in pan. Pour out all except a little bacon fat.  Cook eggs in pan, scrambling or you can fry. I like either. As eggs cook, toast the bread and butter. Smear avacado on one sluce of bread. Top with eggs and bacon. Sandwich together and enjoy!

Zucchini Noodles with Shrimp

This comes together pretty quick and is very low carb too!

1 lb. fresh or frozen shrimp, thawed and peeled
3 zucchini
Olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
Red pepper flakes
2 T butter
Salt and pepper
1\2 c. White wine
Juice of 1 lemon
Fresh herbs if you have them ( basil and parsley)
Parmesan cheese

Using a mandolin with the julienne blade, shred zucchini into small noodles.

Coat pan with olive oil. Heat garlic and red pepper flakes in pan for a minute or two. Add shrimp and cook until pink, adding a little butter too! Remove shrimp with slotted spoon, leaving yummy drippings. Add a little white wine and lemon juice as you scrape the pan. Let that do it's thing for a few minutes. Add in zucchini noodles and cook for about 2-3 minutes. Add shrimp back in along with herbs. Top with parmesan cheese.

Sausage Gravy with Biscuits

1 lb. breakfast sausage
1/4 c. flour
about 3 cups milk
salt, pepper, seasoned salt
favorite biscuits (mine are Mrs. B's frozen butter biscuits)

Brown sausage in pan. Once sausage is brown, sprinkle flour over and stir in well. Slowly pour a little milk in at a time, stirring constantly. Cook over medium heat for about 15-20 minutes until gravy starts to thicken up. Sprinkle in seasonings according to taste. Add a little more milk if it gets too thick. Sere over warm biscuits.

7 Layer Mexican Dip

2 cans refried beans
2 packages taco seasoning
2 cups sour cream
2 cups guacamole
2 cups salsa
Toppings: chopped lettuce, tomatoes, shredded cheese, sliced olives

Mix beans and taco seasoning. Layer all ingredients in order in trifle bowl or large dish. Refrigerate until ready to use. Serve with tortilla chipa.

Dr. Seuss Birthday Party

As a kindergarten teacher myself, I had so much fun planning this 1st birthday party for my son! Here are some ideas I had and stole from others.

Food Labels

Caramel Popcorn from Hop on Pop.

Pop popcorn according to directions. I used 3/4 c. unpopped kernals.

Make caramel sauce. 

1 c. butter

1 c. brown sugar

1 c. corn syrup

1/2 tsp. Sea Salt

Let all ingredients come to a boil in saucepan. Turn heat down to medium high. Let boil for 4 minutes without stirring. Turn off heat and let sit to cool for a few minutes. Pour over popcorn and stir to coat evenly. Lay out on parchment paper to let cool. Sprinkle with salt.

Gogurt tubes from Oh, The Places You'll Go.

Jellybeans for Truffula Seeds from The Lorax.

Goldfish for One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish.

 Little Smokies from Go, Dog, Go.

4 packages Little Smokies

1 jar grape jelly

1 bottle BBQ sauce

Dump all in crockpot for 3-4 hours. 

Thing 1 and Thing 2 Cupcakes

Baby Smash Cake

We also has "roast beast" sandwiches from The Grinch and

pizza rolls from There's a Wocket in my "Pizza" Pocket, 

but forgot to get a picture of those before they were eaten. 

 Happy 1st Birthday to my Charlie!

Shrimp Scampi

1 lb. Medium shrimp
3 tbsp butter
4 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 c. White wine
2 lemons
1 bunch chopped parsley
1 c. Shredded parmesan cheese

In large pan, melt butter and saute garlic. Add shrimp. Add white wine and lemon juice. Cook until shrimp is pink. Top with parsley and cheese. Serve by itself or over pasta.