Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Eat More Shrimp!!

When my family goes to the beach we take turns cooking an evening meal (cook's choice) for all to enjoy.  We've found over the years eating out in restaurants at the beach can be expensive and we are usually disappointed in the quality of the meal!  So a new tradition was born and we love it!!  This year Bman made Spaghetti for all of us; I made Chicken and Rice Casserole; Harley Man did Shrimp and Crab Legs and Prissy made Meatloaf.  Yummmmm!!!  Of course we had other things to go along with the meal...these were the main entrees and not a drop was left by the end of the week.

The evening we had Harley Man's shrimp (I think he bought 10 pounds!!!) there were leftovers.  So Prissy and I searched for a very easy Shrimp Salad recipe (we were trying to use only ingredients we had on hand since we didn't want to bring lots of food back with us) to make use of the leftovers.  We found a delicious, easy recipe...just what we needed to tempt everyone to "Eat More Shrimp"!!  Lol!  Needless to say...it was gone in a heartbeat the next day!!


Shrimp Salad                                                     
Serve this shrimp salad on romaine lettuce with tomato slices or avocado slices.

Ingredients:

  • 2 cups cooked shrimp, halved lengthwise and chilled
  • 1 cup thinly sliced celery
  • 1 tablespoon finely minced onion
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • Romaine lettuce or mixed greens
  • thinly sliced tomatoes
  • avocado slices, optional
  • cherry tomato slices, optional

Preparation:

In a medium bowl, mix shrimp with celery, onion, lemon juice, mayonnaise, and salt and pepper to taste. Refrigerate for several hours.  Serve on a bed of romaine lettuce and thinly sliced tomatoes or mixed greens. Garnish with avocado slices or cherry tomato.

Do you have a favorite shrimp recipe??

Monday, August 22, 2011

I'm Back!!!!!

Yep, I'm back from a wonderful week at Topsail Beach!!!  Prissy and her family, Bman, Harley Man and I went for a relaxing week in the sun, sand and surf.  We decided this vacation would totally be for relaxing so we didn't do excursions to various places...nope, we spent our time under a tent on the beach reading, soaking up the sun and playing in the water!!!  It was awesome!!


I managed to read three books while lounging on the sand and I was in heaven!!  If you haven't read any of the Sarah Addison Allen books yet, you are missing out on some delightful stories!  Prissy and Bman read them as well and were hooked by the first book!



So, I'll be back this week with my posts.  I have an exciting idea I read about for K and 1st grade teachers using Beanie Babies, some more info about our vacation, a recipe or two to share with you and more.  Hope you'll stop by this week and leave a comment or two!  I'd love to hear from you.