It is 11:15 PM Saturday and Mr Nut and Cyndy just finished their soak in the hot Top. Yes it is outside in our back yard, but remember this is St George, Ut., the current temperature outside is in the 40's.
Back during the fall of 2009 Cyndy had major surgery on her right hand. Mr Nut had not been conceived yet, but he started making the meals with a lot of help from Cyndy. Actually, Cyndy had prepared five meals ahead of time and put them in the freezer. The pre-Mr Nut was so successful that several of the pre-made were still in the freezer after Cyndy recovered.
Yesterday was an opportunity to make Shrimp Scampi using the recipe from Evelyn Sonnichsen, modified as usual. What made this great was the shrimp were bought already cooked, deveined and the tails removed. Smart Balance was used instead of butter because of the 0 mg cholesterol as opposed to 30 mg for butter. There were no pictures because the dish was so easy and was done before Mr Nut thought to take a picture.
But Mr Nut as a special short but good recipe for Cucumber Salad. The salad serves three people or just Mr Nut.
Makes your mouth water, right? Cucumber and onions just waiting to soak in cider vinegar, sugar, salt and some water.
The recipes for the above item are at the end of this blog:
This morning Mr Nut finally made the Broccoli Cheese soup. See blog for May1, 2011. Mr Nut needed to know how many cups of soup were in one batch of the recipe.
The Broccoli was cooking down getting ready for the food processor.
The finished soup.
À Bientôt,
Mr Nut
Shrimp Scampi
Modified from Evelyn Sonnichsen’s recipe
Servings: 2
Totals for this recipe: carbohydrates 102.5 g; calories 790
6 oz cooked shrimp. Carbs 0 g; calories 160
4 ounces dry vermicelli, or Angle Hair. Carbs 84 g; calories 420
1 tablespoons Smart Balance. Carbs 0 g; calories 80
1/2 teaspoon minced garlic. Carbs .5 g; calories 0
1/4 cup minced onion. Carbs 2 g; calories 10
1/8 cup dry white wine. Carbs 0 g; calories 20
1/4 cup tomato sauce or Salsa sauce. Carbs 4 g; calories 20
1/2 cup sour cream. Carbs 12 g; calories 80
1/4 teaspoon dry Basil.
1/4 teaspoon Oregano.
1/4 teaspoon Sea salt.
1/8 teaspoon pepper.
1/2 teaspoon Parsley flakes
Preparation:
Get the ingredients ready. Soak frozen shrimp to defrost and peel them, drain to dry them and then cut them in two.
Pasta:
1. Heat the water to a roaring boil for the Pasta. (1 quarts for 4 ounces: follow directions on package).
2. Break the pasta into desired lengths ( 2 inches). Cook for one minute more than called for on package.
Sauce:
1. When the water stars boiling, melt the 1 tablespoons Smart Balance In a large frying pan; add 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic and sauté at a little less than medium heat.
2. Add 1/4 cup minced onion and sauté.
3. Add 1/8 cup white wine, 1/4 cup tomato sauce, 1/2 cup sour cream, and 1/4 teaspoon
4. Basil, 1/4 teaspoon Oregano, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/8 teaspoon pepper.
5. Add the 6 ounces of cooked shrimp warm on low heat.
Let's eat!
Pour the sauce over the drained and cooked pasta and sprinkle with Parsley flakes.
Mr Nut’s CUCUMBER SALAD
In blog for November 19, 2011
Totals for this recipe: carbohydrates 9 g; calories 48
1/3 cup cider vinegar.
1/3 cup water.
2 tablespoons sugar. Carbs 24 g; calories 90
1/2 teaspoon salt.
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 six to eight inch cucumber, thinly sliced and peeled. Carbs 9 g; calories 48
about 1/2 cup red onion. Carbs 2 g; calories 10
Directions:
- Mix the red ingredients in a 1 1/2-quart glass or plastic container.
- Add the cucumbers and onion in the container. Cover and refrigerate, stirring occasionally, at least 3 hours.
SERVES THREE OR ONLY MR MUT
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