Garlic SHrimp & Pasta

WHO'S READY FOR DINNER?

One of my family's favorite dishes I make is Garlic Shrimp with Wheat Pasta.  It seems they can't get enough of this one.  Its a pretty easy dinner to whip up and you can add a salad to it and garlic bread if you'd like.  We don't do much bread around here any more (too many points)

I start this dinner for us with about 2 pounds of raw divined shrimp, a pound of wheat linguini  and two cans of diced Italian tomatoes.

I boil the pasta as instructed by the box.  We have switched to using wheat pasta...you cant really tell the different, and if you have had a pasta dish at our house recently...you have probably had wheat pasta.

While the pasta is cooking, I start peeling the shrimp.  Now I must say this is the most time consuming part of this recipe.  Now you are probably thinking 2POUNDS of shrimp...that's a lot for our family, but you see we LOVE shrimp and we LOVE leftovers for lunch.  And how many times have you gone out to dinner,ordered a shrimp dish and you get 6, maybe 8 pieces of shrimp.  Not here...shrimp in every bite.

PEELED RAW SHRIMP

Cooking the shrimp doesn't take to long.  I put a bit of olive oil just to barely cover the bottom of the pan, I usually use about two cloves of garlic minced in each pan full of shrimp I cook.  I add some lemon pepper seasoning.  It only takes about 2 minutes to cook the shrimp to a nice orange'ish color, as it finishes, I add some of the can of tomatoes to the shrimp, for about a minutes and then put it into a bowl, as I cook the remaining shrimp just as I have done to the first batch.

IN the meantime the pasts has finished and i drain the water out and rinse in warm water and set aside til I finish cooking the shrimp.

COOKED WHEAT PASTA

Now since I cook for an army  (OK not really I just cook BIG portions) I add the pasta back to the big pot and add all the cooked shrimp into the pot too.  If there is any tomatoes left in the can, I add them at this time too.

SHRIMP ADDED TO PASTA

 I basically cook all of it together just to heat them up together.  And there you have it....

THE FINISHED MEAL...SMELLS SOOO GOOD!

I hope your family enjoys it as much as mine does.

WHATS FOR DINNER????

ITALIAN SAUSAGE WITH PEPPERS AND ONIONS

Tonight is a basketball practice night and that when i quick dinnercomes in handy.

Tonigt I made hot TURKEY Italian Sauage Sandwches with peppers and onions.  Thia is a super easy recipe and can be done in a jiffy.

You can use the rope sausages and cut into inch size bits, chop up some green bell peppers and some white onions, add a small amount of olive oil to simmer the meat and peppers and onions.  After a bit it will look like this and smell yummy... I usually use rolls, prepare them the way each person likes, add the sausages and put mozzarella cheese on top...and enjoy a delicious sandwich.  Your side dish can be so many different things, we went for baled beans.

Hope you enjoy it...my family did

We Are Blessed

Pauline, Megan,Laraine Thomas,Alexandra and the kiddies Jailene and Lil Alex

So this is just a preview of the start of our visit from Laraine and Megan here in Cali' for the next 5 days...

It has been over 2 1/2 years that all our kids have been under the same roof.....we are truly blessed by our amazing kids and the adults they have become and all they have accomplished thus far in their lives.

If you know me I will be taking a lots of photos of them together.....

Bowling for Freedom...with the fam

In case you didn't know I LOVE coupons and specials...so when I received an email from Brunswick Bowl for a night of bowl called BOWLING FOR FREEDOM.  I of course thought what a perfect way to spend some time with our family and have some fun.  So I RSVP'd and set it up a fun filled night for my family.  All the money raised on this night would go to the American Vets; something that my grandma use to help organize thru out her bowling career.  The kiddies had a great time....they love hanging out with each others and it ad been awhile since they had gotten a chance to do something like this (busy summer schedules)

Here are just a few pictures of the night

The Fraijo Men with their Loves

Pau Pau with her special kiddies

Tommy with his two special girls

Fun Day in The Sun

Ready to head out for our day in Santa Monica

First stop 3rd Street Promenade

On Santa Monica Pier

Wishing he was fishing......

Waiting for the sun to go down....

The famous Ferris Wheel on the pier

just the two of us....

Night time stroll on the Promenade

She was an AMAZING Woman....

Today would have been my Mon's 68th birthday but she would have tried her HARDEST to convince us it was her 29th...AGAIN!!

My mom on her last Christmas with us

Not a day goes by that I don't think about her and would love to pick p the phone and share with her the latest and greatest news about her grandkids.  She loved them all very much  She was an amazing mom...and I thank God she was mine...


SOMEBODY'S HERO by Jamie O'Neal
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_uMQTw7v2g





She's never pulled anyone from a burning building
She's never rocked Central Park to a half a million fans, screaming out her name
She's never hit a shot to win the game
She's never left her footprints on the moon
She's never made a solo hot air balloon ride, around the world,
No, she's just your everyday average girl (but)

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her baby with a skinned up knee
A little kiss is all she needs
The keeper of the cheerios
The voice that brings Snow White to life
Bedtime stories every night
And that smile lets her know
She's somebody's hero

oh oh
She didn't get a check every week like a nine-to fiver
But she's been a waiter, and a cook and a taxi driver
For twenty years, there at home, until the day her girl was grown
Giving all her love to her was her life's ambition
But now her baby's movin' on, and she'll soon be missin' her
But not today, those are tears of joy runnin' down her face

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her daughter in her wedding dress
She gave her wings to leave the nest
It hurts to let her baby go down the aisle she walks right by
Looks back into her mother's eyes
And that smile lets her know oh oh oh
She's somebody's hero

Thirty years have flown right past
Her daughters' starin' at all the photographs
Of her mother, and she wishes she could be like that
Oh, but she already is

She's somebody's hero
A hero to her mother in a rockin' chair
She runs a brush through her silver hair
The envy of the nursing home
She drops by every afternoon
Feeds her mother with a spoon
And that smile lets her know oh oh
Her mother's smile lets her know oh oh
She's somebody's hero

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