Quinoa with Roasted Veggies

Happy Thursday!

I love to cook new recipes and Tyler loves trying new recipes! So the past few weeks I've been spending a lot of time on Pinterest searching for some new Foods for us to try! :) Pinterest can be so addicting! 

Anyways…this recipe for Quinoa with Roasted Veggies looked SO good! I had to try it!…I was a little nervous for Tyler to try it though. He came out to the Kitchen while I was cooking and said "Do I eat that?!" haha…I said well tonight we are trying something a little different, but I think you will like it! Sure enough! He loved it! And so did I!

QUINOA WITH ROASTED VEGGIES:

3 C. cooked Quinoa (cook in Chicken Broth instead of water)

1/2 C. Carrots

1/2 C. Red Pepper

1/2 C. Asparagus

1/3 C. Onion

3 T. Olive Oil

Salt and Pepper to taste

VINAIGRETTE:

3 T. Olive Oil

3 teaspoons White Balsamic Vinegar (I used White Wine Vinegar. I forgot to buy White Balsamic!)

1 T. Honey (Melt in microwave for 10-15 sec)

Salt and Pepper

Cook the Quinoa. Dice all the vegetables. And make the vinaigrette by mixing all ingredients together in a bowl.

Preheat oven to 400. 

Toss the vegetables in a pan with 3 Tablespoons Oil, Salt and Pepper. Cook for 13 minutes.

Toss together Quinoa, Vegetables and Vinaigrette.

Serve at room temp. Delicious!! I served the Quinoa as a side to the Bacon Wrapped Jambalaya Stuffed Chicken. That recipe is here: http://krystinaskitchen89.blogspot.com/2013/09/bacon-wrapped-jambalaya-stuffed-chicken.html

Recipe found at: http://straightupgoodfood.blogspot.com/2012/04/quinoa-salad-with-roasted-vegetables.html

Garlic & Scampi Stuffed Shrimp

Happy Valentines Weekend!

Hope everybody had a fun Love day :). We had a nice, romantic dinner at home and snuggled up on the couch to watch a movie! 

I tried a couple new recipes last night and wanted to share one of them!

This was our Valentines Menu:

Garlic & Scampi Stuffed Shrimp

Marinated Rib Steak

Baked Potato

Fresh Corn

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Chocolate Covered Wafers

We were stuffed!! :) but it was all delicious!!

Recipe for GARLIC & SCAMPI STUFFED SHRIMP

Ingredients:

*1 lb small shrimp--tail off peeled

*1/4 teaspoon Turmeric 

*1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes

*1/4 C. Sour cream

*1 C. Bread crumbs

* 2 cloves garlic-minced

*2 tablespoons lemon juice

*2 tablespoons Parsley

*16 jumbo shrimp

Directions:

Chop small shrimp and add to bowl. Add  rest of ingredients EXCEPT jumbo shrimp. 

Mix well and form a ball. 

Peel jumbo shrimp

Butterfly them by cutting a slit on the backside o the shrimp (don't cut all the way through look below for example) 

Coat baking dish with cooking spray. And place jumbo shrimp in. Take a tablespoon of the mixture and form a small ball and place on each jumbo shrimp. 

Brush each shrimp with olive oil. Bake at 425 for 15 min. Or until shrimp turns pink. 

ENJOY!

Butterfly the jumbo Shrimp

They should set up like this when butterflied

Ready to go in the oven

Fresh out of the oven! Pink, hot and oh so good!!! :)

Find original recipe at:

http://www.canyoustayfordinner.com/2011/01/10/scampi-stuffed-and-roasted-shrimp/