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I recently discovered cooking videos on about.com.  I was going through my freezer and found two opened bags of shrimp.  I googled shrimp recipes and found one for shrimp wonton soup.  Great Ithought!  I have everything for that!  Turns out my wonton wrappers had molded, so I ended up cutting up my egg roll wrappers – worked perfectly! Shrimp Wontons 12 ounces shrimp (that’s what I...

Hopefully the spirit of Paula Dean has exited my body – she makes me deep fat fry all my food! 😀 Today’s breakfast is back to normal – my egg white sammie! 1 multigrain english muffin 1/2 cup egg whites .5 ounce chopped spinach 1.5 ounce chopped deli ham .7 ounce extra sharp cheddar 4 ounces Pam fried potatoes Breakfast comes in at 424 calories,...

OMG, can I say the list of things to deep fat fry is growing in my house??   But seriously, I love this machine – it keeps the temperature correct, has a timer – wonderful! I love youtube, because you can put in anything and find a recipe for it.  Which is what I did for buffalo wings.  The temperature and length I needed to cook them...

Tony and I used to have a deep fat fryer, but it was small and you couldn’t remove the inside so it was a pain in the ass not only to drain the oil, but also to clean it.  Not this bad boy – everything is removable – even the heat coil! Continuing in my Paul Dean way of eating today – I made extra crispy...

cooking and eating like Paula Dean!  Lord have mercy!  I believe I have made the best biscuit I have ever!  Light, fluffy, nice crust.  I followed Cook’s Illustrated recipe to the T, except I wished I would have put the biscuits in my seasoned cast iron skillet for a better crust, but these were delicious! Cook’s Illustrated Buttermilk Biscuits 2 cups flour 1 tablespoon baking...

I have to give props to Tony for the idea of pureeing the watermelon and and reducing it for the base of my bbq sauce idea.  Thanks Tony! Watermelon BBQ Sauce 1/2 cup watermelon juice that has been reduced over low heat for 1/2 hour 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 1 tbsp. brown sugar 1/4 cup soy sauce 1 tbsp. canola oil 1 tbsp. dijon mustard...

I woke up at 5:15 this morning with low blood sugar – 55!  So I sliced up a pear and was up for 45 minutes until my blood sugar stabilized.  Next thing I know its 9:15!  I love sleeping in!  Last week Tony and I watched an episode of Diners and Drive-ins and this place had the most amazing biscuits and gravy, which is one...

Well, this technically can’t be a throw down, because one pizza is thin (mine!) and one is  a deep dish (Tony’s).  I made the Artisan in 5 minutes dough this morning before work, so my dough was ready by the time I got home from work.  I actually thought Tony would use some of the dough since it makes so much, but alas, he made his...

The sign at the restaurant said “check out our chipotle sliders!”  Me, the lover of all things spicy, ordered it, thinking I’d have a couple cute little burgers.  I had every intention of upgrading my side to a salad for just a dollar more, but when she asked for my side “I’ll have the tater tots” spilled out of my mouth! Are you ready to...

So happy today is Friday because not only is it gorgeous outside, we get to wear jeans to work during the summer months – nice! It’s the end of the week, my beloved baby spinach is all gone, so is my zucchini, but then I saw that I had some broccoli slaw so I decided to add that to my egg to bulk it up!...