The First Bite: Leftover Shrimp

So the other day, I made some orange soy shrimp over mashed sweet plantains (I promise a post later). But any ways, I had some shrimp left over and instead of making a full blown meal I just whipped up some white rice and peas munched away at these little critters. Of course the meal was fast, easy and delicious. I'm a lover of seafood, but shrimp is one of my FAVORITEST (I know it's not a word, but it is my blog :-)

So anyways, I just wanted to post something and not leave my readers (crickets) alone for too long. I promise, I have so many good meals to post about and I will in due time. Please bear with me, but in the mean time, just salivate over your screen and take in the delicious fusion of orange juice and soy sauce. I am still working on trying to create recipes as it is not one of my best forte's. Below are some more shots of my deliciousness!

Bon Apetit-

Divine Beauty

The First Bite: Chewy Lemon Cookies

For the past week or so, I've been craving lemony goods like lemon cookies or cakes. So when I did Google a search for lemon cookies, My Baking Addiction blog came up and I found the perfect recipe for her Chewy Lemon Cookies here. I attempted it and LOVED it, my roommate also enjoyed them as well as her co-workers. Thanks Jamie!

Le Ingredients: Flour, Sugar, Salt, Baking powder, vanilla, Butter, an egg, lemon zest and juice, .

Mix together dry ingredients, then in a separate bowl mix the sugar and butter (I used shortening). In another bowl mix the egg, zest, vanilla, and lemon juice. Then mix everything. 

Everything is mixed in.

I used 1 Tablespoon to scoop the cookies, then rolled them into balls.

Roll in sugar.

Place on cookie sheet.

In the oven they go. 

VOILA!

This recipe was easy to follow and wonderful to taste. I will definitely be making these again. 

Thanksgiving Leftovers = Turkey Pot Pie

Turkey Pot Pie

Ok, so moving to NY has leaned me more on the broke side, so I have to use whatever I have in my fridge to make due for dinner or any other meal. So I decided to make sum Turkey pot pie with some left over Thanksgiving Turkey and mixed veggies. It was my first time making a pie crust which I used from some random recipe on Google, and also my first pot pie. Everything is made from scratch and was fairly easy. 

Turkey Filling

The filling is a mix of Turkey meat, mixed veggies, milk, flour, seasoning, and mushroom soup. I just used what was in the cupboard. I didn't measure a thing, and just went by taste. 

Pot Pie Dishes

 

My makeshift rolling pin 

Use what you have and do what you can

My butter top dough cutter (lol)

Fresh out the oven

This is my first post on making food, recipe, etc....I promise I'll get better. LOL. Hope you enjoy. 

-Divine Beauty