Crabby Princess

Maybe cuz my favorite color is pink ~ maybe cuz I love the design
here's a site I think is pretty neat =)

www.crabbyprincess.com

Pizza!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ooh so cannot wait to make this recipe - from one of my best friends in the world - and her blog is one amazing place!

http://silvyr.blogspot.com/2011/04/chicago-style-deep-dish-pizza.html

Is Spring Here?

Needed a nice spring salad,,,

Tuna Salad

2 cans tuna in water, drained
Mayo as needed(please not Miracle whip)
1Tsp capers (or chopped green olives or pickle relish or chopped dill pickles)
2 green onions chopped
2 small celery ribs chopped finely
Hard Boiled eggs (in cold water bring to boil off heat 16 minutes covered - cool, peel immediately)
bagged or grown spring salad mix
Ritz crackers
1 Cucumber
1 Avocado
Your favorite dressing if you like (Western here =)

Mix wash slice make eat (and hugs)

I love my dishes that look like food =) Next time asparagus gets added!

Rachelle's Meat Loaf

No two ways about it - best meat loaf I have ever had,,,ever.

Chelle is a lovely young lady I once had the pleasure of knowing...daughter of a man I was seeing.  Such a shame we aren't in contact anymore but that is the way life works sometimes. 

Rachelle's Meatloaf

1 - 1/2 # ground beef
1C bread crumbs
1 Egg
2C Shredded Cheddar, divided
1 medium vadalia or other sweet onion, finely chopped, about 1/2 cup
2 Tbl sweet pickle relish
sea salt/pepper
4 Slices Bacon
Your favorite BBQ sauce (hers calls for swt baby ray's so does mine =)

Sides - asparagus wrapped with bacon & huge bakers (if making bakers put in oven now when you begin prep - large Idaho potatoes - they are bakers,,,)

Preheat 350

Mix all but bacon, BBQ sauce & 1 C cheddar

Press into 2 qt baking dish.  Cook bacon until about 1/2 done (doing about 10-12 slices if making asparagus side)(and however many the cook gets for cooking =) Set bacon aside(reserve bacon fat if making asparagus).  Cover meat with BBQ sauce, then bacon , then cheese.  Bake about 1 hr watching cheese, rest 10 minutes. 

Asparagus wrapped with Bacon



Poke potatoes so they don't explode



break off ends - seperate into bundles - thin asparagus is the most tender



wrap bundles - secure with toothpicks - add sea salt and reserved bacon fat

Ready to broil - and my bacon ready to eat =)

Back to meatloaf







Before cooking

Rest

Now - Broil asparagus 4 minutes and turn then watch about another 4 minutes depending on the thickness of your asparagus

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!












Easy Salsa

Friend coming over! oh no =) Decided to throw together some salsa...had the scoops fritoes and tortilla...

Opened a large can of chopped tomatoes - had on hand onions celery parsley - chop chop =) And in my freezer I always have some frozen chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.  I make a recipe that calls for 3 of the peppers in the can.  The can comes with about 12.  I freeze the rest of the can in a mini muffin tin.  Then into a freezer proof bag.  I got the turkey chili recipe from Cooking Light magazine.  I was not the only one to make a mistake...never having used them before =) They printed an apology - they said when we said use 3 ,,, we didn't mean 3 CANS! So watch these peppers they are HOT! I used about half of what you see chopped up in pic - and it was still tooo dang hot =) And garlic powder - my friend loved it =)

Shrimp with Mandarin Spices

This one has me befuddled on how to recreate!  Bought a mixed spice called mandarin spices ~ garlic, green peppers, onion, chives, green onion, sesame seed, "spices", salt, brown sugar, sesame oil, orange juice solids, orange oil and things we dont want to eat.  Boy is it great - so will be experimenting with shrimp "kabobs" I think...

The brown sugar gave just the right amount of carmelization - think I will try with an orange dipping sauce....Keep you posted on this one =)

I had a two pound package of shrimp already on skewers in the freezer that needed using...so coated with the spice and broiled - at two minutes turned at 3 minutes turned 3 more minutes and done....

Polish with German Potato Salad

Same day I made the pork roast - and upcoming the shrimp - like I said I cook alot on Sundays and eat thru the week - I made this quick dish.  I buy canned German Potato Salad because when I make it, it has a bazillion more calories all from bacon and bacon fat....

Polish with canned german potato salad

1# polish sausage
2 cans German Potato Salad

Qtr the polish then halve it down the middle. Broil till browned.  Add polish on top of canned potato salad in baking dish.  350 till heated thru - about 30 minutes.