Macaroni & Cheese

Friday I tried a new recipe for Macaroni and Cheese, using whole wheat pasta, but I'm not posting the recipe, just the pictures, since I didn't feel it was good enough to share.  I have other macaroni and cheese recipes and when I make a great one, I will post the recipe. 

Anyway, this called for baking this with the uncooked macaroni and the last 20 minutes I had to remove the aluminum foil...I think that was the problem.  All of the moisture escaped those last twenty minutes and the top layer of noodles were too crunchy.  The taste was very good, especially since I used organic, low fat cheeses, organic 1% milk and whole wheat macaroni...but the texture was not great! 
We gave this 2 Forks :(

I also made Parmesan Crusted Tilapia, which was delicious!  I get these at SAM's Club and they are great....very tasty and so easy.

Shrimp Scampi With a Twist

• Large or Jumbo Fresh Shrimp (peeled, deveined and dried)
• 1/2 lb. Pasta of your choice (I used Farfalle)
• 1/4 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 2 T. Butter of Smart Balance
• 4 Cloves of garlic (I used 4 of my frozen garlic cubes as shown in earlier post)
• 1/2 cup Fresh Mushrooms (Baby Bella are the best)
• 1/2 cup Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes (drained)
• 2 T. Cooking Wine or White Wine
• Seasoned Salt (I use Tastefully Simple)
• Pepper
• 1 T. Parsley
• Red Pepper Flakes

Start boiling water for your pasta and add 1/4 tsp. salt to the water.

In medium saute pan, add Olive Oil and garlic.  Stir often while the garlic cooks.  Add your mushrooms, butter, seasoned salt, pepper, parsley and red pepper flakes, stirring often.  After about 2 minutes, add the shrimp.  Let shrimp cook on one side for about 1-1/2 minutes then flip over and cook another 1 minute.

 Add diced tomatoes and wine.  Let simmer on low until your pasta is ready.

Drain pasta, pour shrimp mixture on top and mix.  Serve with Italian grated cheese.  YUM!!!


This meal takes no more than 10 minutes to prepare and there is very little prep time.

Leon and I gave this 5 Forks (the highest rating).

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