Spicy-Sweet Glazed Shrimp

Let me start with some things I learned recently. 1. Be flexible. schedule's don't always work out so your choice of what to cook for that day may move around. for example yesterday I made spaghetti (hence no blog) because no one was going to be home until I left for work. 2. things in the back of the refrigerator may get too cold and freeze. so try to rotate things around. 3. Make sure if you are cooking new stuff all the time that in the middle of the week you do something easy and quick or eat out. You will get sick of cooking and then it's a chore and not fun. It should always be fun.


Can you say Yum? cuz I can and this was yummy. The sauce in itself was delicious. This is also literally the easiest and fastest thing to make ever.

Spicy-Sweet Glazed Shrimp
veggi oil for grill
2 Tbs spicy chili sauce
1/3 cup honey
jumbo shrimp (about 2 lbs) I just got the frozen stuff and thawed it.
salt and pepper

OK for this you literally heat up the grill. stick the shrimp on 2 skewers. so each shrimp is stretched between 2 skewers like a ladder. mix the honey and chili sauce. stick 'em on the grill glaze them cook 'em til they are done and put more glaze one it is that easy.

Blackberry-Cantaloupe Salad
2 cups blackberries
1/2 cantaloupe cut in to pieces
1 Tbs sugar
1 tsp grated peeled fresh ginger
1/2 tsp grated lime zest plus 1 Tbs juice
2 Tbs thinly sliced fresh mint leaves

1. in a large bowl combine ingredients except mint. cover and let stand for 30 min. or refrigerate up to 2 days (we did none of those things... whoops) add mint just before serving.

This is SO good. the mint is a little over powering so you may just want to leave that out. but it is so refreshing and probably a great snack on a hot day with a nice glass of iced tea.

For both of these things my dad said these are keepers. You see how is opinion is apparently the one that matters. He tends to be the one that says if we keep a recipe or not. Anyway Enjoy these!  There have been adjustments to the menu obviously. I wont be cooking everything that I said I was because something are out of season lime pomegranates (who knew?). and I forgot to get steak but that will probably just be pushed back until I get it.

Everyday is an Adventure!