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Roasted Broccoli my New Favorite

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 Super easy... 2 broccoli crowns chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil  Pinch of salt  Pinch of My special mix...for 1/2 bottle...3 tablespoons powder garlic,   2 tablespoons powder onion,  4 tablespoons Herbs DE Provence, 2 pinches sea salt,   2 pinches pepper.   Mix all brocc, oliveoil,  salt, 1 or 2 pinches of my special mix in bowl and toss... Pour into a oven proof skillet.  Roast st 350 for 20 minutes or until slightly browned.

Summer Corn and Tomato Shrimp Scampi accented with Shredded Basil and Lemon Zest

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 let's gather the ingredients..... 10 cloves of garlic peeled  1 pound of peeled deveined shrimp  1 lemon zested and squeezed  1/4 cup White Wine  2 ears of fresh corn 🌽  cut from the ears 1 pint of grape or cherry tomatoes sliced in half 3 tablespoons of olive oil  5 tablespoons butter 5 or more to taste basil rolled and sliced Salt and pepper  Mix 2 tablespoons Olive oil with 2 cloves minced garlic.  Set aside no more than 1 hour.   In med size fry pan add tablespoons olive oil and 1 clove of sliced garlic.   Toss in tomatoes and corn.  Sauté for 4 minutes.  Remove to boil keep warm.   Add butter and rest of sliced garlic and toss in shrimp. Cook 2 minutes per side on high  Add lemon juice and 1/4 cup White Wine.  Stir add corn tomato mixture stir again.  Sprinkle with Basil and Lemon Zest. Serve over pasta or enjoy with crispy bread. 

Easiest Creme Burlee....

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 There are 5 ingredients to make the incredible dessert.   2 cups whipping cream, 1 vanilla bean sliced in half and beans scrapped out.  5 egg yokes and 1/2 cup sugar.  You will need extra for bruleeing..😁 Pour whipping cream in a small sauce pan add vanilla bean and warm on low heat.  Do NOT boil.  Whisk yokes in small bowl,  add sugar and continue to whisk for a minute.. When cream and vanilla are warm..dip your finger in cream if it feels warm. Take off burner and rest for 5 mintues.  Now the fun part...tempering the yokes and sugar.   We don't want cooked yokes.   Your going to pour about 1/4 cup or so into the yokes and sugar whisk until blended.  Pout the rest of cream without the vanilla beans hull and whisk to combine. Pour into 4 ramekins that are placed in a baking pan.  Before placing in oven Pour hot water in pan to about 1/2 way up rammikins and put in heated 350 degree oven foe 40 minutes.  Le...

Oven Roasted Baby Broccoli

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  New favorite veggie..  Baby Broccoli roasted in over at 350 for 20 minutes.    Purchase 1 bag of Baby Broccoli 🥦  Drizzle baking sheet with Olive Oil.  Arrange the broccoli in 2 layers.  Sprinkle with a pinch of sea salt,  a teaspoon of pepper and a pinch of garlic powder.  Drizzle again with Olive Oil.   Roast in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes.   To serve sprinkle with parmesan cheese. 

Cheesy Hasselback Potatoes

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  This recipe is NOT in any way low fat, low carb or low anything.  It's Butter Heavy Cream Cheesy Yummyness Potatoes.   Ingredients; 1/4 cup grated parmesan  1/4 cup shredded swiss cheese  A sprinkle or 2 of Cavenders All Purpose Greek Seasoning Pepper to taste 1/2 cup of Heavy cream  I  used 2 medium golden Potatoes,   peeled and sliced.  2 tablespoons butter softened. Preheat oven to 350 degrees,  in bowl toss cheese and Seasoning.   Add Heavy Cream and stir in the sliced Potatoes.  Mix until all Potatoes are covered.  Spread softened Butter in small baking dish.  With your clean hands stack Potatoes in baking dish,  pour remainder of the cheese mixture on top.  Push some of cheese between potatoes slices.  Sprinkle with some dried or fresh time.  Bake at 350 for 40  minutes,  check to see of Potatoes are soft if not bake additional 20 minutes until browned on top.

Easy Cabbage Soup with Ground Beef

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  Love the Fall.  It's soup, stew and chili weather.  This is my version of the Cabbage Soup people use for diet.  Trust me it will cleanse the system 🤣  this one is super easy to put together; you can cook on medium and its ready in about 2 hours; you can speed it up by cook on high.   Or toss everything in crock pot 8 hours on low. Ingredients: 1 large can of diced tomatoes  1 packet on onion soup mix 1/2 head of Cabbage chopped 2 stalks of celery sliced thin 1/2 bag of baby carrots chopped 1/2 red and green pepper diced 1 bunch of kale chopped 1 large onion sautéed in 1 tablespoon of butter  1 pound of lean burger cooked About 3 cups of water Salt and pepper to taste    Note: you can omit for a veggies version.  You can add just about any cooked beef,  chicken, or pork. In a large stock pot add all ingredients stir.  The liquid level should be about inch below the veggies.  

Sauteed Shrimp & Spinach in a White Wine Cream Sauce

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I was inspired to make this recipe from my friend and coworker Courtney Crush.   We were chatting earlier this week and she told me about a white wine cream sauce she made; so here's my version.  I did not serve this with traditional pasta I used Root Rebel 100% Plant Based Noodles.  Feel free to serve with your favorite pasta. Ingredients One pound of shrimp peeled in my goodness please devain it nobody likes seeing that dark line in shrimp 😁 One and a 1/2 tablespoons of extra Virgin Olive oil One shallot diced  3 cloves of garlic minced  A 1/2 a stick of butter I used Vermont  Creamery cultured butter with sea salt.  You can use regular butter Land Lakes store brand it really doesn't matter I just prefer the Vermont Creamery. 2 to 3 cups of spinach please please pull the stems off nobody likes eating them. 4 tablespoons of flour but I used Carbquick it's sort of like Bisquick but has very few carbs. 1 cup White Wine,  I used a nice Chardon...