365 days-Day 13 Sweet & Sour Chicken

Yummm. This one was good. Not sure if it ranks at the top. I think I would try a different recipe next time, but very good and very easy for novice cooks. I found the recipe here:

http://www.ourbestbites.com/2011/10/sweet-and-sour-chicken-stir-fry/

Not much else to say. I followed this recipe spot on except I forgot to get fresh ginger so I threw in some cinnamon and allspice with the salt and pepper. I would use the red bell pepper for presentation's sake. I used green and it didn't look as pretty as the stock photos. :)

365 days-Day 12 Baked Spaghetti with side salad

So baked spaghetti. . . I give it a 2.5 out of five. I did not get sick and I didn't want to spit it out but it lacked a lot of flavor. I used really good sauce and did everything right except I used ground turkey because of the no beef thing. I wouldn't recomment but I bet this would be a whole lot better with real beef. Also I realized I didn't have regular spaghetti noodle only angel hair so I made it with some penne pasta. Here is the recipe if you want to try:
http://www.publix.com/aprons/meals/MainDish/SimpleMeal.do?mealId=60&mealGroupId=1001

365 days-Day 11 Coconut Shrimp with Orange Marmalade Dipping sauce

Tonight was soooooo good. I think it was my favorite so far. This is one of my most favorite things to eat anyway. Lisa A gave me a recipe for this and I also had one from Publix and they varied a decent amount so I decided to see if there was a recipe online for Outback Gold Coast Coconut Shrimp because I mostly wanted the dipping sauce. Yipee Skipy they have it here:

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/524/Outback_Steakhouse_Gold_Coast_Coconut_Shrimp38359.shtml

Yummmmmm. You will love this recipe. It is not hard at all. I mean look at the list of ingredients. A well trained monkey could handle this. It would be easier if you could find already peeled shrimp. I fried mine in my tiny fry daddy and I wouldn't recommend this. I could only do like 3 at a time and even then I had grease boiling over. Most recipes I saw called for pulling oil in large saute pan enough to cover the bottom and cooking there. I also used fresh cold beer (thanks Marsha), not flat; and cooked immediately due to the comments people left on the website.

365 days- Day 10 Logan's

Ugh another night out! Tonight we stayed in Douglasville until the rain had passed through Atlanta so we could drive home in no rain or traffic. Coconut shrimp will have to wait one more night.

365 days- Day 9 Chick-fil-A

Don't ya just love it? Tonight was church and we got out late from work, so it turned into a Chick-fil-A night. Bleh.

365 Days-Day 8 King Ranch Chicken

Tonight we had king ranch chicken, broccoli slaw, salad, and fresh fruit. I forgot to take my pictures but I have the stock photo for the recipe above. Here is a link to the recipe I used.

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/king-ranch-chicken-casserole-i/detail.aspx

The broccoli slaw is a fresh veggie mix from publix and you add the mayo and whatnot to turn it into slaw. The salad was a fresh express pear Gorgonzola mix and then we had strawberries and bananas. Overall the dinner was very good. This was the easiest King Ranch chicken recipe I have found anywhere and I think it could have been a lot better if there was more effort on my part. Don't get me wrong I thought it was good and will be happy to eat the leftovers for lunch but next time I might try a little more difficult recipe because I think it will be worth it.

365 days-Day 7 Leftovers

Failure on day 7 you ask? Well not sure because husband said he wanted to eat leftover chili and quiche for dinner. I think he was just trying to go easy on me so we could get the dogs in costume and get ready for trick or treaters. Whatever it worked for me.