Major delish!!!

So we are staying in this New Year's Eve and I wanted to make something scrumptious for supper. Jackpot!!!!! I searched allrecipes.com and found this: Creamy Pesto Shrimp

This was sooooooooooooo good. Of course the battery in my camera is dead so I couldn't post a picture of the final product but seriously, try this soon!!!

It is not low cal/ low fat but is totally worth it.

CREAMY PESTO SHRIMP

Ingredients:

* 1 pound linguine pasta
* 1/2 cup butter
* 2 cups heavy cream
* 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
* 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese
* 1/3 cup pesto
* 1 pound large shrimp, peeled and deveined

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add linguine pasta, and cook for 8 to 10 minutes, or until al dente; drain.
2. In a large skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in cream, and season with pepper. Cook 6 to 8 minutes, stirring constantly.
3. Stir Parmesan cheese into cream sauce, stirring until thoroughly mixed. Blend in the pesto, and cook for 3 to 5 minutes, until thickened.
4. Stir in the shrimp, and cook until they turn pink, about 5 minutes. Serve over the hot linguine.

I did use mostly half and half instead of heavy cream. Next time I'll add some fresh mushrooms and tomatoes. Delicious!


SUBMITTED BY: Loretta Buffa -- have to give credit where credit is due. Thanks for this recipe, Loretta.

We also had BACON WRAPPED SCALLOPS. Yum again. I went ahead and bought a few big scallops, precooked the bacon just a teeny bit, and broiled them - just drizzled a little olive oil on them and seasoned with salt and pepper. I didn't get them done early enough to have as an appetizer so we each had a couple with our pesto shrimp.

In the crockpot I have some chicken wings cooking and they smell great. I'll post that recipe later. Guess the buffalo chicken dip will have to wait until tomorrow!