Pizza, Pizza!

A couple of weeks ago, Grace helped me make a pizza for supper. I love ordering those Little Caesar pizza kits from fundraisers, not only are they quick to fix, but super yummy too! Our favorite toppings: pepperoni and onions.



I also like to sprinkle oregano & italian seasoning on our pizzas before we cook it!

We Love Corn!

Another thing I love about summertime is CORN! :) This year I put up corn for our family since Scott and Grace could eat it every night.



Grace wanted to help too!

Tis' The Season

I'm use to not be a fan of eating soft shells. Just recently have I begun to eat them (like last year). I happened to get some last week and was going to fry them up for dinner as soon as Scott cleaned them for me. However, Scott wasn't able to so, so I dove in and with the help of my Dad talking me through the first one, I cleaned my first 12 dozen soft shells and then fried them for supper, and boy were they good! :)

Before:


After:


After I cleaned them, all I did was roll them around in milk, bread them with seafood breader (mixed with a little Old Bay), and fry them!

Soft shell crab is a term for crabs that have recently molted their old exoskeleton and are still soft.
A Beginners Guide to Soft Shell Crabs

Here are some soft shell recipes I've found online:
Sauteed Soft Shell Crabs with Garlic and Butter
Panko Crusted Soft Shells with Ginger Sauce

Gobble, Gobble

I know everyone is always looking for new recipes, I for one LOVE new trying new recipes, but HATE when they don't turn out. Luckily I've been doing fairly well with them turning out pretty good lately. I know it may be a little too late after the holidays for a what to do with your leftover turkey, but I wanted to share with you 3 turkey dinners that we had last week. Yes, 3 turkey dinners in one week, and they actually were 3 days in a row! :) I never do that, but the turkey was just too good!

Scott's Mom bought a turkey fryer just before Thanksgiving and has enjoyed frying turkeys. Scott made a big deal to her how wonderful her turkey was at Christmas so she fried us one to take back to Raleigh with us. I picked it up on a Monday and we ate turkey Monday, Tuesday, AND Wednesday nights! :)

Monday night: Open-face hot turkey sandwich - this was so yummy and the key was BBQ bread. I toasted BBQ bread (no butter) in the oven while I heated up the Turkey Gravy and turkey. I'd never bought turkey gravy, but Heinz makes it and it wasn't bad at all. Poured the gravy and turkey over the BBQ bread, and voila!

Tuesday night: Basic Turkey Sandwiches - Whitewheat bread, mayo, lots of black pepper, and turkey! On this day I also made the stock for Wednesday nights dinner. In the crock-pot I cooked all day on low the turkey carcass in water with some celery and onion. Before bed I drained the stock into a bowl to save for Wednesday's Soup.

Wednesday night: Turkey and Wild Rice Soup - you can see the recipe here. Althought it was good it had a bit of a bite to it. I think maybe that was from the balsamic vinegar?



Complete with a grilled cheese, and BAM! What do you do with your leftover turkey?