Potato Skins

Tonight, I did grilled chicken, green beans and potatoes.  I decided to make potato skins instead of plain baked potatoes.  My reasons were two fold.  First, my youngest loves potato skins and second, I am making a twice baked potato casserole tomorrow and wanted the extra potato for that recipe.  When I serve these for dinner, I don't dress them up too much, but they can be when served as appetizer.  They are great when you are watching a game!    

Potato Skins:

Ingredients:

6 small/med russet potatoes

Vegetable oil

Sea salt

Pepper

1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

1/4 cup melted butter

3 slices of crisp bacon

Parsley flakes for garnish

Sour cream, optional garnish

Directions:

Preheat oven o 425* F.  Scrub 

Crockpot Tortellini

Today we had our first scout meeting of the year so I knew we would be rushed.  I chose to make a super simple crockpot recipe.  This is a modified recipe based on one that I got 4-5 years ago when I subscribed to eMeals which is a great online weekly menu planner that includes the shopping list that you need to complete the menus.  This is not GF, but I think there are pre-made GF pastas available. 

Crockpot Tortellini:

Ingredients:

2 lg cans diced tomatoes

1 lg can crushed tomatoes

1 lg can tomato sauce

1 lg can tomato paste

2 tbsp sugar

2 tbsp italian seasoning

1 pkg tortellini, family size

1 cup shredded mozzarella 

Directions:

Mix all ingredients except the tortellini and mozzarella in the crockpot.  Cook on low for 8-10 hours.  Thirty minutes before serving, gently stir in the tortellini and cover all with cheese.  Replace lid and let cook for the last 30 minutes.

Sunday Night Shrimp Boil!

Last night I did an easy peasy dinner.  It took about 45 minutes from start to finish and was a small clean up job :). Everyone in the family loves all the ingredients in a shrimp boil. I modified the Old Bay recipe.  

What did I do?  I didn't put in the sausage as I want to have 2-3 meals without beef, chicken or pork.  I also cut down on the recipe because there are only 4 of us and I didn't want to waste any food.  I also made cole slaw because it just seemed like the right thing to do :)

Sunday Shrimp Boil:

4 quarts of water

1 bottle of beer

1/4 cup Old Bay

1 tbsp salt

2 lg onions quartered

1 small bag of red potatoes, quartered

4 ears of corn cut into thirds

2 lb raw shrimp

Directions:

In an 8-quart stock pot, bring Old Bay, salt, water and beer to a boil.  Add potatoes and onions; cook over high heat for 13 minutes. Add corn to pot; continue to boil for 7 minutes.  Slowly stir shrimp into the pot and let boil for 4 minutes.  Remove from heat and drain liquid.  Pour the contents of the pot into a large bowl an serve hot!