Mongolian Beef

  Second dinner from my easy cook recipe list. Was tasty and very easy to make.

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons lower-sodium soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar 
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch 
• 2 teaspoons dry sherry
• 2 teaspoons hoisin sauce
• 1 teaspoon rice vinegar
• 1 teaspoon chile paste with garlic (such as sambal oelek)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoons peanut oil
• 1 tablespoon minced peeled fresh ginger
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh garlic
• 1 pound sirloin steak, thinly sliced across the grain 
• 16 medium green onions, cut into 2-inch pieces 

  Preparation

  1. Combine first 8 ingredients, stirring until smooth. 2. Heat peanut oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add minced ginger, minced garlic, and beef; sauté for 2 minutes or until beef is browned. Add green onion pieces; sauté 30 seconds. Add soy sauce mixture; cook 1 minute or until thickened, stirring constantly. 

Lemon Shrimp Scampi with Cilantro Orzo

 I haven't been in the mood to cook during most of my pregnancy. I decided to remedy that.  Last week I chose 5 one pot recipes to make it easy on myself and made dinner every night. Once I shopped for the ingredients I regretted it, now I had to commit!!  It went well. Some dinners I will repeat others I will not. I decided to do it again this week and record the recipes for future use and inspiration for anyone else.

I found all the recipes on www.myrecipes.com  love this site as it links to Cooking Light and other sites, plus you can save the recipes and it will create a shopping list for ingredients from your recipes.

Saturday Night Dinner - Lemon Shrimp Scampi with Cilantro Orzo

Ingredients

• 1 cup uncooked orzo
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
• 7 teaspoons unsalted butter, divided
• 1 1/2 pounds peeled and deveined jumbo shrimp $
• 2 teaspoons minced fresh garlic
• 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

1. 1. Cook orzo according to package directions, omitting salt and fat. Drain. Place orzo in a medium bowl. Stir in parsley and 1/4 teaspoon salt; cover and keep warm.
2. 2. While orzo cooks, melt 1 tablespoon butter in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle shrimp with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add half of shrimp to pan; sauté 2 minutes or until almost done. Transfer shrimp to a plate. Melt 1 teaspoon butter in pan. Add remaining shrimp to pan; sauté 2 minutes or until almost done. Transfer to plate.
3. 3. Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in pan. Add garlic to pan; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Stir in shrimp, juice, and pepper; cook 1 minute or until shrimp are done.

, Cooking Light

Our First Real Picture of Noah

 

This is the first real picture of Noah. Up until now Noah has been hiding his face in my back. At our last appointment he had turned around and was looking out on the world as it were.