Pantry Revisited

Penny from Lake Lure Cottage Kitchen  chose Grilled Herb Shrimp this week for our Barefoot Bloggers challenge.  Unfortunately, I am deathly allergic to shellfish and had to pass on this one.  Sometimes I will go ahead and make the recipe and just substitute chicken, but because the holiday weekend is coming up and I am busy getting ready to go on vacation, I had to pass.  Sorry Penny!  Please go to Penny's blog and check hers out and get the recipe there or you can find it in Barefoot Contessa Parties! on page 138.  Penny has a beautiful blog with gorgeous photos that is truly worth a look see. On a side note, I have a perfect pound cake recipe that I make occasionally.  I for some reason decided to try a different one last night to take on our trip with us.  I thought a Sour Cream Pound Cake sounded good so I found a Paula Deen recipe to use.  It turned out perfectly, but I think my old recipe is better.  I'll post it with a phot...

I'm multi-tasking tonight.  Combining two posts into one.  First, Barefoot Bloggers.  This week Kimberly from Indulge and Enjoy  chose Spring Green Risotto .  I have to say and I have said it before, I hate cooking risotto, mainly because I am an impatient cook and the only way to make risotto is slow cooking and a lot of stirring.   But if you really want to enjoy risotto, you should try one of Ina Garten's.  This recipe combined a lot of flavors and I would give it an A-Plus for deliciousness.  It called for fennel, leeks, green peas, asparagus, white wine.  I left out the asparagus and added a few mushrooms.  Thank you Kimberly for choosing this! I served the risotto with my own quick version of Coq Au Vin.  Fried two pieces of bacon, added chicken drumsticks, carrots, red wine, chicken broth, mushrooms, carrots, and a few green onions and cooked for about 30-40 minutes.  Delicious!! Now for CEiMB.  ...