~ Honey Grilled Shrimp~

For dinner I made Honey Grilled Shrimp which was great with baked potatoes and the Beer Bread I made as well.

 

 What you need: 1 lb shrimp shelled, water and skewers.

 

In a large bowl, mix together the contents of large bag with 1/3 cut water. Add shrimp, toss to coat, cover and marinate in the refrigerator for an hour. I thought I took photos of the shrimp in the marinade but I guess I didn't.  Sorry..

 

Preheat grill to high heat. Thread shrimp onto skewers and discard marinade.

 

In a small bowl, stir together second package with 1/4 cup water.  

 

 Set aside for basting.

Lightly oil grill grate. Grill shrimp for 2 to 3 minutes per side, or until opaque. Baste occasionally with the honey-butter sauce while grilling. Shrimp can also be skillet grilled as well, and if so, do not use the skewers.  I grilled my shrimp in a cast iron skillet not the grill and they turned out fine!

 

After putting on our dinner plate, I drizzled more of the honey-butter sauce over top.  The shrimp with the beer bread and potatoes made for a really great dinner with very little effort!  Get some today! 

~Beer Bread~

Today I made an easy delicious Beer Bread to have with dinner as I was making Honey Grilled Shrimp too and wanted a fancier Sunday dinner.  This only required the bread mix and beer so I had all the ingredients.

 

 What you need:  Beer Bread mix, 12 oz can of beer or clear carbonated soda.  I used a 12 oz bottle of beer instead and it worked just fine!

 

 Instructions: Mix contents of package with 1 can (I used a bottle) of beer.

 

 Here it us all mixed up.

 

 Pour into greased9 x 5 loaf pan and bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes.

 

 Here it is fresh out of the oven.

 

 

It was so good, we had to try a couple of slices it smelled too good to wait for dinner. Get some today!

~ Cajun Creole~

I made Cajun Creole tonight.  Here is the original blog from when I first made it.

 

This time I just made it with shrimp though and did not add sausage.

 

 

I also only used about 1/2 cup of water as opposed to a cup and a half so that it was more of a sauce on top of the rice and not something that had to be eaten out of a bowl.  It was good!

 

Plate up!  Get some today!

~Skillet Lasagna~

This evening we had the next best thing to old fashioned lasagna that takes a while to cook, combine and bake in the oven....Skillet Lasagna!

 

I am posting the previous blog post that I posted last year for this household's staple.

 

Here's the Skillet Lasagna.

 

 

 

~Chinese tonight ~

Tonight we had Chinese!  Since I blogged these before I'll post the links to each of the original blogs.

We had Kung Pao Chicken and Fried Rice.  Delicious!

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~ Fine Restaurant Quality Crab Cakes ~

Okay, we have our new FAVORITE GC entree.  This is a new item that I was anxious to try.  So instead of our usual Pizza/Beer last night, we had these delicious Crab Cakes! We just moved the Pizza/Beer to tonight for once.

Ingredients Needed:  1 lb crab meat, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, oil (I used olive oil). 



 Directions: Mix together the contents of package, crab meat...

 ..and mayonnaise.

 Here is the final combined mixture. 

 Form into 8-9 round cakes. (I left it as is and just put a
lid on it). Refrigerate overnight. The next day is when I formed it into my cakes. Instead of 8-9 round ones, I made 5 large (like thick hamburger sized) cakes.  Hey, everything's bigger in Texas!

 Heat oil in a large skillet on medium-high heat. (I poured enough oil so that the entire bottom was covered and up about 1/8th inch of oil in the pan). Carefully add crab cakes, a few at a time.

Fry about 4 minutes or until golden brown, turning once.

 Look how wonderful they turned out!

 Here is hubby's plate and he already had one crab cake!

We had a rice dish (not GC this time) to go with it.  We both absolutely LOVE these and will make them as often as we can! Even though crab meat is expensive, think about it.  A nice crab cake dinner at a nice restaurant could easily be $20.99! This mix is only $4.00!  The cost of crab will vary depending on your area but still way less expensive than dinner out!

Next time I'm going to make GC fried rice to have with it!

Going...

GONE!

Try these today! You won't be disappointed!

~ Chai Tea Blend ~

Back in April at the garage sale for the animal shelter I picked up a really nice cast iron tea pot.  A special kind that you put the tea leaves right in the top filter area and let steep and then pour!

It was a great opportunity to try one of our excellent tea blends.  So I made this back in May. Way too hot for me to think about hot tea just now although I suppose I could make some hot tea and then put it in the fridge for cold Chai Tea. :)

Ingredients: Hot water and the Chai Tea Blend mix

Directions: Scoop 2 heaping tsps of Chai Tea Blend into one cup of boiling water. 

Let stand for about five minutes.

Strain the tea and then add hot milk and sweeten as desired. I made mine too strong the first time and forgot to add the milk so it was very strong!  But the second time I made it I used 1 teaspoon and it was plenty!  Deep rich flavor!

Get some of our gourmet teas, coffees or other gourmet drinks at my website today!

~ Cajun Gumbo ~

This took a little more prep but man did my kitchen smell like a southern restaurant!!

Come see my Cajun Gumbo!

Ingredients: Cajun Gumbo gourmet cupboard mix, water, cooked meat.

  Add the contents of the package and 6 cups of water.

 Add desired amount of your choice of cooked meant (chicken, seafood or sausage). I chose a pound of shrimp...

 

 And a pound of Italian sausage cut into 1-2 inch pieces 

 Here they are combined and being kept warm while the gumbo broth is boiling. After add the cooked meat, cook for an additional 10 minutes (sorry I thought I took a picture of this but I don't see it)

 Serve over rice.  Nice!!  Hubby liked it too.  Its on the list to 'have again soon' !! Get some for yourself here!

~ Fruit Crisp ~

I made this dessert a few weeks ago. 

 Here is what is needed: Fruit Crisp Gourmet Cupboard Mix, water, 21 oz can of your choice of fruit (apples, peaches, cherry pie filling, etc).

 Instructions: Empty contents of bag into a bowl. Add 1/2 cup of melted margarine.

Mix until well blended

 Drain a 21 oz can of your choice of fruit. I used 2 cans of 'lite' peaches as that is what hubby bought at the store. I think I would have liked the regular peaches in heavy syrup better.  Place in greased 8 x 8 pan.

Spread topping mixture evenly over fruit. Bake at 350 for 45 minutes. 

I have to say this smelled wonderful baking in the oven.  The outcome? Well the peaches didn't blend with the topping very well so I didn't care for it very much. And I do not like coconut and although I tried to take most of the shredded coconut out of the mixture before I made it, I could still taste it. (See I don't always rave about everything :-) ).  I would have it again if it did not have coconut but would use something like cherry pie filling instead to give it more of a thicker fruit base to go under the baked topping. 

If you'd like to try it with your own choice of favorite fruit, please do so! 

~Country Cream Gravy Mix ~

We made this for dinner Thursday with sausage. Yum!

Ingredients: County Cream Gravy Mix and Water. That's it!

 You don't have to mix this with anything but we added a pound of cooked sausage to the gravy for biscuits and gravy. This is a picture of the sausage with the added water (see below).

Directions: Mix gravy and 1/4 water. Stir until well blended. 

 Place 3/4 water in pan on stove. Heat until boiling. As I said I made with sausage (see photo above with 3/4 cup water & sausage). Once water is boiling add gravy that you mixed with 1/4 cup water.

 

We put biscuits (Bisquick Grands) in the oven until ready 

Split the biscuits open and the ladled the creamy gravy (with sausage over top). This is one of my hubby's favorites!

You could use this gravy for many uses, not just with sausage!

~ Green Split Pea Soup ~

I've been meaning to try this for a while!

All the ingredients are in the soup mix except for 10 cups of Water. How easy is that?!

Directions: Place soup mix and 10 cups of water in large pot. Bring to a boil, lower heat and simmer for 2 hours or longer (until peas are done) stirring occasionally. Makes 7 cups.

I made this in the crock put and let it cook all day. It was delicious!  Even took some over to my folks to share!  

Forgot to take a photo of it in a bowl but here was a snapshot of the crock pot view

Would I make it again?  Yes! You can buy it or any of the other wonderful mixes right HERE.

Mexican Meatloaf

Tonight we had Mexican Meatloaf that I do in the crock pot.

 

Here is the link to how to make this meal that has a nice kick to it!

 

It was great making it today so that it would be ready in time for Superbowl~

 

 

~ Chicken Etoufee

Sorry I haven't blogged lately but it does not mean that I haven't been using my Southern Belle Gourmet mixes!

Sometimes I am having repeats of dinners I have already posted on here.  A few weeks ago I made the Etoufee but used chicken this time and it was yummy!

Here's a photo of the serving plate:

 Here's a link to my blog where I first posted it. 

Just used chicken instead of shrimp.

New Year's Day Dinner

Tonight we made one of our favorites Skillet Lasagna with garlic bread!

I'll add the picture tomorrow. For some reason cannot add it on this laptop!

Here's the link from May with the step by step instructions.  For a quick lasagna this is GREAT!