Refreshing Orzo Salad

Growing up, one of my favorite meals that my mom would make was Grecian orzo salad.  Recently, I was in the mood for orzo salad and I decided to try to replicate hers.  Thinking back, my mom’s orzo salad included Feta cheese, kalamata olives, and red peppers.  Well, I don’t like Feta cheese and I [...]

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Lemon-Buttered Pasta with Shrimp

Bring your appetite to this dinner. I’ve mentioned before that hubby and I love to hike.  What I failed to mention, is that we are certifiably insane and we will quite literally hike in all kinds of weather.  And when I say all kinds, I mean all kinds.  Sure, we like to hike on those [...]

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Roasted Shrimp Salad

I think I have a problem.  My blogging friends are welcoming September and baking with apples… and I am not ready to let go of summer.  Usually I’m the first one to hop on the autumn bandwagon.  Fall has always been my favorite season…  I love apple-picking, foliage, Hallowe’en, the crisp air and blue skies, [...]

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Shrimp and Zucchini Tostadas

This is a great weeknight summer dinner – sweet shrimp, slightly caramelized zucchini, and the mild bite of ancho chili powder served over tortillas.  Using pre-cooked shrimp helps when you are pressed for time, but if you’d like to cook your shrimp from raw, by all means do.  The heat from the chili powder and [...]

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Shrimp, Cucumber and Nectarine Salad

I don’t know about you, but I’m hot these days.  H-O-T.  Hot as in melting in a puddle of Brooks Brothers and humanity by the time I get to the office at 7:30 every morning.  That’s DC summer for you.  Now, I know true Southerners say that the South starts at Richmond, and they’re right, I’m [...]

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