Shrimp Linguini

This is oh so good, a family favorite, and a great way to get a bit of seafood into your diet.

1/2 lb linguini noodles
4 T butter
2 T olive oil
2 cloves of garlic, minced
Pinch of red pepper flakes
1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
salt and pepper
1/2 C chicken broth
1 T lemon juice
1/8 C Parmesan cheese
Parsley to taste

Cook pasta. In a skillet, melt 2 T butter in 2 T olive oil over med-high heat. Saute garlic and red pepper flakes 3-4 minutes. Season shrimp with salt and pepper; add to pan and cook until pink, 2-3 minutes. Add broth and lemon juice to skillet and bring to a boil. Add 2 T butter and parsley. Stir in the cooked pasta. Add Parmesan cheese and season with salt and pepper and parsley. Toss and serve warm. Enjoy!

Banana Chocolate Chip Cookies

Mmmmm. Hubby and I like to pretend these cookies are sorta healthy because of the bananas. It makes eating them even better!

Yields 3 Dozen - I freeze some for later :)

1 C sugar
1/2 C milk
1 C margarine
2 tsp vanilla
3 eggs
1 C mashed bananas
3 1/2 C flour
3 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
1 C chocolate Chips

Cream together sugar and margarine. Add bananas, milk, eggs, and vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients. Mix wet and dry ingredients. Stir in chocolate chips. This is how the dough should look.

Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes. These cookies aren’t exactly meant to be golden brown, but rather a yellow color. However, golden brown was the way Grandpa Garner used to like them so you can always leave them in the oven a little longer to get those golden brown edges. In the pictures below, you can see that I baked one batch more yellow and another batch with golden brown edges.  Both taste divine to me!