I have joined up with the Barefoot Bloggers! Twice a month this group cooks from Ina Garten's (The Barefoot Contessa) cookbooks. I really love Ina's recipes. I have all of her cookbooks and love that her recipes are easy and always turn out delicious. I don't hesitate to use her recipes on company even if I haven't tried them first!The Shrimp Scampi was an easy recipe to cut in half, so I decided this would be a perfect Valentine's Day Dinner! We had a simple Green Salad and French Bread with our meal!
Simple Green Salad with "heart" red bell pepper!
Heart French Bread -- I can't take credit for making these, but aren't they cute! We are lucky to have a wonderful French Bakery right down the street from me!You can find this great recipe at http://www.foodnetwork.com/! One other great thing about this recipe is that you can make in advance!
Thank you Jill of http://insanelygoodfood.wordpress.com/ for selecting this recipe, it will definitely be a repeat at my house!
I am also posting this to Foodie Friday hosted by Michael of http://designsbygollum.blogspot.com/. Make sure to visit her for great recipes and inspiration!
This looks wonderful and scampi is a favorite of mine- Lovely!
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It all looks wonderful. Perfect Valentine's Day meal. The red heart bell peppers were a nice touch. The heart french bread is awsome:)
ReplyDeleteThis was so simple! It was an incredible dinner. Glad you joined the Barefoot Bloggers. It has been fun for me and made me try things that I probably would have passed by....
ReplyDeleteYour Valentine Dinner was superb! I love the heart bell pepper! How fun.
That is really cool - I hadn't heard of "Barefoot Bloggers" until now!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the group! I've only joined this month, as well. I've had a lot of fun being pushed out of my comfort zone and having extra reasonings to cook Ina's wonderful recipes.
ReplyDeleteThat shrimp scampi looks delicious! I love Ina's recipes. What cute heart-shaped baguettes! I'll have to try that myself some time :)
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That shrimp scampi looks good! Different too, i'll have to pop over and check out the recipe! Great photos!
ReplyDelete~Really Rainey~
Te Shrimp scampi looks delicious. I so love shrimps!
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I love shrimp scampi... the hearts int the salad was a charming idea!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on winning Sara's smocked bonnet, Kendra!! I hope you post a photo of it when you complete the project.
ReplyDeleteThis shrimp scampi project looks outstanding & I, too, LOVE all of Ina's recipes. I TVO every single episode of her cooking show. I'll have to investigate the Barefoot Bloggers as soon as I hit post on this.
I love Ina! I didn't know there was a barefoot blog! Your dinner looks so elegant and delicious:)
ReplyDeletecongrats on joining! your entire meal looks fabulous!
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