Yummy in my tummy!!

I love to cook...but let's be realistic...all I really do is follow a recipe and if it is fabulous, I call it my own, and if it is BLAH I blame the recipe!  I often look for random ingredients in my cupboard, type them into google, and try something new!  The following meal is from a recipe I found and completely changed so I am calling it my own!  Also...it is NOT Aiden friendly as it contains shrimp, butter and linguine noodles...he had grilled chicken, blueberries and rice!

Shrimp Linguine with White Wine Tomato Sauce

Ingredients

Simmer

In the thick of it...

Combine...

The End!

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons olive oil

3 cloves of garlic minced

2 cans of diced tomatoes with garlic and onion

1 cup of dry white wine

1 tablespoon of butter

salt and pepper to taste

3/4 package of linguine

1lb of peeled and deveined shrimp (mine were already cooked but usually I use raw)

Old Bay Seasoning

2 tablespoons of olive oil

Heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a large saucepan over medium heat.  Add garlic, cook for 2 mins.  Add tomatoes and wine.  Simmer for 20-30 minutes stirring frequently.  Add butter, salt and pepper.

In separate pot boil linguine noodles for approximately 11 minutes.  Drain well

Season shrimp generously with old bay, salt and pepper.  Heat remaining oil in skillet over medium high heat, stir in shrimp and cook until pink, about 5 minutes.  (if already cooked, heat shrimp with seasoning for approximately 2 minutes)  Stir shrimp into sauce and then add linguine in and stir.  Simmer for 3-5 minutes and serve!

Oh Yeah...if your tummy if full...this little boy fills my heart!

The Bread Winner...

Having a baby with a milk and egg allergy can sometimes be a challenge!  Although I feel like we have become pro's at packing food for Aiden, creating yummy meals, and learning to substitute ingredients in recipes I still feel like there is so much more that I can do.  Think of all of the things that most kids eat...mac n cheese, pizza, cheese sticks, pasta, chicken nuggets, bread, waffles, french toast, scrambled eggs, yogurt, ice cream, chocolate, ravioli, spaghetti o's, hot dogs, muffins, cupcakes....each and everyone of those foods contains either milk, eggs, both or some sort of milk or egg bi-product!  To add to the frustration Aiden's pediatrician keeps telling me that he is below the 5th percentile and really needs to gain weight!  I am doing the best I can!!  I am really not sure if Aiden is sick of the very few things that he can eat but I know I am sick of giving him the same things every other day!  I thought maybe if I bought a bread maker and used a bunch of substitutes, I could make him some nice filling bread, dough, muffins etc...FAIL!!!  So back to the drawing board...I came across a recipe today that provided multiple substitutions for each and every "allergic" ingredient....it seemed so simple that I had to try it immediately!  Trust me when I tell you that I am no Betty Crocker...I can follow a recipe with success but once you start changing it up....FAIL!!!  Well today we experienced a HUGE SUCCESS...we attempted some banana bread and it was amazing!  It was moist, soft, full of flavor and Aiden approved!!!  ENJOY...(we did uuuhh I mean Aiden did)

The Ingredients

Aiden helping Daddy mash the bananas!

Everything mixed together...

Aiden patiently waiting...

Looks promising...

Yummy...

He likes it!!!!

Banana Bread

1/2 Cup Applesauce
3/4 Sugar
1 1/2 All purpose flour
1 Tsp Baking soda
1 Tsp Salt
1/2 Tsp Cinnamon
4 small ripe bananas (I used 3 large)
1 Tsp Vanilla Extract

Preheat Oven: 325
Lightly grease bread pan
Mix applesauce and sugar in large bowl.  Slowly sift in flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon.  Mash bananas in separate bowl and then add into larger bowl and mix (I used a mixer).  Add vanilla extract.
Bake for 60 minutes or until knife comes out clean.
Allow to cool before slicing!
Here is the original recipe with other substitution suggestions!
http://www.datsplat.com/egg-free-banana-bread-recipe-yummy/