My top 3 favorite dishes that I've cooked this week following Real Simple's one month of 400 calorie cooking are:

1. Roasted Shrimp with Peppers and Lemon
2. Gnocchi with Roasted Cauliflower
3. Ham, Guyere, & Shallot Pizza

We made the pizza tonight for Superbowl Sunday...mmmm! I think we should totally make our own pizza from now on!

I'm also trying to get W in the kitchen more...he helped yesterday and today. I think he'll help more when we have more kitchen to move around in :-)

It's been a relaxing weekend, grocery shopping done for this next week, general house cleaning accomplished, dishes done! If only the laundry had washed itself!

The Roasted Shrimp with Red Peppers and Lemon........AMAZING! http://www.realsimple.com/food-recipes/browse-all-recipes/roasted-shrimp-peppers-lemon-00000000008880/index.html

Use orzo pasta as a bed instead of rice, it's not as gritty.

Make this as the side dish:

Cumin Polenta
14 oz chicken broth (or use 1 chicken bullion cube + water)
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 c yellow cornmeal
1/2 c milk (whole is best, if you have a lower percentage just stick a bit of sour cream in with the milk and stir it around that way it is "thicker")
1/2 tsp butter

combine broth and cumin in a heavy saucepan; bring to a boil. reduce heat; gradually whisk in cornmeal. cook and stir *constantly* until thick, whisk in milk and butter. season with salt and pepper.

serves 4ish

This is half portions of the original recipe and it makes a huge amount for just W and I. I can't imagine doubling the above!

Perfect side with the Shrimp!

bon appetit!

Credit:
Cumin Polenta recipe ran in the October 2009 BH&G magazine, but according to them originally comes from the book Sunday Soup by Betty Rosbottom.