Limoncello Pesto Potatoes

1 Thess.2:4

but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts.

10 baby Dutch yellow potatoes, microwave and covered 1 1/2 min on each side

1 diced shallot

2 roasted garlic cloves, mashed

1/2 t olive oil

1/2 t butter

2 T Limoncello 

1 t chicken base seasoning

2 T cream

1 T pesto

2 c water

1 t fresh sweet basil

1 T sour cream

Cracked black pepper

Add oil and butter to pan and sauté shallots and mashed garlic cloves. When shallots are soft add seasoning base, limoncello, cream, pesto, sauté 1 minute, then add water and the cooked, skin on and quartered potatoes. Cook 10 minutes, turn off heat and add sour cream, pepper and basil.

Mash potatoes and enjoy!!

Roasted Garlic, Shallot and Whiskey Beef Fried Rice

1 Thess.1:

9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God,

10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

1 Birdseye Chicken Flavor Lightly Seasoned Rice with carrots and broccoli Steamfresh bag 

2 c thin sliced seasoned cooked ribeye steak( I cook several, thin slice and freeze)

1 t Worcestershire sauce

2 T Jim Beam   

1 diced shallot

1 roasted garlic, mashed

1 t olive oil

1/2 c roasted pecans

1/2 c white raisins

Thaw steak in microwave. 

Cook rice and veggie bag in microwave according to directions.

Sauté garlic and shallots in oil.

When shallots are translucent, add steak, whiskey, Worcestershire, pecans.

Take off heat and add raisins.

This recipe was fast and delicious!!!

Smoky Gouda Cheese Ball

Col.4:

2 Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.

3 At the same time, pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, to declare the mystery of Christ, on account of which I am in prison-

4 that I may make it clear, which is how I ought to speak.

2 c shredded smoky Gouda

1 block cream cheese, room temp

1/4 c mayo

1 t dry mustard

1 T Worcestershire sauce

1 t Sriracha

Few turns black pepper

Few turns smoked salt

1 t fresh sweet basil

2 c roasted chopped pecans

In a food processor, add all ingredients except pecans and pulse until incorporated.

Shape into 2 equal size balls, wrap in plastic and put in fridge or freezer until hardened enough to roll in the pecans.

Tiny Smashed French Onion Dip Potatoes

Phil.2:

6 who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,

7 but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.

8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.

9 Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name,

10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

10 tiny potatoes

Seasoned salt

French Onion Dip

Microwave 2 minutes, covered and flip and 2 minutes more.

Cut in half, smash, season and add onion dip. 

I topped mine with fresh sweet basil but bacon bits, cheese etc. would be yummy!!

Limoncello Pesto Shrimp Pasta

Phil.1:

20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death.

21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

Insanely delicious!!!

 1 lb. pasta, cooked al dente

Sauté leeks, onion, mushrooms, seasonings and squash in oil and butter.

 1 leek

 1/2 onion, chopped

 1 T olive oil for sautéing 

 1 T butter

 6 mushrooms

 1/4 t Ancho chili powder

 1 Zucchini or Yellow squash

 1 T chicken seasoning base

 Sauce:

 Add all ingredients except shrimp. 

 Reduce liquid by half.

 Add shrimp, cook just a couple of minutes, just till thawed. 

 1 t butter

 1/4 c Limoncello 

 1/3 c heavy cream

 1 c milk

 Ground black pepper to taste

 Salt to taste

 1 c grated Parmesan cheese

 1/4 c pesto

 1 pound large cooked and frozen shrimp, rinse and remove tails.