"Best Dinner EVER!"

I don't make New Year's Resolutions... it's that whole fear of public failure thing I've got going on but this year I decided I would work on a few New Year's Suggestions.  ;)  One of them is to get out of the dinner rut.  I love to cook, love to eat, and love to make food that I hope people will enjoy... but then life happens and it's chicken or pasta cooked the same old way.  Kevin never seems to mind this as he's such a creature of habit but it drives me insane!  So, my goal is to make at least 1 or 2 new dishes a week and it's going really well.  This week we've had a new "recipe" every night and let me tell you last night was fantastic, and ridiculously easy!  The kids declared it the "Best Dinner EVER!!!".  That's a win in my book!

*once again, these recipes were inspired from pinterest!*

Roasted Tomatoes with Shrimp and Feta

 

Ingredients

• 5 large tomatoes, cut into eighths
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• kosher salt and black pepper
• 1 1/2 pounds medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1 cup Feta, crumbled
• crusty bread, for serving

Directions

1. Heat oven to 450° F. Place the tomatoes in a large baking dish and spoon the olive oil and garlic over them.
2. Sprinkle with ¾ teaspoon each salt and pepper and toss. Roast on top rack of oven for 20 minutes.
3. Remove baking dish from oven and stir in the shrimp, parsley, and lemon juice. Sprinkle with the Feta.
4. Return the dish to oven until the shrimp are cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes. Serve warm with the bread.   direct recipe link 

I only modified the recipe slightly... I used half a container of grape tomatoes and left them whole.  I also omitted the fresh parsley, because we didn't have any, and I didn't use a whole cup of Feta because Kevin isn't crazy about it.  He didn't seem to notice there was even any Feta in it at all though.  It was so good!

You must serve this with some type of wonderful crusty bread... the sauce it makes just screams for it!  So we made garlic bread... I'm sure you all know how but just in case here's a recipe. (I omit the parsley here too)
Garlic Bread 

 

The only bad thing about a recipe like this is that there's never any leftovers for lunch the next day!

Tonight it's homemade pizza... the kids have voted and we're having cheesy bread, bbq pulled pork pizza (left over from the other night), a regular cheese and pepperoni, and lastly, my favorite, caprese pizza.  Yum! 

(Leave a comment if you want any of those recipes.)