Cinammony Goodness !

My youngest son loves cinnamon rolls. He loves eating them for breakfast , lunch and dinner !
A few weeks ago we went to my uncles house and he had made home made cinnamon rolls with his bread maker . My son went crazy for them ! I thought what the heck I will try to make them.
NOW I am not a big baker, really i usually suck pretty bad when i try to bake something, I even mess up cookies ! I tried to find a recipe that was not too complicated and that looks good.
I came across this one from Pioneer Woman's Blog if you have not checked out her site you should. She has some amazing recipes ! I wanted something that was easy , i could make a lot of and I could freeze so my son could pop them in the microwave in the morning. This recipe seemed easy enough . I have to say it wasnt bad. Its a little time consuming but not too bad.
The rolls turned out AMAZING ! I did modify them a little bit, I sprinkled a little bit of brown sugar in the filling and I made a sour cream frosting instead of the one listed ! Let me tell ya what ... UMMMM UMMMM GOOD !

Shrimp Masala

(photo credit spiceindia.com)

I have suddenly become very domestic . Or so it seems to me !
My friend and I had THE MOST amazing Shrimp Masala at Mimi's Cafe here in Austin a few weeks ago and I have yet to get it out of my head since then . Last week I decided to tackle this recipe. However I googled shrimp MARSALA .. Yep there is a difference . HAHA !
Although my husband and even my 11 yr old son loved the shrimp marsala it was not what i was wanting. It was not the creamy, tomatoe goodness that came from Mimi's Cafe !
This recipe does not seem very difficult .
So I will see how this goes in the next day or so .
http://www.marthastewart.com/317190/shrimp-tikka-masala

EDIT : My friend just found the dang recipe for the shrimp Marseille Toast we ate at Mimi's !! So im defiantly going ot be trying this one !
http://www.great-taste.net/recipes/appetizer-hors-doeuvres-recipes/shrimp-marseille-toast-mimis-cafe/

Brussel Sprouts Salad and BLT Wonton Cups

I thought I hated Brussels sprouts up until a few months ago . A friend of mine and I were at a diner and she ordered them . I told her how nasty they were and the waiter said " OH you have to try ours I hate Brussels sprouts and love ours " So i tried them and
he was right , I loved them .
So I took to pinterest to try to find a comparable recipe. What I came up with was possibly even better . Couscous and Brussels sprouts salad ! Its AMAZING ! The recipe is from Eat Live Run and can be found here . I Have made it a couple times. Since I have a lap band I cant eat a lot of pasta, rice or bread, so i thought the couscous would work for me . WRONG ! So today i tried it with Quiena and it worked out just fine for my stomach ! This is probably not the best picture of it but here is what it looks like .

Also on the menu tonight , another pinterest inspiration . BLT Wonton Cups . Very simple and really good. My meat and potatoes husband even liked them .I found these while menu planning for the week on Hungry Girls website. She has some really great recipes that are healthy ! The recipe can be found here ! The picture of this did not turn out well. I really need to take better pictures of my food !

Wonton Thai Chicken Salad

I made these tonight for dinner. They are really good .. I got the inspiration from Amy Tobin's Blog.
I had to make a couple changes however. The recipes calls for Dole Veggie Medley . Well I had no idea what that was nor could I find it.
So I got the Mann's broccoli cole slaw mix , which I get all the time and love. It actually worked out better for this recipe in my opinion .
The recipe was good but had a little too much acid in it , I added more peanut butter too to try to even it out . But it was still too much . Next time I think i'll add less red wine vinegar . Over all they were very good and I would make them again .

Disney Potato Soup Recipe

I am ADDICTED to potato soup . Problem ? I suck at making it . I mean I am really bad at making it. I have yet to find a recipe that i can either follow and is good or that is just edible. I had about given up . Until PINTEREST !!!! I found this recipe on there.

Source: disneyparks.disney.go.com via Mindy on Pinterest

It is really easy , simple and OH SO YUMMY ..

TIP : I did not add 4 cups of heavy whipping cream , which I suspect makes it so amazing.
I added 1 cup and the rest chicken stock , it was still amazing !