Wednesday, August 29, 2012

A Different Kind of Recipe--Magic Cleaner

This is a recipe for an amazing cleaner! I used it in the shower and in the bathroom sinks. Let me tell you....they sparkle!!!! We have a glass door on the shower and it always gets scummy :) but this stuff cut right through it.

Take one cup of white vinegar and heat it in the microwave for about 30 seconds. Pour it in a spray bottle and add in one cup of plain and simple, blue, Dawn dish soap. Carefully rock it back and forth to mix it without making too many bubbles.

I sprayed this all over my shower walls and glass door. I let it sit for a few minutes and used a soft scrub pad (like the kind made to scrub a glass cooktop). Gently scrub down the walls, but you don't need much scrubbing power for this, it really comes off good. Then rinse!
This cleaner made my sinks shine too!

Sunday, August 26, 2012

World's Best Broccoli

For dinner the other night I made some shrimp with tortellini and broccoli on the side. I have to share....because it was AHHH-MAZING!!!
The shrimp and pasta was simple stuff. I sliced lemon and put it in a pie plate, covered it with shrimp and then sprinkled it with dry Italian dressing mix. Baked it for 15 minutes or so. Then I cooked the cheese tortellini and added our favorite spaghetti sauce. The trick to this....add in a couple heaping tablespoons of Philadelphia cooking cream. You can use original (this is what I had this time), or Italian cheese, or tomato basil. They are all good. My family loves it!!
Now for the BONUS! I like broccoli but I don't buy it often. I found a recipe somewhere online and tweaked it a little bit (of course, because unless I'm baking I never follow the recipe exactly!). Now I am thinking I need to buy more broccoli. :)

Here it is:

2 bunches of broccoli
3 cloves of garlic
Olive oil
Sea salt & black pepper
1 lemon

I cut the broccoli into big pieces. If you wash it, make sure it is completely dry or it will not cook right. Place the broccoli on a cookie sheet with sides. Coat it in olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Slice the garlic and mix with broccoli. I used my Pampered Chef garlic slicer and it slices so thin, it's perfect. Roast it in the oven on 425 for about 20 minutes. Wait there's more!
Take it out of the oven. Zest the lemon over the broccoli and then squeeze the juice of the lemon on top (don't go overboard with the juice). Serve and enjoy!

This is the most amazing broccoli in my opinion. I hope you try it. Let me know what you think!!
This is not a beautiful picture but it sure makes up for it in taste!