Garlic Butter Shrimp - It's What's for Dinner!

Garlic Butter Shrimp

I love it when I head into the kitchen with an idea in mind, and no recipe to follow, yet dinner comes out perfect! Thanks to my mom, I think I have a pretty good palate and that gives me a good sense of creating recipes.

Tonight, I knew I wanted to make something simple involving shrimp and pasta. I had no cream to make an alfredo sauce and nor did I really want a cream based pasta. So I decided to saute up some butter, olive oil, chopped garlic, salt, and lemon juice. Then I added in the shrimp and eventually the angel hair pasta cooked in salted boiling water. Topped it all off with parmesan cheese, and boy was it tasty! Even my son loved it and finished everything on his plate.

All that was left now was to decide what to have for dessert. Mainly because Kenton had a great day at school and deserved a treat, but secretly I wanted something a little sweet too! Kristina convinced me to get some lemon bars last time we went to grocery store. I thought that make a nice clean finish for dessert. As I write this, it is chilling in the refridgerator!

The ultimate test will be when Kristina gets home from work and eats. I'll know it was a hit if there's hardly any leftovers after she's done in the kitchen.