Dishes N Diapers: Dinner Date with a Princess

Right to the point: Dinner was fantastic!

I made lamb chops, shrimp couscous, garbage bread and zucchini.

Lamb
3 lamb chops, weighing less than 1 lb total
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 White wine
1 tbsp Rosemary
salt
pepper
Garlic

I marinated the lamb chops in the mixture overnight.

The next day I took out the chops, placed them in a glass pan, and spooned some of the juice on top. I ended up changing my cooking method... this time I cooked them on the bottom shelf of the oven on 450, for about 15 minutes, and boy, did they come out PERFECT!!

Shrimp Couscous
1 box Near East Couscous, any flavor, prepared
1 lb raw (gray) shrimp, peeled
oregano
basil
garlic salt
pepper
olive oil
veggies (cukes, red pepper, olives, onion, celery, anything!)

I prepared the couscous as per the directions on the box. This time I purchased some chicken flavor, which I had never bought before, and it was pretty good. It had a lot of flavor. I usually buy the Olive Oil flavor, but all the flavors are delicious.

the shrimp - I peeled them and placed them in a glass pan and drizzled the shrimp with olive oil. I then loaded the shrimp up with spices, and baked them for about 10 mins on 450... the BEST way to cook shrimp, ever.

When I took them out, I poured what was in the pan into the prepared couscous.

Then, I chopped some veggies to toss in the couscous salad. I usually make a dressing... of 3/4 cup Olive Oil and 1/4 of a mixture of Balsamic and Apple Cider Vinegar, and mix in some spices, but this time it just didn't need a dressing. Maybe because the shrimp was cooked in Olive Oil?

Garbage Bread

1 bad pizza dough

4 oz cheddar cheese

olives

onions
handful of spinach
mushrooms
spices

Unroll the pizza dough and spread out as much as you can. Fill with desired toppings, I chose to use olives (a preggers fav), onions, spinach (soo good on pizza/garbage bread!) and mushrooms. I also chose to shred half a brick of cheddar cheese, I wasn't quite in the mood for mozzarella. Using different cheeses really changes the feel of the bread.

Once the bread was rolled up tightly, I covered the top with Oregano, Basil, Pepper and Garlic Salt. This made SUCH a difference, I never cover the top with spices but will be doing it all of the time now!