Tuesday, August 25, 2009

I bet there is an iPhone app for that!...

This man's cell phone turns his oven on!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/nyregion/23about.html?_r=3

Linguine with roasted shrimp and cherry tomatoes...

This was light and yummy...

Serves 2
Linguine
10 Peeled and deveined shrimp (I used bay shrimp but prefer gulf)
2 tbs Unsalted butter
1/4 cup (about 5) Yellow cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
1/4 cup (about 5) Red cherry tomatoes, sliced in half
2 tbs Parsley, chopped
1 tbs Basil, chopped
Shards of Parmesan cheese
2 tbs Olive oil
1 tsp Salt plus more for pasta water
1 tsp Pepper

Preheat oven to 400

Place shrimp on baking sheet and toss with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Arrange shrimp so that they lay flat and are not touching each other. Place in oven and roast for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, boil water. Place linguine in salted boilg water and cook according to package instructions. Drain.

Combine all reamining ingredients in large bowl and toss together making sure butter coats the pasta. Serve with shards of parmesan. Enjoy.

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Pasta Making...

Last weekend I decided that I was going to make pasta and I did just that! Making pasta is actually easy and you already have the stuff to make it in your pantry. Flour, eggs, salt, water. I do not have a pasta making attachment for my stand mixer...yet...so the process was a bit labor intensive but totally worth it! The Italians have been making pasta for centuries by hand so I think I can handle it! Last night I really wanted to make ravioli. So I did. The process was the same except I processed the pasta dough in the food processor and it was MUCH quicker and I ended up with a softer dough! I rolled out my sheets of dough very thin and then created the filling: ricotta cheese and leftover pesto sauce. I just could not believe how easy and fun making pasta is! It is almost zen-like. Then when you taste your creation....absolute splendor!




Doing things a little different...

I have decided that I am going to devote this website to cooking related stuff! Facebook kinda killed the ninja but I am still doing the cooking show and trying new things in the kitchen all the time!

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Coming Soon..

The season premier of Cooking with Karen! Filming is saturday and it should be posted sunday!!!