Sunday Dinner 1/15/2012

This particular Sunday dinner was served while watching The Incredibles.  It was a really cute movie that had me laughing most of the way through.  It is fun to be a kid again on occasion.

As for the dinner...

Twice baked potatoes and Panko Crusted Shrimp with a green salad to start (not pictured)

Do you care about what was in the salad?  Just romaine, sprouts and zucchini. Nothing special.  But the dressing was homemade with sour cream, chipotle in adobo, roasted garlic, balsamic vinegar and pepper.  Turned out to be a good dipper for the shrimp as well.

Potatoes were previously baked on some other day when I had the oven on.  So this started by the potatoes coming out of the fridge, cut them in half and scoop out the insides, leaving enough around the edges so the shell doesn't fall apart.  Put the insides in a bowl with a large scoop of sour cream, salt and pepper.  I also added some gouda and green onion to the mix for the fun of it.  Put the mixture back in the shell top with more cheese.  Bake at 350 until the potatoes are hot and the cheese is melty.  (This part I did in the toaster oven to save energy).

Shrimps...these beauties were purchased shelled and de-veined.  I recommend saving yourself the time and do the same but if not do that part first.  In a small bowl mix up an egg with just a splash of water and toss the shrimps in.  Put some panko bread crumbs and salt in another bowl.  If you are like me you will also add in some flax seed for a little added nutrition, but totally not necessary.  Coat the egg soaked shrimp in the bread crumb mixture then cook on medium heat in a skillet with a little oil until they are brown on both sides.

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