This Couple's Cooking

Holiday Blend Trail Mix

This wasn’t my idea, nor was it my recipe; however, both were great. This blend of magic consists of yogurt pretzels, red and green M &M’s, non-salted cashews, dehydrated cranberries, yogurt raisins, and salted macadamia nuts. The textures and flavors go really well together.

This was actually Chrissie’s recipe idea and the answer to us not eating out on grocery day. Instead of spending money on lunch for the five of us, she made up these snack bags filled with her Holiday Blend Trail Mix that we ate in the car. They were delicious, they kept us from feeling super hungry, they weren’t messy, and they saved us some money.

Was this recipe organic? Nope. Was it delicious? Yep. Did we use 100% recyclable, 100% compostable, toxin-free sealable paper sandwich bags? You better believe we did!

That Shrimp Salad Sandwich…

So here’s that shrimp sandwich I was talking about yesterday; with onions, lettuce, and tomato. To recap, I grilled a bunch of Montana-beef-burgers – enough for two days worth of dinners – but felt like another one (which would have ruined having some this evening). Instead, I ended up making this delicious shrimp sandwich, and we were able to have burgers again tonight. Win win. Yum yum.

This weekend’s burgers and shrimp were a super healthy and low cholesterol addition I’d like to make a regular thing. OK, I know they weren’t very healthy, and I know that won’t become a thing, but they were soooo good. I actually ate hummus wraps all last week for lunch, so I don’t feel too bad about enjoying this weekend’s good eats as much as I did.

Burgers and Shrimp Salad

Chrissie made a yummy shrimp salad that went really well with some Montana-beef-grilled-burgers. We cooked up two pounds and are having leftovers tomorrow. I actually had to force myself not to have another burger so we’d have something for dinner tomorrow. Instead, I made a shrimp salad burger with onions and lettuce and tomato, and it was delicious.

Desserts We Loved

These are some of Chrissie’s delicious desserts our whole family enjoyed. She loves to bake and somehow manages to make simple ingredients taste amazing.

For example, that pineapple bundt cake above was sweetened only with pineapple juice, but it burst with soooo much flavor. You would never guess it was otherwise sugarless. The five of us ate it in less time than it took to carry to the table (that’s an exaggeration, but not by much).