It is rare that I go to the grocery store without a plan, but after five hours of grading I didn’t even have  a clue what to make for dinner. I knew I wanted to make something that Jeremy would really like. This week one of Jeremy’s papers got accepted to a journal. It’s a pretty big deal! We like to celebrate success around here.

One thing that Jeremy really likes is shrimp. I, however, know next to nothing about shrimp. So what’s a girl to do. I texted my brother who is a foodie himself. He suggested shrimp scampi. I Googled it and was on my way.

I roughly used this recipe. I tweaked the sauce so that we could use it for pasta.
I basically just upped all of the liquid.

This is a pretty straight forward meal.

Parsley, garlic, shrimp, lemon, and vermouth. You really can’t go wrong with those ingredients. Everything gets cooked in butter. Oh how I love Cabot butter.

The recipe says that it takes 30 minutes, but I would say you could do it in 20. I can’t believe how good this dinner was. There were lots of “mmm’s” and “this is so good’s” during this meal. We will be eating it again.

 
While my brother suggested a Moscato, I went with Vignoles from Flag Hill Winery.

I love this wine. I know I tasted it at Flag Hill, but it is so much better than I remembered. This will be a new staple around here. If you haven’t been to a tasting at Flag Hill, you should go.

Any successes in your world lately?