A night of good food and good company

Happy Sunday. Sorry I've taken so long to post, since this is Friday's dinner. But my husband took out his wisdom teeth yesterday morning so I've had my hands full. I completely forgot to take pictures of what I made for dinner and dessert but they came out looking exactly like the online recipe pictures.
My husband and I had friends over for dinner Friday night and I made Shrimp Marinara that my mother had made the day before and sent me the recipe. It was delicious! My husband's friend even had two servings. It was made in the slow cooker and only took 4 hours. I mixed Italian diced tomatoes, tomato paste, water, garlic, parsley, salt, oregano, basil, and pepper in the slow cooker for three and a half hours and then added cooked shrimp for another 20 minutes. I served it all over linguine and topped it off with freshly grated parmesan cheese. Yum!
For dessert, I made cheesecake brownies. I made regular box-brownies and topped it with a cheesecake mixture made from cream cheese, eggs, and sugar. I also added some flour, vanilla, and butter to the cheesecake mixture that someone recommended in their review of the recipe. Double yum!
It was fun making dinner and dessert and even more fun sharing it with friends. For the exact recipe and pictures, go to http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Shrimp-Marinara-2/Detail.aspx?src=etaf for dinner and http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Cheesecake-Brownies/Detail.aspx for dessert.
Bon Appetit!

Last night's dinner

Good morning everyone. Today I bring you pictures of what I made for dinner last night. I made meatloaf with mashed potatoes. Nothing special, but it was delicious! For the meatloaf, I mixed ground beef with sazon completo, garlic powder, paprika, ketchup, parsley, chives, and italian bread crumbs. The mashed potatoes were made with yukon gold potatoes, butter, cream cheese, sour cream, paprika, and chives. I don't really measure my ingredients, just whatever seems right and I taste as I go. Enjoy!

Welcome to Steph's Kitchen

Valentine's Day 2010 - Top-tier cake
Hello. I'm just starting my blog and thought I would post some pictures of food I have cooked in the past. For those of you who don't know me, I am a kitchen freak. I could spend all day in the kitchen and that would be my perfect day. I love to cook for my friends and family; there is nothing like a nice afternoon sitting around with people you love, enjoying a home-cooked meal. So here are a few dishes, with many more to come.

Christmas 2007 - Pesto and cream cheese dip