Grilled Garlic and Herb Shrimp

Grilled garlic and herb shrimp


   My mother is allergic to shellfish so growing up, I had very little experience in cooking with things like shrimp. However, I love this kind of stuff and am eager to begin learning how to make them at home.
I gave this recipe to my future in-laws on Memorial Day and they graciously indulged me by trying it out! Kroger had prepackaged shrimp skewers on sale so that part was easy. Then we followed the recipe, only halving the brown sugar and the garlic. They grilled them up and they made a deilicious addition to the meal! Very easy, doing these again soon.

Double Double Burger Cake

This is actually super easy to make, it's just a little time consuming. The buns are vanilla cake, of course, right out of the box! The patties are chocolate cake, again from the box. The top bun was baked in a pyrex glass bowl to give it the rounded shape.
Everything else was made with a homemade cream cheese icing (butter, cream cheese, vanilla extract, and powered sugar).
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cream-cheese-frosting-recipe/index.html
We made about 2 1/2 patches and divided different amounts into bowls to add food coloring to each. Then all you need is a skilled froster which in this case, was my dad.

Lots 'o' lettuce

mixing color for the "mustard"

 We put white sprinkles on top to represent sesame seeds. Unfortunately, we didn't find plain white sprinkles, so Mom separated out the white ones from the multicolored sprinkles we had! That's dedication.

Graham Cracker Bars

I do not have a pic of this one because I randomly tried in a store I went to that happened to have treats that day. Melt a half a cup of butter, mix with a half cup of brown sugar. Spray a cookie sheet and lay the graham cracker cookies face up on the cookie sheet. Spread the mixture over the cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Chop up a few pecans and sprinkle over top. You'll be surprised at how delicious and light this snack is.