The Lost Arts

     I have talked about homemaking before, but I have had an interesting expeirence with homemaking since I last mentioned it.

     I like to go on my Kindle and look up books, and if they are free I get them, well I was looking at cooking and sewing books, and I found a good number of books free that were written in 1912, and I talked with my mom and we agreed that I could make a meal from the cook books once a month, I'm excited to get started on this, and see what comes out, and how it tastes.

     On tuesday I was babysitting and I was talking with their mom on our way to drop me off and we were talking about cooking and sewing. And she said she wishes that she would have learned at least 40 different recipes, because when she got married she didnt know how to cook. I found this rather interesting because I have talked with a lot of poeple and they could care less about it.
   I was really excited to find someone who wishes she learned homemaking skills at a young age.

I will keep you posted about the homemaking foods, maybe you will get pictures ;) of course you will get pictures!! And I'm going to start putting really easy recipes on here too.

First Recipe.

Lemon Peper Shrimp with Linguine (if you dont like shrimp you can use chicken.)

Ingredients

• 1 (8 ounce) package linguine pasta
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 6 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 cup chicken broth
• 1/4 cup white wine*
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
• salt to taste
• 2 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper
• 1 pound fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1/4 cup butter
• 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

*I didn't use white wine, I just used the broth.

~I ate it with grilled veggies.

Directions

1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add linguine, and cook for 9 to 13 minutes or until al dente; drain.
2. Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat, and saute garlic about 1 minute. Mix in chicken broth, wine, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, and pepper. Reduce heat, and simmer until liquid is reduced by about 1/2.
3. Mix shrimp, butter, parsley, and basil into the saucepan. Cook 2 to 3 minutes, until shrimp is opaque. Stir in the cooked linguine, and continue cooking 2 minutes, until well coated.