cook with me simple and easy date night dinners at home perfect for summer

Hey y'all! Come in my kitchen and cook with me some simple and easy date night dinners at home. Perfect for summer! I don't know about y'all but date night is few and far between now a days. Heck we can barley afford to even leave home! These dinners are so simple and easy and much less expensive then going out to a fancy restaurant. We have a fresh strawberry summer salad, Texas chili steak, Cajun shrimp with cheesy jalapeno grits, and easy banana pudding. All of these will make you think you are at a fancy date night with your honey!
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00:00 Introduction
01:03 Raspberry Poppy Seed Dressing
01:44 Strawberry Salad
02:32 Texas Chili Steak
05:17 Mashed Potatoes
06:13 Cajun Shrimp
06:44 Cheesy Jalapeno Grits
07:38 Garlic Jalapeno Cream Sauce
08:49 Easy Banana Pudding

Strawberry Summer Salad
spinach
strawberreis
blueberries
blackberries
avocado
red onion
feta cheese
candid pecans

Raspberry Poppyseed Dressing
6 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
1 heaping tsp ground mustard
1 cup avocado oil ( spelled wrong in video sorry!)
1 cup fresh raspberries
2 tsp poppy seeds

Texas Chili Steak
2 New York strip steaks
1 Anaheim pepper thin sliced
1 Poblano pepper thin sliced
1 Jalapeno pepper thin sliced
1 small red onion thin sliced
2 Tbsp Ghee
1/4 cup bourbon
1.4 cup beef stock
1/2 cup cream
salt and pepper to taste


Mashed Potatoes
7 russet potatoes ( washed)
2 Tbsp butter
1/3 cup bacon grease
1/2 cup heavy cream
salt and pepper

Shrimp and Grits
Cajun Shrimp
1/2 lb shrimp peeled and deveined
2 Tbsp each of
Paprika
garlic powder
onion powder
parsley flakes
1 Tbsp Tonys Chachere

Bacon Jalapeno Grits
1 cup 5 minute grits
4 cups water
2 tsp salt
2 Tbsp butter
2 cups sharp cheddar cheese
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 slices bacon chopped
2-3 tbsp chopped jalapeno


Garlic Jalapeno Cream Sauce
2 slices bacon chopped
1 Tbsp Jalapeno
2 cloves garlic minced
1 1/2 cups heavy cream

My version
Easy Banana Pudding
8 oz block cream cheese
1 can sweetened condensed milk
5 oz pack french vanilla instant pudding
2 tsp vanilla
2 cups heavy cream
3/4 cup powdered sugar
Chessman cookies ( spelled wrong in video sorry!)
ADD BANANA did not put that in writing in the video LOL