If you haven’t been to visit Pioneer Woman, you must do so! I discovered her blog a few months ago & have not been able to tear myself away. She’s a city girl who married a cowboy over 10 years ago and they have 4 children. They live on a working cattle ranch somewhere out in the big vast west somewhere. I still haven’t figured out what state they are in. Anyway, her name is Ree & she is one hilarious writer. She’s only been blogging about 2 years and has already won awards & goes on speaking engagements for blogging & the advertisers are all over her site. She draws the crowds like no other blog I know! So, that being said, if you haven’t visited her yet, go on over. You will get sucked into the archives like I did & will want to read all about her & her hubby (Marlboro Man) & their interesting life on the ranch & all about their love story. It’s never a dull moment & she loves photography & takes some of the most gorgeous outdoor shots you’ve ever seen. The commentary is just a hoot too. Go on over…you won’t be sorry, but be prepared to stay & read way too long. Also, JC Penney has just enlisted her to be one of their blog contributors & she is writing about her bathroom/laundryroom renovation. That’s entirely entertaining too! She will post links periodically when she adds something new on there. She even lets her readers vote on which color stain to stain her bathroom cabinets & stuff like that. She is one fun girl! Those 4 kidlets are pretty cute too.
So, back to cooking. She also has a cooking blog too & shares lots of fun recipes. She shared this one recently & it sounded so good I had to try it. And, we were not disappointed at all. This is ONE GREAT RECIPE! If you love shrimp & pasta, you will love this one. If you click on the cooking blog link, you’ll go directly to her site, which spells out how to cook this with lots of pics & fun commentary, so I’m not going to duplicate hers…she’s way more entertaining than I could ever be! It’s basically shrimp & penne pasta in a creamy tomato sauce. I did one change from her recipe & that was to add a small (15 oz.) can of petite diced tomatoes, along with the small can of tomato sauce & I used a little more than 1 cup of cream. I wanted to have plenty of sauce to cover 1 lb. of pasta. I also added a dash of hot pepper flakes…we like a little heat. 
I absolutely LOVED it. The shrimp, tomato sauce & fresh basil was so yummy!! This is one of the best pastas I’ve ever made, so if you like all those ingredients, you MUST try this. It’s fantastic! This one is going in the rotation for sure.
Here are the basic ingredients:
1 lb. penne pasta
1 small can tomato sauce
Butter, garlic & olive oil
diced onion
shrimp
petite diced tomatoes (I added these as extra)
Heavy Cream
Fresh basil & parsley
salt & pepper
You basically saute the garlic & onion in olive oil/butter, as well as the shrimp. Add the tomato sauce & diced tomatoes to the garlic & onion, add the cream & peeled shrimp, simmer & serve over the penne pasta.
Follow along with her directions! You will love this dish!
I found Pioneer Woman and her two blogs quite awhile ago. Love her. This dish looked like one I would love, but George doesn’t care for cream sauces. Wonder if I can get him to try it? Hmmmmm….
Loving the cooler weather too.
Hugs!
Kat
Yep, the Pioneer Woman is a great spot to have a laugh and find a great recipe. She makes cooking seem effortless!!!
Have a great weekend, Rhoda!!
Linda
Looks yummy.It is finally alittle chilly here too.
Rhoda – the shrimp and pasta sounds wonderful. I am heading over to the blog you recommended – it sounds like so much fun!
Penny
Thanks for the heads up! The recipe sounds delish!! Glad to hear that you’re having cooler weather. Like I predicted we went from HOT to COLD. It’s 37 degrees this morning. No Fall temps.
Have fun visiting this weekend.
Love,
Julie
Hi Rhoda and thanks for adding another blog to check out on my never ending blog list, lol. I am off to check out the site. Diane
I checked out the Pioneer Cooks blog and because of it, had eggs benedict this morning. I am afraid to go back!
Rhoda, I have your answer! Pioneer Woman lives in my home state of OKLAHOMA.
Did you know we are celebrating our 100th Birthday? Statehood was Nov. 16, 1907. There is a huge parade planned for downtown Oklahoma City Sunday, Oct. 14, at 2 PM, with over 1,000 parade entries, giant balloons (like the Macy’s Christmas Parade), and fancy floats. Actor James Garner (an Oklahoman) and Miss America 2007, Lauren Nelson (from Oklahoma) are the Parade Marshals for this event. It promises to be a BIG event! Wish you were here!
Betty in Oklahoma
Have been reading Pioneer Woman about a year…she’s a hoot! It’s worth going back to the beginning and reading them all.
Love her cooking blog and also her remodeling adventures.
By the way, I think she’s in Oklahoma.
I love the Pioneer Woman! She is a hoot! Her dishes look fabulous! Have a nice visit with the family!
Well, I’m happy to finally find out where Ree lives! That’s great…Oklahoma, one of the states I’ve never been to. Thanks Betty for the update on your proud state & NO, I sure didn’t know you were celebrating 100! Congrats!
Rhoda
this looks tasty…shrmp i can get…will visit the pioneer woman…blessings, rebecca
Looks Delicous and i am going to pop over to her Blog..
The past couple of weeks, I have become addicted to Pioneer Woman’s cooking blog – I love the way she sets up her recipes and cooking instructions. She is too funny and I’m also hooked on her story about meeting and falling in love with Marlboro Man…. TOO CUTE!
I don’t think I have ever seen a blog with so many readers!
Deborah
I do love PW! Man, that girl knows how to tell a story, doesn’t she?!!! If you ever find the story of Barbie and her dog, definitely read it. Since she changed her blog, my direct link to that story doesn’t work anymore, but seriously, search for it and read it. You’ll die laughing.
P.S. I just found it: Tanner, the Barbie Dog.
Hi Rhoda… took you suggestion and visited with Ree.
Good Gooly – can that gal write! LOL, I’m afraid I’m going to be dreaming about Marlboro Man myself!!
Thanks for the links – I’m off to read her recipes…
fondly – janice
She lives in Northeastern Oklahoma-Osage County.