This is a great example of Here’s the Recipe and Here’s what I actually made??? *smile* The original recipe was for a crab tostada (sorry… the recipe is from the BBC Good Food Magazine and is not available online yet) but I find tostadas to be difficult to eat (layered and having to cut through everything and get those perfect bites) vs.
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Shrimp & Vegetable Lettuce Wraps
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The original plan was to make a more traditional lettuce wrap with either ground pork or beef but I really felt like shrimp and it was on sale so this recipe came together, sort of.… Read more...
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Creamy Seafood Enchiladas
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Had imitation crab left from Saturday’s Spinach Crab Benedict – I searched for recipes and took inspiration from these TWO recipes: Spinach & Crab Enchiladas from Sunset Magazine, where the spinach idea came from / Crab Enchiladas from Cooking with Mia.
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Crab Spinach Benedict
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This was on the menu for a dinner last week but didn’t happen – turned out to be a very nice brunch recipe too!… Read more...
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Fisherman’s Chowder
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So this was one of my first husband’s favorites – we loved Duck Inn.. it was classic Virginia Beach and they happily shared the recipe for their most popular soup: Fisherman’s Chowder.
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Fish Monday: Pasta with Shrimp, Mascarpone & Lemon
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For this Fish Monday, I was trying to be a little frugal because Sunday’s birthday dinner was relatively expensive and no fish was on sale this week (at least not at a very good price) – we have a package of cooked shrimp in the freezer and I just found this recipe in the January issue of BBC Good Food magazine: Pasta with Prawns, Mascarpone, and Lemon so that made the decision.
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Quick & Easy Jambalaya
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It was a cold, blustery day and this is a great bit of comfort food that carries a bit of heat.… Read more...
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Paella My Way
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The plan was for a seafood stew along the lines of cioppino with a tomato base and good read wine but… it was more than 70-degrees today (October… really!?… Read more...
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Coquille Saint-Jacques Oeuf Sur le Plat
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So Last week was a bear… My Heart headed off to Portland, Oregon for HealthCampOR and it was the University’s Homecoming weekend which meant I was At Work late Wed – Sat – the easiest way to tell is because I did absolutely NO cooking after Swordfish with Artichoke Tomato pasta.
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Exploring: Yellowfin Restaurant – Edgewater MD
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We were heading to a party with friends but knew – 1. they would have “snacks” and asked people to bring something if they Wanted to (we brought some dessert) but that meant it would probably not be anything very substantial AND 2.
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