Fish and chips is a classic dish that’s also a sign of summer vacations near a beach. I myself have many fond memories of eating crispy fish and chips slathered in malt vinegar and salt, all while smelling salty air from a weather-worn picnic table. It’s certainly not a healthy dish but, it’s not like…
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Roasted Shrimp with Lemongrass, Lime & Cilantro Sauce
A tasty sauce adds flair to whatever you pair it with, and it even has the potential to become the star of the dish. When pairing a sauce with something, I try to not create flavor competition. Basically, if I’m making a zippy, very flavorful sauce, I tone down its partner. The same is true if…
Green Almond Sauce for Fish
I love to read food memoirs, and one that I recently pulled off my shelf is a long-time favorite. Laurie Colwin, in her “Home Cooking” memoir, shares delightful food memories and humorous tales of the evolution of her culinary prowess, including her many cooking foibles. One of my favorite quotes in her book is “One…
Yummy Shrimp Cakes
It occurs to me that this is my second recipe for a seafood patty in one week. But since I’ve heard that eating ring-shaped foods at the new year brings luck and fortune, this should be a really good week for us all! This is something I’ve wanted to try for a while so I’ve been saving…
Tasty Thai Salad with Shrimp
Many months ago I was having one of those days when I just couldn’t bear to cook another meal, after about 22 in a row (yes, this does happen sometimes). So, hubby took me to our favorite Thai restaurant for dinner and it was wonderful to just sit back and enjoy a yummy meal without…
Cantaloupe, Cuke & Bacon Salad
I’ve been getting some really sweet and tasty cantaloupe recently at farmer’s markets and my local grocery store, so hubby and I have been enjoying the heck out of it. To me, cantaloupe’s beautiful sherbet color just screams of something refreshing and it’s especially good when chilled and enjoyed on a hot day in southwest…
Spicy Cilantro-Jalapeno Cobia
Several years ago my husband and I were fishing offshore and I nabbed my first Cobia! After hooking it I actually thought it was a shark because it looked surprisingly like one and was fighting pretty hard. Luckily, it wasn’t. When I finally pulled that big fish into the boat, things were just a little…
Coconut Snapper with Lime Cilantro Butter
I’ll just say it. I LOVE Snapper! And I especially love the Queen Snapper my hubby brought home from a recent Gulf of Mexico offshore trip. Aside from being especially delicious, Queen Snapper is a gorgeous fish — bright red (almost candy apple), with a deep forked tail and huge eyes. It’s a deep water…
Kale & Quinoa with Cilantro Pesto
Today I had a lot of projects to get done and I simply lost track of time, so when I realized it was 6:00 pm and I hadn’t even started dinner, my “starving” husband got nervous. Gosh, even the cats looked hungry. I did remind my dear hubby that he was pretty adept in the…