Even though mon mari professes to hate fish we still have it at least once every week.
As long as it doesn’t have bones he’s happy…. sort of.
He’s always happy when he can cook it on the barbecue in the summer.
In the winter, cooking it in the kitchen requires more creativity.
Thankfully, he loves capers almost as much … Continue reading.....
I’ve been into lemons lately.
I think it has to do with the weather warming and the daffodils blooming and me craving fresh tastes.
Nothing says fresh quite like lemon.
Like all citrus, there are piles of them in the markets and they are just screaming at me to take them home and do something.
My mother would make a … Continue reading.....
It’s Friday so I thought I’d post a fish recipe.
It’s actually ‘Roast Salmon on a Bed of Leeks with Tarragon White Wine Sauce’ but Google doesn’t like long titles.
Long keyword strings are okay, but not long url / titles.
I always bow to the wishes of Google.
One of the activities in my French class each week is … Continue reading.....
I don’t know what it is about these little rice-shaped pastas but I love them.
Actually, I’m not really sure if these are orzo as they are French, from the Alsace region, and called avoine which is French for oats.
But if you think about oats, as they look when harvested, rather than processed oats for oatmeal, the shape is … Continue reading.....
We now can get fresh gnocchi that does not have to be boiled. It can be cooked in a bit of butter or oil in a skillet. One fries it until lightly browned and it takes less than 10 minutes.
Pair that with the precooked, cleaned shrimp that I get at the fish counter and this main course is done … Continue reading.....
We’ve been eating a lot of shrimp lately.
There are three simple reasons….
We like shrimp.
I can now buy cleaned shrimp. Mon mari was not overly fond of cleaning shrimp and I can’t. I have no problem eating shrimp but my hands break-out in a rash if I clean them. (My story and it’s worked for years.)
The weather … Continue reading.....
I do not call this ‘Shrimp Scampi’ because that would be redundant.
Scampi is Italian for shrimp…. It would be calling it ‘Shrimp Shrimp’.
Like Chai (meaning tea) Tea.
Or PIN (Personal Identification Number) number.
Or ATM (Automated Teller Machine) machine
Or Queso (Spanish for cheese) cheese.
You get the point.
This is based on one from a ‘box’ of … Continue reading.....
It’s Friday.
Time for mon mari’s least favorite protein: Fish
Okay, maybe not least…. I think he would attribute that to tofu and lentils.
And I think he actually likes fish – he just likes to complain about it better.
His complaining does make me strive to be more creative with our fish dishes.
Since he loves spinach, this … Continue reading.....
