Posted in Sauces/Dressings, Seafood on October 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shrimp Creole
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
I had a craving on the way home from school for Shrimp Creole. I had recently come into 10lbs of fresh caught GA shrimp so I knew the shrimp would be awesome. I started the sauce with 1 can of chopped tomatoes and 1 jar of marinara sauce – you could [...]
Posted in Poultry, Sauces/Dressings, Vegetables on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Stir Fry
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
I always forget about stir fry – its so easy and beautiful and a great way to get many vegetables into your meal. This one was from last week sometime and I am re-creating it tonight, but with tofu instead of chicken.
saute the chicken (or tofu) in spicy sauce
remove chicken and [...]
Posted in Pasta, Sauces/Dressings, Seafood, Vegetables on August 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Tuna with Pesto Butter
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
I am catching up on food blogs since school has started, I remember to take pictures, but it takes me a few days to get them actually posted. Sometime last week, I made these tuna steaks. I simply:
salted and peppered both sides and put in the saute pan
add about [...]
Posted in Cheese, Poultry, Sauces/Dressings on August 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »
dinner
Originally uploaded by All Things Mimi
This dinner was good. I mean really good.
I’ll start with the roasted cauliflower cuz it was the easiest.
I defrosted a bag of frozen cauliflower florets. Yes- I said frozen. I was skeptical about the outcome, but it was fine. Actually, it was better than fine. After it was completely defrosted, [...]
Posted in Poultry, Sauces/Dressings, Vegetables on August 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Chicken with Peanut sauce
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
The fun thing about this dinner was the peanut sauce. I love it, but have never thought to make it before. It was pretty simple.
In a sauce pan add:
1 can of coconut milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
2 tsps of soy sauce
1 tsp of red pepper flakes
Bring to a boil – [...]
Posted in Pasta, Sauces/Dressings, Vegetables on July 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pesto Pasta
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
When I returned from vacation, my basil had been working over time. Nothing better than whipping up a batch of pesto when this happens. Actually the night prior I made a batch of bruschetta which is another great way to use basil if you have extra on hand. I make a [...]
Posted in Poultry, Sauces/Dressings on June 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Chicken wing frenzy
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
My sister had a craving for chicken wings so we went to store and picked up a bag. I made three sauces – one was a chipotle based sweet sauce, one was taco flavored, one was garlic and onion (smelly but good). I didn’t have any celery and it is [...]
Posted in Cheese, Pasta, Sauces/Dressings, Seafood on May 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pesto Pasta
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
Saturday I spent most of the day cleaning house and doing laundry and other such odious chores. It has been raining here for a week and looks to rain into all of next week. While this is gloomy, it does make the plants grow like crazy and in this case…BASIL. [...]
Posted in Cheese, Sauces/Dressings, Seafood on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fish tacos
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
Sunday dinner; Made some yummy fish tacos. Had planned to go to have dinner with friends, but a stomach virus prevented that I decided on talapia tacos. I lightly floured and seasoned(red pepper, salt, pepper) the talapia then pan fried it and then cut into strips. I warmed [...]
Posted in Pasta, Sauces/Dressings, Seafood, Vegetables on January 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Red Curry sauce over Rice Noodles, zuchinni and shrimp
Originally uploaded by lyricalmezzo
I went to a local Asian food market here – inexplicably for the first time – it won’t be the last. I picked up a red curry paste, some coconut milk, and rice noodles.
Simmer about 1/4 cup of red curry paste with 2 tbls [...]
