Cajun butter lobster

I was hungry one night and bought a few lobster tails and decided to make what you see below

I got a bunch of butter and threw in a few seasons, refrigerated it and then slapped it onto the lobster and baked it for 20 minutes... what came out was seafood gold!

Along with that I also had made saffron rice (from scratch) with quinoa together... Yes I added the two in the same pot!! 

I will make this dish again and next time record the seasons I added :)

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Eggplant meatballs

Eggplant "Meatballs"Skinnytaste.com
Servings: 6 • Size: 4 meatballs • Old Points: 6 pts • Points+: 7 pts
Calories: 259 • Fat: 12 g • Protein: 9 g • Carb: 30 g • Fiber: 6 g • Sugar: 7 g
Sodium: 1180 mg • Cholesterol: 39 mg

Ingredients:

• cooking spray
• 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 1/4 lbs unpeeled eggplant, cut into 1-inch pieces
• kosher salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 tbsp chopped basil, plus leaves for garnish
• 1 1/2 cups Italian seasoned breadcrumbs 
• 1 large egg, beaten
• 2 ounces Pecorino Romano cheese, freshly grated, plus more for serving
• 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 1 (25.25 ounce jar) DeLallo Pomodoro sauce
• part skim ricotta cheese, for serving (optional)

Directions:

Heat the oven to 375°F. Spray a large rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray.

Place 1/2 tablespoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. When hot add the eggplant and 1/4 cup water. Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook, stirring occasionally until tender, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer to the bowl of a food processor and pulse a few times.

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Home cooking Thai Inspired Crab Legs

Indian Steamed (Inspired Rice)

I just basically steamed some rice with a few indian spices and it was out of this world good! 

These crab legs were to die for!!!!!

I had made the curry from scratch, with coconut oil and milk, spinach, indian spices etc.

It was out of this world good!

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Home made goodness

Asparagus Risotto with honey glazed salmon!

I am so so so happy to share this dish with you guys. I must first admit that the risotto was from trader joes in the frozen section... great shortcut for the work week to have such a decadent treat! The Salmon I made however, in an over,  on a very high heat to caramelize some of the honey/ brown sugar that I added to the marinate. 

Other ingredients on the salmon include, oregano, micro greens, scallion garlic, cilantro and soy sauce. I might just make this dish again next week!!!

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Thanks Giving

Feast your eyes on this wonderful thanksgiving meal. 

Here we have a spinach lasagna that you'd die for.... recipe coming soon..... I reinvented your typical ingredients to this dish and twisted it into this decadent cheesy/ saucy goodness... full of flavor and surprise!!

Something a little bit more spicy and a kick in the whole flavor town, this spicy savory and sweet Rasta Pasta will having you really thankful you were at the table at the time. Kid friendly dish, where you can add extra spice afterwards if need be. 

Roasted Fingerling potatoes. These were a simple yet potatoes happy dish. I think this was the easiest thing to make out of all the dishes. 

Rice and beans.... need I say any more?

Curry King Crab legs... Not for the weak.... So tender and sweet and savory... Oh how I want some more now!!!

here's my plate....

Recipes for most dishes coming soon! 

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Salmon Dish Made at Home

Fresh Wild Salmon. 

I cannot believe how good this came out. I made it with a curry turmeric broth with kale, swiss shard, onions, ginger, coconut milk, etc. The salmon took center stage and did not need the broth!! 

What a difference it makes having wild salmon vs the farm raised salmon. Oh boy will I not have salmon unless confirmed it is wild and proven!!

On the Side is cilantro brown rice... we were in heaven I tell you!!!

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Lettuce Wrap Dinner

Cooking Healthy dinner is the best thing in the world.

Instead of going out to PF Changs or some sort of Asian restaurant, I decided to make the dish I was craving 

Here is a head of lettuce... doesn't get any simpler than that....

Here is the star of the dish.. Although This should be more of a recipe post, I forgot how much of what I put into this dish... But it was F'ing amazing... here's what I remembered:

Chicken Breast

Apple cider Vingegar

Lime Juice

Red Bell Pepper

Green Bell Pepper

Onion

Garlic

Soy Sauce

Scallion Oil

Siracha

Pink salt

black pepper

Adobe

Pimento Pepper

I loved this dish... And there was more where this came from... Until next time!!

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Home made chicken panang

Trying recipes of dishes I love to eat is a blessing.  So my favorite Thai dish is chicken Panang. Boy did I out do myself with this one!!!

I looked on line for several recipes and took bits and pieces from each and made it my own. That's the beauty of cooking!!!  Making things your own!!

I would definitely make this again. Maybe with chicken thigh and breast instead of only breast!

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Birthday picnic

Birthday Picnic for my Boo

I love to cook, when I get the chance I take full advantage! So the theme for the picnic was Asian with a New American twist. 

I love looking up recipes, here I made fire cracker shrimp. I made my own twist, but to get the recipe you  can check the link below. 

 

Seared Scallop salad! This had to be my favorite because everything down to the dressing was home made. Yes homemade!!

 

This pie was to die for, unfortunately I can't have it any more because the awesome woman that makes these moves in a week!!! I will put my orders in for a few pies.  

 

A bottle of Riesling and a couple fresh fruit and we have a marriage of flavors!!!!  

 

Recipes can be found at

http://picturetherecipe.com/index.php/recipes/spicy-firecracker-shrimp/

http://www.tasty-trials.com/2011/10/food-memories.html

I hope you guys enjoy the recipes like I did! 

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Home made Tikki Masala and Naan

Talk about at first you do success!!! 

So I was really anticipating making tikki Masala at home. I bought all the ingredients to make it in my slow cooker. I followed the directions as much as possible. Yet of course putting my own spin onto it. I then thought what goes great with tikki than naan. So I looked up a homemade recipe for that as well.

Everyone enjoyed it. Although I was a bit impatient with both the naan and the Masala. I couldn't have enjoyed it any more than when I finally waited for it to cool down and take a few bites.

I suggest looking for these recipes according to your convenience and try it. Its fool proof and darn right awesome.  Till next time keep eating!!!!!

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My Summer Garden

I grew a green thumb this summer and I loved it. Among the various things that grew in my garden a few survived all the summer months and might carry onto the fall. (Fingers crossed.)

This is something I didn't expect to grow at ALL. My favorite vegetable (fruit) in the world. Okra. They are still growing my my garden. Haven't tried making them yet. i'm really waiting to see how big they can get most are at least 6 inches which is huge for that vegetable. 

My all time favorite herb Basil grew up to 4 feet from a measly 7 inches. That miracle grow worked wonders. I can't say I used it a lot this summer but my mom and a few family members did. I mean two 4 feet plants is more than enough for a lot of people to crank out their home made pizza or pasta dish. 

Eggplants are another awesome plant I grew this year, and which was one of my moms Favorite. She wasn't the most patient person when she saw them growing up to 10OZ each. She would invent an eggplant dish every day!! One minuet there would be none then then very next minuet I was able to harvest 4 or 5 of them from this one plant. Felt like a real live Farmville in my back yard!

Tomatoes was the big winner of them all. I had one plant that grew 7 feet tall and about 6 feet wide in less than a month. Once my mom saw how quickly the tomatoes grew she stopped shopping for them and made her own tomato paste, puree, and sauce. Not so sure how this plant will last during the fall but it was good while it lasted. 

Here is a bag full of what she collects in a weeks time. The cucumber was store bought not part of my garden. Althought I might end up planting that too next year. 

And lastly we have Green peppers. I bought a rainbow of peppers that all grew to store bought sizes. It was also another plant that grew up to 2 1/2 fee from a small pot. There was no reason to shop for produce this summer with my green thumb going hay wire. And the best thing about planting was the outcome. My mom was extremely happy with the amount of produce that produced out there!!!

Other items that I planted were:

Carrots :(Never grew)

Starberries (grew but never stood a chance with my neighbors)

Pears ( the tree grew up to 5 feet but only produced baby pears) 

Thyme ( still there and loving it)

Oregano ( didn't last with the tomato monster growing lol)

Rosemary ( great plant and wonderful in most of my chicken or steak dishes)

Watermelon ( started to grow then kids got to it)

I will do this again next year with more experience and a greener thumb. But till then I have to figure out what to do for the fall!!

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Favorite Mom Dish

When I say favorite I mean Favorite. I ate this dish 4 times that day!!!

Just to give you a feel for what this dish actually contains:

Rice made with fried scallions and olive oil.

The beef stew had has string beans, coyote(vegetable) carrots, onions, spinach, tomato sauce and paste, and a few more veggies I an't remember

The white sauce you see is actually white bean sauce puree

in the Bean sauce there are a few seasonings, fried scallions, and home made potato dumplings (similar to Gnocchi) 

Holy cow I am craving this again. Takes about 3 hours or so for everything to come together but it's worth the wait!!!

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Friendly Picnic

I love cooking and sharing my passion for food with others. This weekend I gathered a few close friends and shared a few meals that I thought they would enjoy.

Here we have scalloped sweet potatoes with fresh asiago cheese and thyme(from my garden)

This dish was a hit. It had layer upon layer of flavors. My friend who hates onions loved this dish (he did pick out the ones he spotted)

Here we have Butternut Squash Mac and cheese. The combo went so well that kids loved it!!! I mixed in half and half with a pack of frozen butternut squash.. made the rue first of course and mixed in fresh cheddar cheese. I loved this dish and it's 50/50 healthy and fattening..best of both worlds!!

Below we have my beef stew. There was a lot of love put into this as it was the most thought out dish of all. It took 6 hours to stew in the slow cooker, before that I browned all the meat in a skillet with fresh garlic, butter and canola oil. Then with the pan dripping added a bit of red wine, carrots, Worcestershire sauce, salt pepper and a few extra things. Dumped it all into the slow cooker and had it rock out. Of course I taste tested every half hour just to make sure it was coming along well!

Everyone enjoyed every last bit of every dish. I will be doing this again.. This time I will make more food because seconds was not an option for some :( 

Happy Eating all! 

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Best Burger

I went to a friends BBQ on a Saturday and boy was I in for a great time. Below we have a half eaten burger that was lucky to survive me taking a picture. Shortly after it was gone in under a minuet. What made this sandwich so great was the idead behind the ingredients. I will share:

It was fresh ground beef

grated shallots

grated garlic

grated pepper jack cheese

grated jalapeno 

dash of salt

dash of pepper

meat meets grill and eureka we have gold!!!

I added both American cheese and pepper jack cheese on top for the extra kick. 

What a SANDWICH 

                                       

I washed it down with this awesome beer. 

Happy eating everyone!!

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Homemade Salmon Teriyaki

I made homemade salmon Teriyaki and it was amazing. I cooked it in a slow cooker just because I was lazy. I did not use the traditional ingredients that you would associate it with but I gave my self a pat on the back.

Ingredients included:
Fresh Salmon
Bell Peppers,
Broccoli
Teriyaki sauce (of course)
Adobe
And a few other things. I topped it off with fresh scallions and Holy cow it was good. I washed it down with a white Zinfandel because I didn't have anything else appropriate to drink with it LOL. But till next time stay hungry!!

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Thai Inspired Wings

Ginger, garlic, cilantro, brown sugar, soy sauce, and a few other things are just a few key elements that went into this dish. I let that concoction marinate for 1 1/2 days and then baked it in the oven for about 3 hours. The whole house was filled with the aromatic marinade. The meat was a bit fall off the bone and tasty. You do not need to pare it with anything but plain old jasmine white rice.



Heaven I tell you, Heaven :)

 

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Home Made Pizza :)

Nothing is more precious then cooking at home for your family. I was bored on Saturday and decided to make pizza (I was also hungry). 

Below is the store bough pizza dough, sauce that I made with fresh tomatoes, basil, oregano, thyme, parsley, sea salt, black pepper and a little bit of adobe. Now that was a small twist I came up with and I will explain why later. 

I sprinkled Parmesan cheese and placed it in the oven for 20 minuets 

 I took the pizza out to add my chicken that I had left over from the night before. It was a little spicy but not overwhelming. The reason for a little adobe in the sauce was to help balance the kick in the chicken. I thought it was a good idea. I added it and put the pizza back into the oven

 For added cheese I sliced fresh mozzarella cheese on top and placed the pie in the broiler for 5 minuets.
 It took about an hour to complete this pizza but It was worth it.

Every one loved the pizza and i wish I made a bigger pie. It was only 12 inches and we all got a big slice and were still hungry lol.

It was a great experience and i loved it. Till next time happy eating :) !

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