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Category Archives: pescatarian
Shrimp in a Pernod cream sauce. 4/24/20
Fancy dinner tonight! This meal is based on a dish from the now defunct Kenwood Grill in Sonoma Valley. It was always a great place to have lunch before or after wine tasting. Although the sauce calls for a lot … Continue reading
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Grilled shrimp, new potatoes, broccoli. 4/18/20
I put the potatoes on to steam and when they were half done (ten minutes) John lit the grill. The potatoes were finished by the time the grill was hot. While John cooked the shrimp, I took the potatoes off … Continue reading
🍤 Shrimp biryani with Instant Pot rice. 4/6/20
The original recipe I had for Shrimp Biryani called for the shrimp and the rice being cooked in the Instant Pot. You were supposed to use U-10 shrimp which are too pricy for our weeknight meal but apparently able to … Continue reading
Posted in Easy, Healthy tips, Indian, Instant Pot, Kitchen tips, pescatarian, rice, Shellfish, Vegetables
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🐚🐟 Shrimp in yellow curry with vegetables. 3/19/20
We made Mark Bittman’s shrimp in yellow curry but we made it lighter by substituting the cup of coconut milk with non-fat yogurt, two teaspoons of cream, and about 1/4 teaspoon of coconut extract. I am sure using the coconut … Continue reading
🐚🐟 Scallops, new potatoes, snow peas. 3/17/20
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! We are celebrating by having at least a portion of our dinner be green. My contribution to this dinner are the Irish snow peas and that Irish favorite, potatoes! I also am in charge of the … Continue reading
🍤 Shrimp and Grits with Asparagus 3/7/20
I looked back through my posts and found that we had not made shrimp and grits since 2016. I guess somehow it fell out of favor. It was delicious with the perfectly seared shrimp (by John) and creamy polenta (also … Continue reading
🐟 Sea bass with chickpea purée and parsley sauce. 3/5/20
Let’s see…for this dinner we used a food processor, immersion blender, a pot, a pan, and a roasting tray. What a lot of equipment! It is a very wonderful thing that John likes to do the dishes! We got some … Continue reading
🐚+🐟 Scallops!
Scallops are my favs and whenever we have them for dinner it is like we are having a celebration of a happy occasion. Easy and quick to fix, scallops are a bundle of goodness in a small package. We get … Continue reading
🐟. Salade Niçoise. 2/21/20
Salade Nicoise is a main course salad. Mostly it is just an assembly of component parts. I used the same pot of boiling water to cook the egg, blanch the snow peas, and boil the potatoes. I have a salad … Continue reading
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🐟 Restaurant quality dinner at home. 2/18/20
Tonight we prepare a dinner as good as any you might get in a restaurant and one that you would have to probably pay $30 a person for. But with $17 for the fish and $3 for the vegetables, we … Continue reading
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