Holiday Fish Soup

I am posting late as I wanted to make this soup for my mother-in-law’s birthday which was after the first of the year. I had the benefit of reading the reviews of those that had already made this holiday soup. I decided to follow suit and just buy what we normally eat which ended up…

Ginger Fried Rice

Ginger fried rice, this week’s assignment for Every Day Dorie. I actually made this one on time but forgot to do the write up. We haven’t made Asian food in a long time so this was a welcome change. I used soy sauce instead of ponzu sauce and I skipped the gochujang and I wished…

Risotto with Shrimp, Arugula, and Lemon Cream

This week’s cooking assignment for IHCC is surf and/or turf, I chose to surf it with this shrimp risotto from Curtis Stone’s Good Food, Good Life cookbook. I chose this recipe because it has some of my favorite ingredients; shrimp and arugula. This is more than a 30 minute recipe but well worth the effort….

Garlic Basil Shrimp

IHCC October Potluck When Ellie Krieger was chosen as the featured chef I pulled out all the recipes I had by her. I watched her show on the Food Network and used to print out many of her recipes, this was before the days of electronic recipe boxes. This garlic basil shrimp recipe was something…

Croquants and Curried Shrimp

This week on French Fridays with Dorie we are finally making a dessert!  Dorie says “named for its texture (croquant means crunchy), the cookie is so crisp that there’s no way to eat it silently.” Dorie gave a few suggestions on nuts and I went with hazelnuts and almonds. This cookie had very few ingredients;…

Shrimp and Double Carrots

We are back to fish Fridays on French Fridays with Dorie.  After my husband read “monkfish is so popular that it costs more than lobster”, we decided not to look for it and go with a substitution.  I am getting better about reading the Bonne Idee and so we went with shrimp. Cooking carrots in…