An ode to Calamari… It appears I’m kind of having a not-quite-committed yet almost-serious kind of relationship with calamari. I mean, this is going to be the third calamari recipe I’ve shared with you guys in the last 3 months! Wow! First there was this Calamari, Kale & Kalamata Olive Salad, then there was this plate […]
Lemon & Cilantro Calamari with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Calamari is one of those things that sounds really intimidating to the home cook. Especially if they are a little seafood-scared. But that little bit of squid-squick-factor may be one of the things that makes this wild caught seafood option stay relatively affordable: where I live, a delightfully land-locked state, already cleaned calamari is often […]
Magic Shrimp
This dish came about on one of those nights when you’re so hungry that you actually can’t wait to cook something and are teetering very close to the edge of either (a) eating something super unhealthy or (b) forgoing dinner altogether for a miscellaneous assortment of randomly selected snacks that isn’t very satisfying. That’s where […]
Leftovers Love: Jazzed Up Tomato Soup
I love tomato soup. I make it in big batches and freeze them for those days where I just need something hot and easy. Heh. Yes, that’s what I said. Usually simple is better. Just tomato-y goodness, maybe with a touch of coconut milk for creaminess, like my recipe here. However, when you’re trying to […]
Gambas Al Ajillo {Garlic Shrimp}
This is a dish I used to always order whenever I came across it at a Spanish or tapas restaurant. Under those circumstances, the shrimp come swimming in a fragrant garlic olive oil, which serves as a sauce for dipping pieces of bread into along with the shrimp. Obviously, the bread is out. But the […]
Baked Halibut with Lemon & Thai Chili
Baking fish in foil was probably one of the first “grown up” meals I learned to cook on my own. This was, of course, after I had mastered the ubiquitous pasta plus sauce combo of college youth everywhere. Then I moved on to the fine art of inadvertently frying the contents of a stir fry mix that […]