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Mediterranean Shrimp and Feta

11 Sunday Nov 2012

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Mediterranean Shrimp and Feta

You’ll need: 2lbs of shrimp, EVOO, garlic, dill, black olives, feta and marinara {I use my from-scratch marinara.}

Prep Time: 10-15 minutes

~ Coat the bottom of a baking dish with the EVOO. Add to it a dash of dill and 2-3 medium cloves of garlic.

~ Add the shrimp to the baking dish and mix around in the EVOO and dill until the shrimps are coated. While you can leave the tails on, I prefer to remove the tails before baking. The best way to remove tails from shrimp is to squeeze and pull the base of the tail from the meat.

~ Ladle enough marinara over the shrimp to thoroughly coat them.

~ Sprinkle sliced black olives and feta crumbles over the pan from end to end.

~ Bake at 425 for 20 minutes; serve over pasta and amaze your family!

Baked Parmesan Perch

31 Tuesday Jul 2012

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Baked Parmesan Perch
Quick and tasty! This dish is delicious over some rice and baby sweet peas 🙂
You’ll need: perch fillets, garlic, EVOO, basil and Parmesan cheese
Prep time + cook time = 15ish minutes
~ In a baking dish, arrange the fillets so they are touching but not overlapping. Drizzle EVOO over the fish.
~ Sprinkle basil and freshly chopped garlic over the EVOO; then liberally top with Parmesan cheese.
~ Bake at 500 for 10 minutes. If the fillets are frozen, you will need to cook for 20 minutes.

Spectacular Salmon

27 Friday Jul 2012

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Spectacular Salmon
This salmon is SO SPECTACULAR, your family will be screaming, “get in my face!” Seriously. I wouldn’t make that up!

You’ll need: fresh or frozen salmon, Patak’s sweet mango chutney, Patak’s Korma curry and long grain and wild rice
Prep time + cook time: 25 min
~ Lay your salmon out in a baking dish. Using a spoon, coat the top of the salmon with the curry and then top with the chutney.
~ Bake at 400 for 30 minutes. If your salmon is frozen at the time you put it into the oven, CHECK THE CENTER before you serve. You might need to put it back in the oven for a few more minutes.
To plate: serve the salmon atop the rice. TASTY!

Savory Salmon and Couscous

28 Thursday Jun 2012

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Savory Salmon and Couscous*
Another amazing dinner in 30ish minutes!
You’ll need: salmon, EVOO, black pepper, a lemon, tin foil, and couscous
~ Cut the lemon into slices and place onto the tin foil; you’re making a bed for the salmon to lay on.
~ Lay the salmon on the lemon bed and drizzle with EVOO; sprinkle black pepper on top
~ Bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 300
~ While the salmon is baking, prepare the couscous per the instructions. I used Near East Basil & Herb couscous and it was AH-MAZEBALLS!!
~ The salmon and the couscous will be done about the same time — BE CAREFUL WITH THE COUSCOUS! It gets sticky and can clump if it gets done too far ahead of the fish :/ Add a veggie! You’re done. And your special someone will call you, “Martha Freaking Stewart.” And you will throw your head back and laugh because you know it’s totally true!

*Couscous: {per Wikipedia} “is a North African Berber dish of semolina traditionally served with a meat or vegetable stew spooned over it. Couscous is a staple food throughout Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya.
Couscous was elected as the third favorite dish of French people in 2011 in a study by TNS Sofres for magazine Vie Pratique Gourmand and the first in East of France.”
UGH! you might be thinking…it’s green…you said it clumps…it looks weird. WHY DO I WANT TO EAT IT?! Because it’s amazing, filling, easy to make and good for you! It’s just like eating rice. If Scott likes it, you’ll like it! And, you can totally make your friends jealous with your high-brow cuisine 😉 C’est Française!

Shrimp Spaghetti with Garlic and Lemon

26 Tuesday Jun 2012

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Shrimp Spaghetti with Garlic and Lemon
You’ll need: shrimp, a lemon, EVOO, basil, oregano, thyme, grape tomatoes, garlic, spaghetti and Parmesan cheese
Total cook/prep time: 30 minutes
~ Put a pot of water on to boil {for the spaghetti.}
~ In a large skillet, liberally coated with EVOO, saute minced garlic, lemon zest, basil, oregano, thyme and grape tomatoes.
~ Once the pasta water has come to a boil, add the spaghetti to the water and the shrimp to the saute pan.
~ Saute the shrimp for 2-3 minutes on each side until tender; cook the spaghetti for 8-10 minutes until al dente.
~ Plate the spaghetti; top with the shrimp mixture and garnish with the Parmesan cheese.
Voila! You’re awesome 😉


Savory Salmon

14 Thursday Jun 2012

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Savory Salmon
{This is not my recipe…it’s a great find from Pinterest!}
You’ll need: salmon, a lemon, butter, black pepper, tin foil
Prep time: 3ish minutes
~ Cut your lemon into medium-sized wedges and place in the middle of the tin foil square.
~ Center the salmon over the lemon wedges.
~ Lay thin strips of butter on the salmon; lightly sprinkle with black pepper.
~ Tightly wrap the salmon in the tin foil. Note: do not double-wrap the salmon – it will take longer to cook.
~ Bake for 30min at 300
Super moist, super tasty…you can’t go wrong with this!
*Note: in the future I’m going to try EVOO instead of the butter…