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Spicy Sweet Curry Shrimp

This recipe was inspired by two different dishes we have recently discovered, the Mostly-Vegetable Saffron Rice and the Red Lentil Curry. We made the Mostly-Vegetable Saffron Rice per our instructions on this site but changed up the Curry by adding coconut cream instead of coconut milk, some plain yogurt and shrimp. Really the seasoning for [...]

Ingredients:

1 cup water
1 cup rice vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoons fresh ginger root, minced
1 teaspoon garlic, minced
2 teaspoons hot chile pepper, minced
2 teaspoons ketchup
2 teaspoons cornstarch
1 12 oz package of tapioca/rice noodles (if you can’t find these noodles, use regular -not thin- spaghetti noodles)
1 lb. shrimp. peeled and deveined
Fresh mint

Directions:

Pour water and vinegar into a saucepan, [...]

Pan-roasted Tuna Steak

We served this up with our Jicama Salad. The Tuna roasted in the herb oil is now my favorite way of cooking Tuna Steaks. The flavors are so wonderful and the tuna is—em em the best!

2 pieces of fresh Tuna Steak about 1 inch thick
herb oil with garlic - see recipe here.
kosher salt [...]

Garlic Shrimp

Yup, another shrimp dish! Startin’ to feel like Bubba. This one is very simple. Shrimp is very delicate and cooks rather quickly. If you follow this recipe to the T– you will have perfect shrimp too!!

Ingredients:

1.5 lbs uncooked shrimp, peeled and deveined
1 stick butter
1 1/2 tbsp. garlic, chopped

Directions:

In a large skillet, melt the stick of [...]

We got the inspiration for these cakes from www.allrecipes.com.. However, after reading through the user reviews we did make some revisions to the original recipe…  SOOOO good!!!
 
Ingredients:

1 1/8 c. crushed butter crackers
1 c. mayonnaise
1 tsp. brown mustard
1/4 c. chopped onion
1 stalk celery, chopped
1 tsp. Old Bay seasoning (this is a must)
18 oz. crabmeat (not immitation)

Directions:

In [...]

Shrimp Scampi

Man we are on a shrimp roll lately(no pun intended). The shrimp were cooked perfectly! There are so many times where we’ve overcooked our shrimp and they’ve turned out rubbery– not with this one! Served with a mixture of corn, green beans, garlic and cherry tomatoes cooked lightly in olive oil. Perfect [...]

Cajun Seafood Pasta

We found this recipe on www.allrecipes.com and gave it a try. It’s a really tasty sauce, almost like an Alfredo but much spicier. The shrimp and sea scallops came out perfect! We served it with garlic bread and sliced pineapple tonight. (A bit of an odd combo but the pineapple needed to be eaten).

Ingredients:

1/2 [...]

Skewered Basil Shrimp

Ingredients:

3 pounds fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
2 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 1/2 lemons, juiced
3 tablespoons grained prepared mustard (found in the condiment isle at your local grocery store)
1/2 cup minced fresh basil
3 cloves garlic, minced
tsp. salt
tsp. fresh ground pepper
skewers

Directions

In a 1 gallon freezer bag, mix together olive oil and melted [...]

Parmesean Tilapia

This recipe was featured on AllRecipes.com and had really good feedback so we decided to try it. The fillets for this type of fish are tender and flaky and have a very mild sweet taste! Tilapia is a farm raised fresh water fish and should be readily available at your local supermarket in [...]

Fish Tacos

These fish tacos absolutely kick ass. I have converted a family full of fish haters who would never normally try these into huge fans.
Now before you look down to the ingredients and say to yourself fish sticks? .. note that these are no ordinary fish sticks and by the time you finish preparing the salsa [...]