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Chile-Garlic Shrimp (Ckng Lght, April 08, pg 202) 3.5
This is a simple dish of shrimp sauteed with olive oil, crushed red pepper, garlic, white wine and lemons. The bright flavors were perfect for a chilly April evening and the shrimp and sauce were served over orzo pasta (my substitution for rice). I liked the simplicity of the dish and that it came together in less than half an hour. However, I felt something was lacking in the overall flavor department and I'm not sure what.
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Oven-fried Catfish Sandwiches (Ckng Lght, April 08, pg 190) 4.0
This was one excellent sandwich! I will say right up front, that any firm white fish could be substituted in this dish, but I like catfish and used it. Another super simple dish: the catfish is rinsed and patted dry, dipped in a flour mixture of flour, salt and pepper, then dipped in egg, then dipped in cornmeal that has been seasoned. The fish are placed on a baking sheet and lightly sprayed with oil. Bake, flip, spray again, and bake some more till finished.
The "tartar sauce" was part of the recipe, comprised of mayo, chopped capers, sweet relish and hot pepper sauce (to taste). Everything was combined on a sliced baguette with lettuce, red onion and tomato. Super easy and while the fish was baking I had time to set the table and clean up the counter. The fish came out flaky with a nice crisp coating. Seriously - I would make these again.
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Another quick and delicious recipe! Peas are sauteed in a bit of butter with green onions to which flour is added and toasted. Milk is stirred in and brought to a boil and allowed to thicken. Meanwhile, cheese tortellini are bubbling away in a pot of their own, drained and then everything is added together with a handful of freshly grated Parmesan. I served with some some leftover baguette that I turned into garlic toasts. Made enough for 4 people so we had lunches ready for the next day.
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Honestly? I had this on the table in less than 30 minutes and that included grilling the chicken tenderloins! Cook up the orzo pasta. While that is cooking, toss together arugula, sliced grape tomatoes, red pepper, red onion, fresh basil and oregano. I had to quick grill my chicken, then that was added as well. This is all topped with a vinaigrette and crumbled goat cheese. Now I love goat cheese so I just stirred 2 ounces right into the pasta dish and let it get all gooey and then crumbled the rest over the top. This dish is best served a bit warm or cold. It didn't taste as good reheated.
Now you might be wondering about the title to the post. I have some *ahem* "messes" to confess to as well. See, I have a tendency to rush around bit (those who know me are nodding their heads right now) and this past Sunday morning I was buzzing around the kitchen trying to do my usual no less than 5 things at once.
I thought I was being so productive! I had a batch of homemade yogurt started; I had the waffle iron heating up; I was cleaning dishes; I was setting the table for breakfast…and that’s about where things started to unravel a bit.
First, I realized I had melted the little bit of foam plastic that I kept in my waffle iron when I keep it in storage in its box. Yes, I plugged in the waffle iron and a) didn’t open it to oil it down which led to b) melted plastic. What ever that light foamy stuff is made of melted quite so I think I can save the waffle iron. We made pancakes instead.
Next, as I was making my batch of yogurt and had heated the milk and mixed in the yogurt and tossed it into the fridge and everything was going so well…except that I wasn’t supposed to add the yogurt until AFTER the milk cooled down in the fridge. I’m hoping I can salvage this disaster by adding a package of freeze-dried starter at the appropriate time. We’ll see how things turned out in the morning.
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