Merry Christmas: Leftovers & Throwbacks

Hello from Chicago, kids! We are enjoying second-day leftovers of fish over here, and spending some time watching movies and relaxing. We hope you’re doing the same, but if you find yourselves with some extra Internet-time, we wanted to keep …

The Fishes of the Season!

Merry Christmas, everyone! For Christmas Eve dinner in my family, we celebrate with a Feast of Seven Fishes, as the Italians of Southern Italy. This year, we had squid, crab, lobster, scallops, shrimp, mussels, and clams. We steam the clams …

shrimp + grits + vegetables

August and September have been busy months around here, and so Jeff has been working a lot. This means I am able to cook some nights on my own, just for me – things I know he would never eat, and …

shrimp + grits with vegetables

Recipe: grits (make enough servings according to the box) shrimp (I made five, but if you’re making for more than one, obviously allot for that) 1/2 container mushrooms 1/2 eggplant 1-2 tomatoes 1 lemon garlic olive oil arugula almond slices parm cheese Directions:  1. Make grits according …

Mussels Beeranara

Hello Folks! This time around I wanted to try a fun seafood oriented dish. I thought about it for a little while and realized that I hadn’t eaten mussels in quite some time and wanted to see what could be …