When we were at the grocery store yesterday, I noticed they had some wild caught shrimp from the North Carolina coast. Head on, tail on, whole BEAUTIFUL shrimp. I decided to do something with them today. I was daydreaming and thought of cooking a chorizo (for the wonderful cumin and spanish paprika flavor), then using some of the oil from that to cook the shrimp in. I cooked the shrimp in tablespoon of chorizo oil with some butter and olive oil, a sprinkle of cumin, some garlic and shallot, kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper. Once the shrimp were cooked all the way through, I removed them from the pan and deglazed it with the juice of a lime and added a handful of fresh parsley. Tossed some pasta in and served.

After starting to eat the shrimp and pasta, I decided next time this needs a touch of wine in the pan. Just something to keep in mind.

Oh yeah, had some asparagus which was boiled for a few then sauteed in butter. And Ryan made us a salad with some really awesome shallot balsamic vinagarette dressing.

PICTURES. (large, dialup users, load this page and go grow a coffee plant, roast and grind the beans, and make a nice pot of coffee.)

( Pictures be here )

Dessert was Ben and Jerry's Dublin Mudslide, straight from the container. Didn't bother to take pictures of that, but it was awesome. :P

Hey Everyone,

As some of you may remember, I've got a VERY PICKY boyfriend and tonight I'm trying to expand his horizons a little... My preferred method of doing this is taking something he likes and tweaking it a little so that it's familiar, but still introduces something new. Tonight is Halibut. He loves the frozen battered fish, made up with some frozen french fries. I've since converted him with baby step #1 in to eating homemade fish and chips with fresh halibut and potatoes (I've also expanded further in to other fishes, but halibut is still the fish of choice).

I've got some halibut filets here and I'd like to take baby step #2 and prepare the halibut in a way that's NOT battered and deep fried. This is where I come to you great people for ideas. It can't be anything too exotic or "fusion" or strange, but I also don't want it to be bland or boring (and I don't want to just bread it and bake it, that's a little too similar to step #1 and I'm trying to steer us away from breaded/battered food).

So.. what are your best halibut/fish recipes? Help a girl expand her boy's culinary horizon!

I made this birthday cake for my friend. It was a chocolate cake with chocolate icing, and I had my first experience making fondant. Since her party was princess themed I made her a crown out of marzipan. It was really fun to do, and everyone seemed to like it. :]

recipes:

cake
icing
fondant

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Hello! This is my first post - I've been reading the community for ages and am totally addicted.

I have a bag of spinach leaves in my fridge that I completely forgot I had. They're well past their eat-by date, but they look alright, so I'd rather use than waste. I don't usually eat spinach much, so I'm at a loss for things to do with it. Please tell me the most delicious, porn-worthy things you would do with it (bearing in mind I'm Jewish, and keep kosher!)!

Thank you!

These cookies

are the most yummy in the world. Any, I think so. The recipe, for those who want it, is over at elcooks.

I recently came upon Pringles Select: Cinnamon Sweet Potato Chips at the store the other day. While I think they're missing something on their own, they taste GREAT when dipped in vanilla bean ice cream.

But the question I have involves incorporating them in a more savory dish. I was thinking about crushing them up and making them into a breading for chicken strips. I just can't decide what to include as a dipping sauce. I was initially thinking of making a honey dipping sauce of some sort, but I wonder if that would be too much sweetness for the dish.

Anyone have any suggestions for a good accompanying dipping sauce?

I'm new :) I'm Aimee, 19 and new to cooking. Well, cooking things other than mac and cheese and cereal (haha) and basic dishes like that.

I have some requests! First of all, my mom is getting a whole turkey from her work (like a voucher thing) that everyone received as their holiday bonus. Yes, weird, but I was wondering...other than the basic Thanksgiving-esque meal, what else could we do with a whole turkey?

Also, I really love artichokes. LOVE. What are you favorite recipes involving artichokes?

I just bought a take-away from my local Chinese, and they gave me half a bucket-full of sweet and sour sauce. It's thick, viscous, warm and red, and is what you generally get when you get those battered pork/chicken balls. Tasty, but I can't eat all of it on its own.
So what can I do with 100-200 ml of it?

Just picked up a sushi rolling mat and nori the other day, and I'm looking forward to making sushi!  What are your favorite techniques and recipes?  Any good vegetarian recommendations (we're going to wait to make the fishy kind until we have time to go our local swanky grocery store to pick up high-quality sushi-grade stuff). 

OK, so this may sound odd, but I'm a vegetarian who's never really eaten lentils.
I love my quorn, you see, so I use it in pretty much every meal.

However, I have to go on an elimination diet and since I'm actually allergic to egg (which binds the quorn, and other meat alternative things), I have to give it up.
I have to drop dairy as well since I'm lactose intolerant, and I'll have to drop a whole load more soon.

This puts me in a protein quandry.
Obviously I've fallen back to lentils.

I'm also going gluten-free.

So... lentils.
How do I do anything with them?
To me they seem kind of like beans, and I've never done anything with beans, other than eaten baked beans.

As far as I know, you boil lentils, and then use them in things. I've hunted through memories and recipes and most seem to be soups. I can't live on soup, and I'm wanting to bento my lunches, so what else can I do?
Can I just substitute lentils for mince?

My original plan for this term was to have lots of gyoza and sushi for lunches.
How would I make a good gyoza and sushi filling with lentils?

At the moment I'll only be gluten, lactose, egg and celery free. I'll be adding to it soon.

Please give me yummy lentil recipes! The only things I can think of are Dahl and Soup!

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Oh man... I think we may have a new contender for the position of "my favorite fruit-based baked good". *drool*



EDIT: Now with recipe! (Sorry, I assumed people would click the link to the other blog and see the original. My version is behind the cut.

( Grapefruit-Almond Muffins )

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Click here for the recipe :)