By La Cuisinière | Seafood
Tuna Salad Stuffed Avocado – Here is a simple stuffing to fill avocados, Roma or Kumato tomatoes and even green peppers! Last week, my cousins, sister and I sat around Grand-mère’s dining room table catching up on childhood memories. During my ten days visiting with family and lifelong friends, Eric prepared several fabulous meals including […]
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By La Cuisinière | Seafood
Easy Pan Seared Sea Scallops – During a quick trip to the supermarket earlier this week, I came across fresh sea scallops at the seafood counter. I usually buy them three or four at a time for Mom but these scallops were so fresh and reasonably priced that I bought enough to make dinner for two. […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Seafood
Copycat Bang Bang Shrimp Taco: Summers with Grandma include preparing copycat dishes from favorite restaurants or simply learning how to make their favorite dinner selections. Both grandsons are interested in cooking – even more so after taking the FACS program “Chef” Club at school during the past two years. They prepared menus selections with the […]
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By La Cuisinière | Seafood
Baked Seafood Platter Recipe – It’s rare when I am faced with preparing dinner without the slightest clue as to what to we could eat. On Monday, I hoped an easy menu would come to mind as I walked through the grocery store. You know the routine – some of this, some of that and […]
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By La Cuisinière | Seafood
Grilled Shrimp Burgers Recipe – Do I have one? Yes, I do! When it’s hot outside, why turn on the oven? I choose one of our favorite grilled shrimp recipes and transport the entire cooking process outdoors. I know… it’s not grilling weather yet but we’ve had a short wave of warm weather. How To Stretch One […]
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By La Cuisinière | Condiments & Relishes , Seafood
Seafood dipping sauce recipes – Picture this. You have a huge bowl of large steamed shrimp but why stick to the bottled shrimp cocktail sauce? Why not set out an assortment of dipping sauces to cover a variety of flavors? We just celebrated two February birthdays featuring two favorite dishes: shrimp cocktails as an appetizer […]
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By La Cuisinière | Seafood
Easy seafood marinade – the kind of marinade that will make you forget all about bottled sauce. Seriously. It’s a quick seafood marinade recipe you can tweak with a variety of ingredients. Come up with a different tasting sauce for any seafood or fish fillet is on the menu. Make each recipe totally unique. Easy Seafood Marinade For Shrimp […]
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By La Cuisinière | Seafood
Johnnys Blues Wild Maine Mussels. You should remember that name. I can make a meal out of a bowl – or two – of mussels. Forget the restaurant entrée. I’ll take two servings of what is considered an appetizer. In a hurry? Look into fresh Maine seafood and semi-homemade seafood appetizers. Moules Marinières Or Mussels […]
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By La Cuisinière | Menu Ideas , Seafood
Do you need a menu idea? We can’t resist taking on the big name magazines. Adapted from a recipe for sea bass found in Food and Wine magazine, last night’s fish dinner comes from the kitchen of our New Jersey home chef. A quick trip to the supermarket offered halibut but not sea bass. No […]
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Pan Fried Soft Shell Crab – Soft shell crab season has been very short this year. Shorter than usual. And soft shell crab is a food you eat while in season. For years, it has been a delicacy we all look forward to during the month of June. This year, availability was limited to high […]
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By La Cuisinière | All Recipes , Seafood
Easy Shrimp Cheese Grits – Shrimp and cheese grits may become a Christmas Eve dinner tradition. With a large green salad as a side dish, this light dinner hit the spot. Contrary to my first “copy cat” version of a shrimp and grits main dish, this time around I decided to add mushrooms to the […]
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