I may have posted about this before, but my close friends and family definitely know that I have a slight cookbook addiction. I love collecting cookbooks. Usually you can find on my coffee table the current cookbook I am ‘reading’ just like a novel, but I also have enough of a collection that I can…
Cheddar Veggie Chowder
So I got an Instant Pot for Christmas, which for those of you who haven’t jumped on the bandwagon or even heard of the bandwagon is an electronic multi-cooker that is possibly best loved for its pressure cooking function. That said this isn’t an Instant Pot recipe. I was so excited to try my Instant…
Crispy Ranch Shrimp
So after our New Year’s Eve fried chicken feast we were left with some leftover Buffalo Blue Cheese Sauce . And as I’m paging through an issue of Cooking Light, I notice a recipe for a quick, pan fried Sesame Shrimp. And it hits me – yes, let’s pan fry some shrimp because it’s the…
Weeknight Creamy Potato Soup
Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, which marks the first day of Lent. Today and every Friday between now and Easter, Catholics will abstain from meat. I wanted to start things off with a big bowl of soup this time of year, there is nothing better than a hot bowl of soup. Well unless it’s a hot…
Sate Roasted Shrimp & Parmesan Risotto
I was looking for new recipes to try for Lent when I saw this Parmesan Risotto with Roasted Shrimp recipe from The Kitchn pop up on my Pinterest feed. It immediately went on my brainstorming list and when Tory approved it for our Lent recipes, it went on my menu. The risotto is creamy and…
Imitation Lobster (aka Poor Man’s Lobster)
And today we have: imitation lobster, also known as poor man’s lobster. I don’t like calling it poor man’s lobster though, it makes it sound cheap, and you don’t have to be poor to enjoy this. And let’s be honest, sometimes eating lobster is too much work for the reward, you won’t have to fight…
