Don’s Creole Sauce
With slightly cooler weather amongst us Sunday night, I cooked up one my favorite heart-warming meals, Creole Sauce served with Pan Seared Rockfish. I worked up this recipe about 10 years ago after having a delightful Creole sauce in Aruba. It is very simple to make and packed with flavor. You can serve it with any fish, pan seared, broiled, poached or grilled. Grilled shrimp is also great with this. As a bonus, all of the ingredients are usually in my pantry or fridge, so today all I had to do is swing by Shady Lane Seafood for the Rockfish. Ingredients 2 tablespoons olive oil1/2 cup chopped onions1 chopped celery stalk1 cfup diced red, yellow or orange bell peppersFreshly ground black pepper1 tablespoons chopped garlic1 can of fire roasted diced tomatoes (any...
Haddock and Shiitakes with a Lemon Butter Garlic Sauce
After putting up the boards for the night, and loading a kayak for the next water activity, we settled in to prepare a light and easy meal, Pan Fried Haddock and Shiitake with a Lemon Butter Garlic Sauce, served with Steamed Broccoli. Prepare the sauce first, as the fish cooks quickly. Melt about 4 tbsp butter in a saucepan. Thin slice a shallot and add to the butter, caramelize. Add a couple/few cloves of minced garlic. I put in some diced red bell pepper here, but that’s optional. Stir in the juice and zest of one lemon, add 1 tsp red pepper flakes, and a handful of chopped parsley. Turn off the heat. The fish is patted dry and cut into small sections and dredged in about 1/2 cup of flour with a lot of fresh cracked and garlic powder. Add a little salt if...
Don’s GyroBurgers
For a pre-paddle Wednesday night dinner, we cooked up what I call GyroBurgers, one of my favorite things to grill. Ingredients Olive oilOnion (we like sweet onion or Videalia) minced.Bag of baby spinachoregano1/4 lb of crumbled feta cheese1 package of ground chicken or turkey (we like chicken better)1 tbs grill seasoning, we like McCormic’s Chicken1/3 cucumber, slicedSour cream or Greek yogurthandful of Kalamata olivesBuns (we like potato buns, anything works)Sliced roasted bell peppers. We use jarred bell peppers. Instructions In a medium mixing bowl and put in the spinach, (if it is frozen, defrost it and drain it) onion, garlic and oregano. Add the crumbled feta, chicken and seasoning and mix it up by hand. Pour in a drizzle of olive oil, and keep mixing it....
Moroccan Chicken with Figs
A fiend (thank you Amanda Portrait Painter) gave me a bag of figs this weekend, so that pretty much dictated Sunday night’s dinner challenge. Thus I give you Moroccan Chicken with Figs. Pan sear 4-6 bone-in chicken thighs in olive oil, no need to cook through, just sear and set aside. In the fond of the seat and remaining juices, add a couple tablespoons of butter. To this add a large, sliced red onion and a couple sliced shallots. Add slices of a red bell pepper. Dice up a handful of fresh rosemary and add. Grind in some black pepper. Using a peeler, peel of some big, long pieces of an orange and a lemon. Add this. Thin slice about 5 cloves of garlic and add. Cook this down to soften. It won’t take but a couple minutes. Slice the tips off your figs...
Greek Lamb Chops with lemon rice and cucumbers
What’s for dinner. Star date 07.18.2023. This is one of my favorite ‘go to’ meals, but I’ve never written it up. Thus I shall. Plus, it’s REALLY easy. This is my Greek Lamb Chop with Basil/Parsley Saffron Lemon Rice with Quick Pickle Cucumbers. Other than the marinade time (1 hour) this is a 30 minute dinner. The Lamb:You can use lamb chops or lamb shanks for this, they both are great. In a gallon ziplock bag, add 1 tbs of olive oil, juice of 1 lemon, 1 tbs of minced garlic, some kosher salt and fresh cracked black pepper and a good helping of oregano. Blend, and set aside. Room temp is fine so the lamb isn’t too cool. The Rice:Make the rice. In a pot (that you can cover), melt some butter, put in some turmeric, a small pinch...
Gyro Hot Dogs
And now for something completely different… In my quest to come up with a healthy hot dog, after doing my first one, I absolutely knew what #2 would be. A gyro dog based off my gyro burger, filled with spinach, onions, herbs and this time, ground lamb instead of the ground chicken I use in my gyro burgers. It really is perfect for this, as it combines the feta cheese and olive oil to make a perfect sausage. To top it off, quite literally, is a tzatziki sauce with cucumbers and Kalamala olives. Gyro Dog ingredients:Olive oilOnion (we like sweet onion or Videalia) minced.Bag of fresh baby spinachoreganobasil1/4 lb of crumbled feta cheese1 package of ground lamb (usually this would be chicken)1 tbs grill seasoning, we like McCormick’s Steak Seasoning Tzatziki...