This is another winning recipe from Tieghan Gerard, author of the cookbook, Half-Baked Harvest. Check out these two I have previously posted… this fall salad recipe. And while you’re at it, this beautiful Honey Ginger Chicken Stir-Fry. The Honey Garlic Shrimp, Corn, and Avocado Bacon Salad is much more than a salad… it is a…
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Romaine and Shrimp Salad with Homemade Thousand Island Dressing
The inspiration for this yummy salad comes from the Brown Sugar Kitchen cookbook by Tanya Holland. In it she features more than 80 recipes for recreating her Oakland, California soul-food restaurant’s favorites at home. My son from from the San Francisco area selected this book to give me a few years ago when my sons…
Crispy Rice with Shrimp, Bacon, and Corn
This amazing one-pan meal in a bowl comes from the New York Times Online Cooking column. The minute I saw it I thought what a great change this is from all the grilling, yet still a delicious summer dish including the fresh corn, tomatoes, and scallions available now at the markets. I usually have a…
Shrimp in Yellow Curry
I have not cooked with curry much at all. It could have something to do with the fact my husband is not a fan. However, I decided this Shrimp in Yellow Curry you see above was worth a try to see if I can change his mind. I have ordered a similar dish I really…
Salmon and Citrus Rice Bowl
Here is an easy to prepare quick-cooking one bowl meal I found in a Martha Stewart Living magazine some months ago. Aside from the above attributes it is also as tasty as it is healthy. The slightly sweet, ginger-spiked sauce doubles as a marinade and a low-fat dressing. Here’s the recipe… Salmon and Citrus Rice Bowl…
Pan-Seared Salmon with Tarragon-Cucumber Salad
Just one week ago we returned home from a Montana vacation / reunion with my siblings / our anniversary celebration / and upon our arrival from Bozeman to LA , a celebratory brunch in honor of the engagement the evening before of our older son and his girlfriend! Whew! Yes, we really did celebrate all…
Lemon Garlic Shrimp Skewers
These Lemon Garlic Shrimp Skewers were part of the menu for the birthday dinner I prepared for our son’s girlfriend a week ago. The menu included cheese quesadillas as an appetizer which you will find on the previous blog. The menu included Chicken Piccata, the grilled Lemon Garlic Shrimp, grilled zucchini and yellow squash, orzo, a…
Ina’s Shrimp Salad
Last week my cousin came to visit for a few days from Sunnyvale, California. She has lived on the west coast for the last 35 plus years. Growing up we lived about a half hour away from each other in small towns in Pennsylvania. Our mothers were sisters and enjoyed a very close relationship. Through…
1-2-3…It’s So Elementary
It has been a couple of weeks now that I have had a kitchen in which to putter around. With so many wonderful restaurants and cafes nearby we definitely still do our share of eating out, but it is nice to be able to eat in when we want to. Although the kitchenette is tiny…
Lunch in the Hotel Room, but Dinner on Morro Bay
Okay, it has been 2 weeks since we arrived at our hotel in San Luis Obispo. We have a suite which consists of a bedroom, bath and a small living/dining area. NO KITCHEN! When I began looking at the availability of booking a place which would include a kitchenette of some sort I suddenly discovered…