Tag: seafood
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Cook With Confidence – A New Cookbook!!!
Hey, friends! I am beyond THRILLED to officially announce that I wrote a new cookbook!! Cook With Confidence, Over 100 Inspiring Recipes To Cook And Eat Together, is the result of years of traveling the globe, exploring, tasting everything, cooking with some of the most inspiring cooks & chefs on the planet, constantly learning and…
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Snow Crab & Fennel Chili Toast
Snow Crab, Fennel, & Chili Toast Serves 4 – 6, as an appetizer For The Snow Crab Salad 1/2 fennel bulb, thinly sliced on a mandolin 1/2 red onion, thinly sliced on a mandolin 1/2 small chili, finely diced 1 tablespoon minced tarragon 1 tablespoon minced chives, plus more for garnish 1 tablespoon olive oil …
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Lobster Bisque
Lobster Bisque Serves 4 – 6 4 x 1 1/2 pound live lobsters 3/4 cup butter, divided 2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling 2 medium onions, diced 2 large carrots, diced4 celery stalks, diced 4 garlic cloves, minced 2 tablespoons tomato paste 1/4 cup brandy 1/2 cup dry white wine 6 cups lobster…
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Seafood & Chorizo Stew
Seafood & Chorizo Stew Serves 4 – 6 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 pound fresh chorizo 1 cup diced leeks 1 cup diced fennel 2 tablespoons minced tarragon 4 garlic cloves, minced 1 cup dry cider 1 X 32-ounce jar passata (tomato puree)1 pound mussels, scrubbed 1 pound clams, scrubbed 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar…
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Seared Scallops with Sweet Potato Puree and Maple Bacon Brussels Sprouts
Date night = Best night. For real. Life is interesting. And seems to come in waves of…interesting-ness. The last few weeks in our house have seems like a whirlwind. A whirlwind of complete awesomeness, but a whirlwind nonetheless, complete with messy hair/unmade beds/and a coffee cup or 14 needing to be picked up. Over the…
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Moules-frites.
In the Maritimes, very few things scream summer like seafood. We just know it; once the fish & chip shops and seafood markets open, it’s on. And yes, I know…technically it’s not quite summer yet, but it feels like it outside, and my heart believes it’s finally here. Aside from amazing local seafood, the produce…
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Seafood Boil with Crawfish & Clams
I used to be scared of seafood. *Pause for dramatic effect…* Some Maritimers (most Maritimers) grow up on a steady diet of lobster, shrimp, mussels, salmon, cod etc, but not I. We were not a seafood family, and definitely not a shellfish family. Why? I’m honestly not sure. Then one day when Leanne and I…
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Crispy Squid & Shrimp Platter
Have you ever been legit scared of a dish, to the point where you refused to try it, only to find out years later that it was so unbelievably delicious that you kind of kicked yourself for missing out? Yes? Growing up in a reasonably secluded (and awesome) part of Eastern Canada, most foods have…
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Coconut Curry Mussels
Living on the east coast of Canada, you might assume that I grew up on a diet of seafood and maple syrup. But I really didn’t get into the world of seafood, and most specifically shellfish, until I was in university. My family just really didn’t eat shellfish, and probably because of that, it kind of scared me.…
