A simple Spanish shrimp and rice dish is easy to make when in a hurry if you have the right ingredients. And you probably have most of them in your cupboard right now. How to Make Spanish Shrimp & Rice to Perfection Let me start out by saying Spanish rice is not from Spain and […]
How to Make Spicy Shrimp and Red Lentils Last night we prepared this Indian style shrimp and lentils dish from one of our Food Network magazines. It was delicious, easy to prepare and a great weekday meal. There is a little prep but no more than 15 minutes alone or half that if you are […]
How Do I Know When Shrimp Are Perfectly Cooked & Ready to Eat? There are many ways to cook and serve shrimp. Do you remember Pvt. Benjamin Buford’s line in Forest Gump? “Anyway, like I was sayin’, shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, sauté […]
Spaghetti with Shrimp, Spinach, & Garlic Recipe We love pasta in our house and I love whipping up a quick pasta dish with on hand ingredients in the freezer and/or pantry. We usually always have a bag of frozen shrimp in the freezer for those nights we make another favorite dish – Shrimp Risotto […]
Photo by Maddie Jones (iphone) Maddie’s Pineapple Shrimp Recipe by Maddie Jones Now that school is out for the summer, I have time to cook, so a few days ago I decided to cook whatever was around for lunch. I remembered that there was some delicious looking pineapple in the fridge, which was just begging […]
George’s Simple Shrimp Boil With Lots of Flavor My wife hosted a dinner party this weekend for work colleagues and their spouses. One of the spouses was my friend George, an avid fisherman, clammer, crabber and a pretty darn good cook. He brought to the party his special shrimp dish that I will now affectionately call […]
When we need a quick and delicious meal, shrimp risotto to the rescue! Do you have nights where you haven’t planned anything for dinner but want to put a great meal on the table that everyone including the kids will enjoy? In our house, that means shrimp risotto. I already have a recipe for shrimp […]
Tasty Grilled Shrimp with Watermelon, Basil, Corn Salsa Plus Fresh MozzarellaNothing says summer like grilled shrimp or as that Aussie Tourism Commission commercial back in the 1980’s called them, “shrimp on the barbie”. I adapted this recipe from an article I read in the New York Times featuring Joseph Lenn’s version which featured farm fresh […]
“Simple Shrimp Risotto but Delicious” Here’s A Rich & Delicious Recipe for Shrimp Risotto This recipe comes from a Forbes-August 11, 1997 article called And Don’t Forget the Saffron. Michael Lomonaco, one time executive chef for the World Trade Center restaurant, taught it to the author of the article, Daniel Roth. Chef Lomonaco explains in […]
Shrimp Fettuccine According to reader Cherie, this is the World’s Best Shrimp and Fettuccine dish. She says that this is a favorite for dinner parties, that it is easy to make and impressive to serve. It does, indeed, sound like a winner, Cherie. Chicken stock and white wine are a classic combination for seafood-based pastas. […]
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How to Grill Your Turkey on a Gas Grill
Something Different – Grilling Your Turkey I wanted to share with you a novel way we cooked our turkey one year while we were still living in Park City, Utah. We grilled it on the barbecue. Now I’m sure many of you are saying to yourselves, “RG, get real. We’ve been grilling our bird for […]
Turkey Buying and Cooking Tips With Thanksgiving right around the corner, I thought you might enjoy talking turkey including some tips on choosing a bird and how to cook it. You would think cooking a turkey is not that big a deal but looking at all the articles in the current November issues of cooking […]
Moist Thanksgiving Turkey Tips
How To Roast A Perfectly Moist Turkey A whole turkey, perfectly cooked, juicy in thigh and breast and richly caramelized all over is a thing of beauty, but it is, indeed a rare bird. Turkeys are large, they have a big hole inside them. They are thick in some places and thinner in others. They […]
