The Marinara Sauce from the other day is not Bill’s only specialty. My Father-in-Law also makes a mean Shrimp Marinara. This is a simple dish that utilizes his Sunday gravy. Sauteed shrimp and garlic mixed with awesome marinara sauce makes for a great meal. Bill’s Shrimp Marinara Peel and de-vein the shrimp. Make sure [...]
I recently went to the closing of a local bookstore and picked up a copy of Jim Tarantino’s Marinades, Rubs, Brines, Cures & Glazes. It is a great book, but near the end in the Asian section he had a great recipe for Honey and Sake Glazed Shrimp. This sounded amazing to me. So I [...]
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The other day I was looking for something healthy to eat. I could not find anything in the house. So I decided to venture out to the store. There I found some nice fresh Haddock. From there the search was on. What to make. It has been extremely cold outside, so stew sounded fantastic. I [...]
DC is really close to the Chesapeake Bay. So in turn it means that we have a lot of fresh crabs and a lot of fresh crab meat around here. The other day I went to the store and they had backfin blue crab on sale for $9.99 a pound. Basically a steal no matter where you [...]
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Happy Memorial Day! I just want to give a quick shout out to all of the Veterans out there that have served this country. Thank you very much for all that you have done. The United States would be nothing without you. Thanks again. Dana’s friend Kristy came to visit and we wanted to try [...]
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Last weekend Nick from Macheesmo came over for a great day of grilling. We ate like kings. The first dish of the day was grilled lobster rolls. Every once in a while you will find lobster on sale. Who would have thunk it. However, I got a great deal, two 5oz lobster tails for $5.99. [...]
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This past weekend Nick from Macheesmo came over to grill out. I grilled, he grilled and we ate incredibly well. One of my courses was Salmon with Mango Salsa. Perfectly grilled salmon with a fresh salsa over the top. It does not get any better than that. Plus, this post is my world wide debut [...]
Posted in Movies, Recipes, Salmon, Seafood Tags: how to dice a mango, how to grill salmon, mango, mango salsa, recipe, Salmon, salsa, video 10 Comments »A couple of weeks ago I received a request from one of my readers (Cedric) to do a rice dish. I love rice so I knew this was going to be a great suggestion. I started to think about what I like in dish. Meat, veggies and a great flavor. One of Cedric’s suggestions was [...]
So I went to the store today and they had a deal on Sea Scallops. They were 8.99 a pound. A steal if you ask me. So I picked up 10 scallops for dinner. I wanted to try something a little different so I made a BBQ sauce for them out of Hoisin Sauce and [...]
Green Curry Mussels – Grill Style I went to the store the other day and noticed that mussels were only $1.99 a pound. I love mussels and I knew immediately that I was going to cooking them. How to make them though. So I recently went to Columbia Firehouse in Alexandria where I had green-curry [...]
The other week I was asked by my friend Sean to make and post a grilled shrimp recipe. I am always looking for new ideas so I jumped on the chance. What kind of shrimp would I make? Bacon wrapped shrimp, of course. So I went to the store picked up a couple of pounds [...]
The other day I was at the store and I happened to stop by the fish counter. What did I see, a big sale on Lobster tails. So I picked up a couple. Since it is so nice out, I wanted to grill them. But how does one grill a Lobster tail, read to find [...]
I love tacos and I love grilling. So the combination of the two is basically the perfect meal. Shrimp tacos are quick and easy and best of all, tasty. My buddy Jeff called me yesterday asking if I was interesting in grilling out. The only thing was that he had already purchased shrimp. So the [...]
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