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this is tonight's dinner but when I went to photo the battery died. Sorry!
Smells yummy!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/aida ... index.html
Smells yummy!
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/aida ... index.html
First try at a Caribbean dinner party menu for our upcoming trip. Plantain wrapped snapper on a mango-habanero-wine sauce, with balsamic roasted asparagus and blackstrap rum pan-roasted shrimp (they'd be grilled at the villa, which would carmelize the shrimp more).
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/4301414141/" title="plantain fish by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/430 ... f2cb80.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="plantain fish"></a>
The side was from the Blanchards cookbook...black bean couscous salad. I used Israeli couscous because I was out of regular:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/4302161228/" title="couscous salad by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/430 ... b209c4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="couscous salad"></a>
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/4301414141/" title="plantain fish by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/430 ... f2cb80.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="plantain fish"></a>
The side was from the Blanchards cookbook...black bean couscous salad. I used Israeli couscous because I was out of regular:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/28539958@N00/4302161228/" title="couscous salad by liamsaunt, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4036/430 ... b209c4.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="couscous salad"></a>
It's like looking in your soup and finding a whole different alphabet.
That looks good Mary Beth, I'll have to bookmark it.
I made these Portobello Mushrooms from Kalyn's Kitchen. She adapted them from a recipe in Bobby Flay's Grill It.
I didn't grill, I baked them in the oven.
http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/ ... rooms.html
If you're on a diet or just trying to eat better, try these Kale Chips. Great for that mindless munching during football games.
Kale, olive oil, apple cider vinegar (opt), salt - bake at 400 for ~10 minutes.
I made these Portobello Mushrooms from Kalyn's Kitchen. She adapted them from a recipe in Bobby Flay's Grill It.
I didn't grill, I baked them in the oven.
http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2008/ ... rooms.html
If you're on a diet or just trying to eat better, try these Kale Chips. Great for that mindless munching during football games.
Kale, olive oil, apple cider vinegar (opt), salt - bake at 400 for ~10 minutes.
janet
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California Girl
We were just on STJ and had the extreme pleasure of having Ted Robinson (Tage) cook for us in our villa!! I wish I'd taken more photos, but here is one of the appetizers we were afraid we would never have again: the avocado-asparagus-chicken eggrolls. Would highly recommend this for a special night.
Yum Maryanne!!
Margo, I didn't have a recipe for the fish, I just made it up. All I did was slice the plantains really thin. I seasoned the fish with lime juice, salt, and pepper, then wrapped it as best I could in the plantain slices. Then I pan seared it over high heat for two minutes a side, just to carmelize the plantains a bit. I finished it in a 400 degree oven for about 7 minutes.
I did not measure the sauce either. I used dried reconstituted mangoes (I would have preferred fresh, but could not find any ripe ones), half of a habanero pepper, some white wine, a splash of mango juice, juice of one orange, one lemon, and one lime, and salt and pepper, all blended in a food procesor and put through a food mill. Next time I might add some onion.
The shrimp recipe is from Cooking Light magazine. You can see it here:
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recip ... _id=686150
I buy Israeli couscous at Whole Foods.
Margo, I didn't have a recipe for the fish, I just made it up. All I did was slice the plantains really thin. I seasoned the fish with lime juice, salt, and pepper, then wrapped it as best I could in the plantain slices. Then I pan seared it over high heat for two minutes a side, just to carmelize the plantains a bit. I finished it in a 400 degree oven for about 7 minutes.
I did not measure the sauce either. I used dried reconstituted mangoes (I would have preferred fresh, but could not find any ripe ones), half of a habanero pepper, some white wine, a splash of mango juice, juice of one orange, one lemon, and one lime, and salt and pepper, all blended in a food procesor and put through a food mill. Next time I might add some onion.
The shrimp recipe is from Cooking Light magazine. You can see it here:
http://find.myrecipes.com/recipes/recip ... _id=686150
I buy Israeli couscous at Whole Foods.
It's like looking in your soup and finding a whole different alphabet.
Here are a few more photos from our just-home trip. Delicious mahi tacos with homemade potato chips that I got at Waterfront Bistro about a gazillion times:
My husband's bolognese sauce cooking on a rainy night:
Lunch from leftovers:
Sandwiches for the beach:
One of Ted's desserts:
Ted showing me how to make his white chocolate tarragon souffle for Liamsaunt:
My husband's bolognese sauce cooking on a rainy night:
Lunch from leftovers:
Sandwiches for the beach:
One of Ted's desserts:
Ted showing me how to make his white chocolate tarragon souffle for Liamsaunt:
