Food I Had in the Past 16 Hours

19Nov09

Mussels with White Wine
[100% organic & wild]
Recipe here.
Broiled Skewered Rosemary Shrimp
[100% organic & wild Gulf shrimp]
Shrimp Choy Sum Fried Rice

[Shrimp is wild]

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Tags: cai xin/choy sum, mussels, rice, shrimp

Mussels in White Wine

02Nov09

I wasn’t planning on making this today, I was just going to cook it the old Chinese way but at the last minute I searched on Taste Spotting for a recipe and came across this one. Luckily I had all the ingredients at home so I was all set!
[100% organic & environmentally responsible aquaculture farmed [...]

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Tags: appetizers, baguette, mussels, onions, parsley, plum tomatoes, rosemary, seafood, white wine

Thai Red Curry with Seafood

06Oct09

I don’t like curry at all. I don’t eat Indian food and when I do eat Thai food, I avoid the curry. But since I told myself that I should give certain foods that I don’t like another chance, I decided to make Thai red curry tonight for dinner.
The smell is definitely very aromatic – [...]

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Tags: basil, bell peppers, chicken broth/stock, coconut milk, hoison sauce, mussels, red curry paste, seafood, shrimp, whole foods, zucchini

Soondubu Jjigae

31Mar09

This is my third attempt at making soondubu jjigae and I am satisfied with it. The first two times, I made the spicy level to “suicidal nuclear explosion” which made it almost impossible to eat. This time I made it mild and I finally used the dried kelp I brought over from Hong Kong. I [...]

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Tags: anchovies, chili paste, dried kelp, eggs, fruits de mare, hoison sauce, mushrooms, mussels, onions, oyster sauce, red pepper flakes, seafood, sesame oil, shittake mushrooms, shrimp, thai peppers, tofu

Spicy Mussels Linguine with Rapini

23Feb09

I had some live mussels and a packet of linguine at home so I made this:

[100% wild and organic]
Ingredients:

EVOO
5 garlic cloves, diced
1 large onion, chopped
1 can of 28 oz. diced tomatoes
1-3 TB red pepper flakes (I like it very spicy)
1 tsp ground black pepper
3 tsp dried basil
3 tsp dried oregano
2 lbs mussels
0.5 cup white wine
1 [...]

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Tags: cwST originals, diced tomatoes, dried basil, dried oregano, linguine, mussels, onions, pasta, rapini, red pepper flakes, seafood, white wine

Tomato Risotto with Mussels

14Sep08

09.11.08
Risotto is always fun to cook. Maybe when I cook this for the second time, I’m going to remove the mussels from its shell and put them with the rice itself.

*Adapted from Donna Hay’s Off the Shelf: Cooking from the Pantry.
[Wild caught & 100% organic]
Ingredients:

2 TB olive oil
3 spring onions, chopped
2 TB fresh [...]

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Tags: fish stock, mussels, parmesan, rice, rosemary, seafood, tomato puree, vegetable stock, white wine