Chicken & Shrimp with Lemon Butter Sauce
This dish was inspired by a recent lunch at the Macaroni Grill. Chicken & Shrimp Scaloppine was a new menu item and so I decided to try it even though I think it is nothing more than MG's Chicken Scaloppine…
Tilapia Meuniere
One of my favorite fish dishes is Sole Meuniere. According to Julia Child! America's Favorite Chef, When Paul Child took Julia to France for the first time, he took her to the oldest restaurant in France where they serveed her…
Win Some, Lose Some
I have a rule: I do not experiment on my dinner guests. Of course, that means that my family gets to be the lab rats for the Fumbling Foodie's experiments. The results of tonight's meal ranged from 'never-again' through 'so-so',…
Creamy Shrimp & Tomato Risotto
My wife christened this "The Best Risotto You Have Ever Made". This recipe is courtesy of Chef Patrick Karvis, Executive Chef of the Wild Horse Grill here in Arizona and one of the chef instructors for many of Plate It…
Trout Poached in Champagne
Yes, I know. It is the wrong time of year to be trying to start eating healthier. We've been trying to eat more fish despite the fact that my wife is not a fish lover. Being a peristant soul (some…
Sole Meuniere
My local supermarket had some fresh sole filets yesterday and that reminded me that I had not yet tried to make Sole Meuniere myself since the French cuisine cooking class. Now what to serve with it? It looked like they…
French Cooking Class Part III
This is Part 3 of a series of posts describing the French Cuisine cooking class I recently attended at Plate It Up! a gourmet kitchen tools store here in Glendale AZ and taught by Chef Patrick Karvis. You can read…
French Cooking Class Part II
This is part 2 of a series of posts describing the French Cuisine cooking class I recently attended at Plate It Up! a gourmet kitchen tools store here in Glendale AZ and taught by Chef Patrick Karvis. You can read…
Shrimp with Orange Beurre Blanc
I was going through the freezer and discovered a box of Desert Sweet Shrimp. Hmmmm.... We haven't had shrimp in a while. The carrot/parsnip dish isn't exactly a good match but what the heck. My Wife loves shrimp. My Wife…