Every bite of food should be a sweet bite
Today I was craving shrimp. Specifically shrimp scampi – lots of garlic, lots of lemon, and crusty bread to soak all of that scampi sauce in.
So when I was at the supermarket, hunting down for the star of the dish, I was disappointed when I notice that the only thing they had were farm raised shrimp.
“Well, Monica, are we picky much?” You probably thinking… right?
When it comes to seafood - Yes I am.
This past weekend I had every intention of doing this dish, except that I spend it running around doing errands and Saturday dinner turned into pizza.
Instead I decided, I would do it for Sunday’s dinner.
Sunday came and went and back in the refrigerator everything went. But, I made a mental vow that I was going to do this for our Monday night dinner no matter what.
I had doubts that this was going to work out for a quick meal, but once more, I realized that there is always a way. And in less than 1 hour, I had it on the table for us to dig in.
This week is the first week of another Gutsy Cook line up. The month of June belongs to Raymond from Your Just Desserts and boy did he bring it with his choices this month – I cannot wait to cook it up in the next 4 weeks.
I love, love asparagus, its actually one of my favorite vegetables and my preferred way to eat them is cooked until crisp-tender then tossed in olive oil, sprinkle with parmesan cheese and topped with a poach egg.
If that is not comfort food at its best, I don’t know what is.