Poached Kingklip with Spicy Ginger Butter Sauce

March 22, 2012 by Monica in Quick Meal, Seafood

I was craving a fish dish, which is not unusual, since I barely include meat in my diet. So, when I get these types of cravings I know my body is missing some type of nutrients that can only be satisfied with a heavy dose of protein. So when I stopped at the supermarket to buy carrots, I passed the fish counter and I took a peek.

And saw a nice filet of a fish that for all intent and purpose looked like grouper; but was way cheaper.

I asked the fish guys what it was and he responded with kingklip.

The hell? So my next question was what type of fish was it? And his response was “it’s like a grouper.”

It was on sale, so off I went with my filet to ask the gods Google about kingklip.

Food Blog Forum - Orlando round two

March 20, 2012 by Monica in Conferences

This past weekend, Tom, the little man and I packed up our bags and headed to Orlando, Florida. Mickey’s town (known to the masses as Walt Disney World) hosted over 100 food bloggers, who gathered this past weekend for the 5^th Food Blog Forum Conference.

Now, as they would say, “this was not my first rodeo.” I have been lucky enough to attend two other FBF conferences, and have been “wowed” by both, so riding into Orlando on Friday, I knew that no matter what, we were going to have fun, learn a whole bunch of information and eat luscious food.

But, you guys, those high expectations were nothing compared to what we encountered. This conference was out of this world. I guess what they say is true: practice makes perfect. The team that put together this year’s conference must have decided they were going to put on an event full of non-stop magic, so we could spend most of the weekend with our mouths hanging open!

Salmon en Croute with Prosciutto and Pea Puree

March 12, 2012 by Monica in Cooking Club, Dinner, Entertaining, Gutsy Cooks Club

I get so happy when I try something totally out of the ordinary, new to me and out of the box and it works.

Actually it not only just works – but, it exceeds all of my expectations.

Then there is totally a happy dance in my kitchen (and my tummy!)

Case in point – this week’s choice for our Gutsy Cooks club.

I could have gone totally safe with the Creamy Pot Roast Chicken – no brainer. Or totally walk the yeast path again with the Brown Mushroom Tortano – I wasn’t feeling the mushroom elements. But, I have always wanted to try making Salmon wrapped in something, and puff pastry seemed to be the best wrapping vessel – so it was going to be the Salmon en Croute all along –another one off the bucket list!

Easy, peasy.