Not Always The Chef

So occasionally I put up pics of food that I don't always cook myself, but I think are worthy of posting. Matt and I went to Gulfport, MS last weekend, and I was lucky enough to catch a taste of the south during Royal Red Shrimp season. If you've not had these before, they taste just like lobster. (Trust me, lobster is my favorite food, so I kid you not.) They are absolutely delicious. They are found off the coast of Florida in very deep waters, and they are only in season at certain times. I got this plate for $12.99. The next day I got a plate of fried shrimp for $12.99 at a BBQ joint. No comparison. The pic I should have taken but didn't was the 5lbs of crawfish we got that night at the same restaurant. (Who goes to the same restaurant for lunch and dinner? We're such losers... or it was just really good.)






So I finally had a day off last Thursday, and planned to make my favorite salmon, but I went to a fashion show with some friends and got some chips, salsa, and cerveza at a Mexican restaurant before-hand. When I got home around 8pm, I didn't go with the salmon, because we were pretty hungry. I went with a quick stir-fry dish that included steak and shrimp. Yummy yummy and quick to make!




The next night I decided to make the salmon, while it was still pretty fresh. I make it in a brown sugar glaze. It's delicious, and my cousin Theresa's fave. I usually do it with a side of asparagus, so I had some of that, but this time I also tried out some Chinese broccoli, and Matt wanted some corn. The salmon and asparagus combo was great, as ush, but I went a little overboard on the rice vinegar on the broccoli. Woops!




On Saturday night I had to work until 9, (and it was a stressful day!) and so on Friday I crock-potted some pulled-pork in advance. I love this pulled pork, I crock it in beer, honey, BBQ sauce, onions, and garlic until it falls apart. So Matt said he'd wait for me to get home to eat that for dinner on Saturday night. Much to my delight, when I walked in the door, he was dressed all fancy-pants, and he led me to the back deck, where he had set up our new fire pit for the first time, and had a romantic candlelight/white light dinner and stereo set up. He even put my Slanket (better than Snuggie) out because he thought I'd be cold! I didn't take a pic of the food, just the set up and our doggie, Marley, loving the warm fire. Most romantic Mac-N-Cheese I've ever eaten :)