Crabcakes with Asparagus

Props to the wife... Reed woke us up at 4:30 yesterday morning and didn't want to go back to sleep.  We watched some Elmo, played some real early Scrabble and then eventually got Reed back to bed around 6:30.  Then Jo worked 11-7 and came home and was still excited to cook!   Naturally she didn't disappoint:

Jo busted out her awesome wedding shower gift from our cousin Theresa... full of recipes from family and friends and covering the entire globe.  So much thought was put into it and it shows.   We love it and there are even music CD's in the book for us to play with the theme of the dinner!   Tonight Jo only used it for a quick reference as all the ingredients weren't on hand, but we had to take a picture and share it.  More dinners from the cookbook to come!

Speaking of Theresa!  She brought us home some special Mayo on her last trip to New Orleans... don't know what makes the mayo special but it just is sooo good, and as far as we know only available down South! 

Good ole Blue Plate Mayo!

Ok so onto the recipe.  Crab meat, mayo, stone ground mustard, 1 egg, fresh garlic, worcestershire, old bay, cayenne, bread crumbs, parmesan cheese and some pepper..... that might be it lol.   All into the bowl and mixed by hand...   get those hands down in there!

Bake at 375 for 10 minutes and then 400 for another 10....





 

Bring on Big Daddy's Crabcakes!

The asparagus is slightly overlooked in this post, but it was awesome.  Cooked in some olive oil and garlic and then a squeeze of a lemon.  Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top... so good!