Seafood Feast!

Every month (the 2nd Thursday of each month to be exact) we get together with Grandmom & Grandpop Renaud for dinner.  We rotate the location and this time it was our turn to cook!   Jo's dad loves seafood so it was a no brainer... got some crab, scallops, shrimp & clams along with some wine and we were on our way...





Jo's Clams Casino

- prepare the clams

- add lemon, worchestshire, small piece of bacon

- bake at 400 until bacon is crispy

- add sauteed spinach

- top with Gouda cheese

Pretty easy to make and the different plates allowed Jo to serve each at different times... which paced the evening and allowed us all to sit around the kitchen and talk.   

Good food and good family.

As Grandpop Mike would say:  "Allllllllllllllll riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiighttttttttttttttt...... time to go."

Empty the Fridge Soft Tacos

So we had a small get together for the Super Bowl yesterday... got caught up in the fun that we didn't spend time taking pictures so unfortunately we do not have photos from yesterday's feast.  But we did have leftovers that we decided to put to good use for tonight's dinner. 

Jo started out by carmelizing some onions (white & red) in bbq sauce:

For the chicken she used cumin, pepper, chili powder & chipotle and cooked it up in a pan.

Leftover corn salsa was on hand to go in the tacos... corn salsa is one of our favorite appetizers and we make it for almost every party we go to these days lol.  It is so fresh and healthy tasting.  Jo got the recipe from her Aunt Barbara...

Aunt Barb's Corn Salsa

- 2 red peppers diced

- 1 red onion diced

- 2 green apples diced

- Cilantro

- 1 bag of white corn

- Olive oil, salt and pepper

- Squeeze of lime

We also had some coleslaw leftover from our pulled pork sliders, so we threw that on a tortilla along with the chicken, some arugula, the onions and corn salsa.  It was delicious and really easy to prepare.

Our fridge has a lot more space now :)