This is a really unique recipe which is guaranteed to have your guests visually impressed and drooling!

Blue Soft Shell Crab BLT Sandwich

 

Prep Time : 25 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients:

4 blue soft shell crabs (cleaned).
1 cup purple cabbage, sliced very thin
1 cup green apple, about half a large apple, julienne or shredded
1/4 cup fresh chives, finely minced
1 cup carrot, about 2 medium, shredded
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/2 tsp cider vinegar
1/4 tsp celery salt
1/8 tsp sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 cup cornmeal
1/2 cup All Purpose flour
1/2 tsp smoked sweet paprika or pimenton
1/2 tsp salt
4 soft rolls, or 8 brioche slices, lightly toasted
2 loose cups  of salad greens for sandwiches ( baby romaine or arugula etc)
Canola or peanut oil to come up to 1" in frying pan.
8 slices of bacon
1 large tomato sliced
Mayo to dress sandwich


Directions:

Whisk together buttermilk, cider vinegar, celery salt, and sugar.

In a medium bowl, combine cabbage, apple, chives and carrot.  Toss with buttermilk dressing and refrigerate.

Whisk together milk and eggs in a pie plate or low bowl.  Combine cornmeal, flour, paprika and salt in a separate pie plate or bowl.

Toast rolls and keep warm in a low temperature oven. Fry desired amount of strips of bacon and set aside.

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed frying pan to 325 F, or until a pinch of the cornmeal mixture sizzles rapidly when sprinkled in.

Coat crab in the egg mixture, and then the cornmeal mixture, shaking off any excess.  Gently lay them, going away from you, in the pan of oil.   Fry until golden brown, about three minutes per side.  Lower heat if browning too quickly.  Remove from oil and drain on several layers of paper towels.

Put greens on the toasted rolls, top with a soft shell crab,  2 cooked bacon strips and then a large spoonful of coleslaw and two slices of tomato. Apply mayo as desired.  Serve immediately. I like to serve with yam fries.

Original recipe is by Catie Schwalb. I have made some modifications by making it a BLT.

A Bruschetta that will warm you up during the cold winter months!

Burrata Bruschetta

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Serves: 4


Ingredients:

4 slices of  3/4" thick rustic country style bread
1 Garlic clove
Extra Virgin Olive Oil
16 Slices of oven-dried tomatoes
16 ounces of Burrata cheese (type of cheese made from mozzarella and cream! yum!)
Sea Salt
Pesto
Fresh Basil

Directions:

Lightly drizzle olive oil onto bread and bake under the broiler at 500F until slightly charred, toast both sides of bread. Rub the garlic clove onto one side of the toasted bread and then sprinkle with sea salt. Top each slice of bread with oven roasted tomatoes, four ounces of Burrata cheese and a sprinkle of sea salt, basil, and a spoonful of Pesto (if you don't have pesto you can use olive oil).

Delicious Honey Soy Chicken

Honey Soy Chicken Recipe

 

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This meal takes a little bit of preparation so I usually prepare it the night before.  It's a pretty low maintenance easy meal to put together. This recipe was adapted from www.nlrockrecipes.com

Prep Time: 10 minutes
Marinade Time: Min 2 hours
Cook Time: 45 minutes
Serves: 4

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/3 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 4 garlic cloves minced
• 2 - 4 free range organic chicken breasts

Directions:

1. Mix together the honey, soy sauce, pepper and garlic.  Pour the mixture into a large Ziplock bag.  
2. Add the chicken breasts and marinate in fridge for at least 2 hours or overnight. 
3. Heat the oven to 375 degrees F.  Place the chicken on a aluminum foil lined cookie sheet or baking pan and cook in the oven for about 30 to 45 minutes or until the chicken is fully cooked.
4. While the chicken is cooking pour the excess marinade into a frying pan and simmer it over low heat. Brush the marinade on the chicken about every 10 minutes as it cooks. 

Decadent Bison Lasagna!

This dish will have you coming back for more mouth watering bites time and time again, not only for the amazing taste but for the ease.

Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Serves: 12


Ingredients:

2 cloves garlic (minced)
1 large tin of hunts tomato sauce
2 large fresh bay leaves
1 cup of water
1 Tbsp of oregano
1 egg
1 large can of ricotta cheese
1/2 cup of  fresh Parmesan cheese
2 and 1/2 cups of mozzarella cheese (or you can use monterey jack cheese).
1/2 white onion
Olive oil
9 cooked lasagna pasta noodles
Salt and pepper to taste.
1.5 lbs of bison ground meat
1/4 cup of fresh parsley

Directions:

Heat oven to 350°F. Place two cloves of minced garlic in 1 tbsp of olive oil with 1/2 white minced onion, cook until translucent. Add bison meat and bay leaves to pan. Brown bison meat in large skillet on medium-high heat. Meanwhile, mix 1-1/4 cups mozzarella (or monterey jack cheese), full can of ricotta, 1/4 cup Parmesan, parsley (use 1 Tbsp of oregano for substitution) and egg(beaten) until blended.

Drain meat; return to skillet. Stir in tomato sauce. Add 1 cup water to skillet, stir until blended. Remove bay leaves from meat sauce. Place 3 cooked lasagna noodles onto bottom of a 13x9-inch baking dish. Spread 1 cup meat sauce onto noodles. Then spread 1/3 of the ricotta cheese mixture on top, top with layers of 3 lasagna noodles. Then reapply the meat sauce and cheeses and top with 3 lasagna noodles. Place 1-1/4 cups mozzarella on top and 1/4 cup of Parmesan on top of the noodles. Cover the dish with foil.

Bake the lasagna for 1 hour, remove the foil after 45 min. Let stand 15 min. before cutting to serve.

Sometimes the simple things in life are the best.

This tantalizing and super easy recipe will have you coming back to it time and time again.

Delicious comfort food at its best. Straight from our childhood.

Zucchini Bread

Prep Time : 10 mins
Cook Time: 40-60 mins
Serves: 2 loaves


Ingredients:

3 cups of flour
1 tsp of salt
1 tsp of baking soda
1 tsp of baking powder
3 tsps of ground cinnamon
3 eggs
1 cup of vegetable oil
2 and 1/4 cup of white sugar
3 tsps of vanilla extract
2 cups of grated zucchini
* optional- 1 cup of chopped walnuts

Directions:

1. Grease and flour two 8 x 4 inch pans. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
2. Sift flour, salt, baking powder, soda, and cinnamon together in a bowl.
3. Beat eggs, oil, vanilla, and sugar together in a large bowl. Add sifted ingredients to the creamed mixture, and beat well. Stir in zucchini and *nuts until well combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
4. Bake for 40 to 60 minutes, or until tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on rack for 20 minutes. Remove bread from pan, and completely cool.

Easy Fried Chicken without the need of a deep fryer

Southern Fried Chicken

Prep Time: 2 mins
Cook Time: 10-15 mins
Serves: 2


Ingredients:

2 pieces of free range chicken (preferably boneless/skinless breasts). Cut each breast into 3 pieces.*
1 free range egg, beaten in a bowl
1/2 cup of flour
1 Tbsp of all purpose seasoning salt
1 Tbsp of black pepper
1 tsp of cayenne
Canola Oil

Directions:

Place flour and all the seasoning in a bowl. Place egg in a separate bowl.
Dip Chicken into flour, then egg, then flour again. Fill large wok pan half way full with oil.
Heat oil to medium heat and fry for 10 to 15 mins (when chicken juice runs clear when cut in the middle). This can be served alone or typically is served with collared greens or waffles.

Enjoy your delicious chicken ! It is that easy.

The best Southern prawns we have ever tasted and we mean EVER!

This food is purely decadent! It is not low fat but is worth every calorie as the flavours are amazing. It truly is a food explosion in your mouth! This is also a very quick meal to make in a hurry.

Tabasco Prawns with Grits

Prep time: 10 mins
Cook time : 15 mins
Serves: 4


Ingredients:

1/2 pound of butter
1/2 cup of chopped green onions
1/4 cup of Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp of liquid crab boil
1 Tbsp of Cayenne pepper
1 Tbsp of Red pepper flakes
1 Tbsp of Salt
1 Tbsp of Black pepper
1 Tbsp of Thyme
6 cloves of garlic, chopped
2 bay leaves
1 lemon
Hot sauce (Frank's Red Hot)
Tabasco sauce  (1 tsp or to taste)
1 pound of large prawns or shrimp, shell on is OK (*best to remove tails and shell)
*optional chives as garnish


Directions:

Take the  butter, cut into thirds and melt in a large saucepan over medium heat until melted. Next add the green onions, Worcestershire sauce, crab boil, cayenne, red  pepper, salt, black pepper, thyme, garlic, bay leaves, Tabasco and hot sauce about 5 shakes.

Cut the lemon in half and squeeze the juice in and then drop the lemon halves into the pan. Bring to a boil, but there should be no smoke. Add the shrimp  in a flat row on top. Cook until pink about 2 minutes per side. Pour everything onto a plate and serve on top of grits (recipe below).


Grits

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Serves: 4 


Ingredients:

2 cups of chicken broth
1 cup of whipping cream
1 Tbsp of butter
150 mL of corn meal


Directions:

In a large pot, bring broth, cream and butter to a boil. Stream in corn meal and cook on medium high until thick (about 5 minutes). Serve under prawns with sauce drizzled on top. *Optional addition would be to add spiced butter as a topping or chives.