Cindy And I Eat Seafood – Part 2

 We continue our seafood-a-thon into week two with swordfish and tuna.

Swordfish

Our next seafood meal was Swordfish Puttanesca using our go-to recipe which we hadn’t had in a few years and just as before it was delicious and a hit with the three of us - Cindy raved about it, even the leftovers.  I served it over small shell pasta.  

Tuna

When I bought the salmon at Food City , I spotted some nice looking thick-cut tuna steaks so I picked up a couple of them for this meal.  I considered using the same recipe as I made six years ago but I decided to just go with the basics for the first time so I seasoned them with just salt and lemon pepper.  

I had never cooked tuna this thick before so I removed them from the fridge and allowed them to sit at room temperature for an hour then seared them in a hot pan for one minute per side and the center temp was about room temp.  

We both thought the tuna was delicious and I think I may prefer this simple seasoning.  We sided the fish with a baked sweet potato adorned with just butter, S&P.

I was pleased with both the frozen swordfish and tuna from Food City.

Clam Chowder

A Seafood Break For Manicotti

We decided to take a break from seafood as Cindy wanted to make manicotti for our Friday card group using our normal recipe including the homemade crapes rather than noodles.  They can be made in a large dish but we thought it was sexier to make individual servings.  We ended up with nine manicotti and as always, they were delicious.  My only duh moment was that I should have thought to make seafood manicotti.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

3/16 – 3/27/25 meal dates

Cindy And I Eat Plenty Of Seafood - Part 1 - Lots Of Pics

As mentioned in the last post, Bev is gone so Cindy and I are having our twice/year seafood-a-thon and it began with the Greek Salmon in the previous post.  We had 1½ lbs. of fish left over and she turned them into Salmon patties using the recipe from “Natasha’s Kitchen”  while we had mid-March snow showers when a cold front went through.

The Best Italian Salad Along With Our Greek Salmon

So, it’s that time again when Bev and Pat head off to Sint Maarten ( Caribbean Island) for a couple of weeks at Pat's timeshare and Cindy and I are dog sitting and eating fish and first up was Greek Salmon using our go-to recipe. And while thinking about what to have with it, the same day up pops the recipe for Best Italian Salad Recipe (Restaurant-Style) from the “Ask Chef Dennis” blog.  I did the salmon and Cindy made the salad and followed the recipe as written but used Great Northern Beans and omitted the pepperoncini.  

Delicious, Creamy, Cheesy, Crab and Shrimp Casserole

I got this recipe for Crab and Shrimp Casserole on Facebook some time ago and I’ve been waiting for an opportunity to make it which finally came about.  It was just printed on Facebook without a link to another site. 

Ultimate Chicken And Dumplings And Screwy Weather

 When I saw the recipe for Ultimate Chicken And Dumplings on the “Serious Eats” blog, I knew I wanted to make it.  But after making the best chicken noodle soup we’ve ever had, I decided to use it for the broth then just substitute the dumplings for the noodles.  I won’t reprint the broth or baked chicken recipe here but it can be found by clicking on the above link.  The one difference is that I removed the veggies from the broth.  For the dumplings, I doubled the ingredient amounts.  Sorry about the less than great pics.

Tennessee Onions With Crappie In Mustard Cream Sauce

Back in early December I made Sablefish with Mustard Cream Sauce for our seafood-a-thon while Bev was in Florida and we thought it was so good that I wanted Bev to try it.  But this post is really about the Tennessee Onions so you can read about the fish by clicking on this link and substituting crappie for sablefish and doubling the sauce amount.

First Watch With Cindy and The Predator Hawk

Just as with friend, Kathy, I gave Cindy free lunches for her Christmas present and for her first one she chose First Watch in Maryville .  First watch is a 600+ restaurant chain headquartered in Bradenton, FL and Cindy has been there many times and since I had been wanting to try it, I was pleased with her choice.