Join us for a Crawfish Adventure narrated by Frankie starring Matt and Sarah.On this adventure, Sarah tastes crawfish for the first time, and Matt expounds on his love of the crustacean.
Bon appetit!
Sorry we've not been updating regularly. We've been busy living life, but we're working on getting back into the routine. Stay tuned for new posts and new adventures!
"Why do you want cabbage?" you may be asking yourself. Let me explain...
Most people associate parades in New Orleans with Mardi Gras. However, St. Patrick's Day also provides revelers with an opportunity to celebrate.At this parade, people can kiss men for carnations, yell for beads and, most importantly, gather all the necessary ingredients to make an Irish Stew.
This year, we had the pleasure of attending our first St. Patrick's Day parade, along with the one and only Frankie Ellis (a friend from UT). At first, the parade day seemed doomed, as the weather turned from cloudy to misty to rainy. We found cover under a restaurant awning along with about 50 of our new friends. The parade started late (as is customary here in the Big Easy). Just as we were about to give up hope, the parade reached us! To our dismay, however, there were very few floats. The majority of the participants at the beginning of parade were part of the Irish Channel Marching Club. (Translation: old drunk men walking around with fake carnations waiting to give them away to any young lady willing to kiss them for it). Needless to say, Frankie and I were not impressed. Disappointed and somewhat disgusted, we convinced Matt to take us home. On the way back to the car, however, we hit the jackpot. We found a perfect spot on the corner just in time to catch most of the floats. At this point, we decided to go for it - to start gathering the ingredients for Irish stew. We yelled "Cabbage! We want cabbage!" for a good half an hour. As you'll see in the video, our request for cabbage was granted.We also caught some other goodies, and bought the rest of the ingredients for a fantastic creation.
Sorry this is so late in getting posted, please enjoy a Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day! We hope you enjoy watching this as much as we did making it.
So...as most of you all know, I am not a kitchen diva. However, I have really been wanting to make this new recipe. Tonight I got my chance....
The Recipe: 12 oz orecchiete (or some other short pasta) (3 cups) 1 bunch broccoli (1 1/2 lbs), cut into florets 1/2 cup walnuts, roughly chopped (can be omitted, obviously) 1/4 cup olive oil 2 cloves garlic, chopped Kosher salt and black pepper, to taste 2 tbsp. unsalted butter 1/4 cup grated Parmesan
> Heat oven to 400 degrees. Cook pasta. Reserve 3/4 cup of the cooking water. Drain the pasta and return to the pot. > Meanwhile, on a baking sheet, toss the broccoli, walnuts (if desired) oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Roast, tossing once, until the broccoli is tender (18 to 20 min.). > Toss the pasta with the broccoli mixture, butter, and 3/4 cup of the reserved pasta water. Sprinkle with Parmesan before serving.
Okay... now we've shared, it's your turn! As many of y'all know, Matt and I are currently gathering recipes for our recipe book. Please share your favorites with us!
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Sending you some Mardi Gras Spirit and Flavor in this week's picture post. These photos are from the Vintage Mardi Gras Outreach on Sunday February 22, 2009.
Matt's New Favorite
We have no idea what these hands signs mean, they are unintentional. Matt was just trying to get more beads than Sarah.
The True Mardi Gras Spirit
Matt under estimated the role that Sarah's gorgeousness would play in getting beads.
