Today is the 3rd Sunday of Lent. Depending upon your school of thought, this day could also be the Feast Day of the Archangel Saint Gabriel.
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I'm a wife, mother, grandmother and avid home cook.I believe in eating healthy whenever possible, while still managing to indulge in life's pleasures.
Catch ’em While You Can – Oven-Baked Catfish
Growing up a Catholic in the 1950s and 60s meant eating a lot of fish sticks. If it wasn’t a fish stick, it was deep fried catfish. To this day, I still love a good catfish fry. But there are other ways to skin that fish and have it taste just as good. Take this oven-baked catfish. Too simple and way too delicious to be the real deal, yet it is. Served up with seamed broccoli and you’ve got all the makings for a beautiful yet healthy alternative to a down home fish fry.
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Hot Crab Dip with Tortilla Chips
Today I am killing two birds with one stone. Today is National Chip and Dip Day and the sixteenth day of the Lenten Season. Okay, so maybe it’s a bird and a half as a hot dip hardly qualifies as a Lenten Supper. I suppose it could, if you were to eat the whole darn thing yourself.
Chips and dip are hands down the most popular party dish. Think about it. Open a bag of chips and pour it into a big bowl. Open a jar of Onion Dip and scoop it into a smaller bowl. There you go – a real crowd pleaser in under five seconds! Chips and dip were so common in the home entertainment scene of the 50s and 60s that they even came up with a special way of serving potato chips with dip. I can remember that bowl set so well in my mother’s Avocado Green and Burnt Orange kitchen. How about you?
Now we could settle for ordinary chips and dip, or better yet crank it up a bit and really do the day right. Instead of a jar of commercial dip, let’s make it a hot dip that is oozing with goodness. Instead of boring old potato chips, why not tortilla chips? Or even better, those awesome tortilla scoops for more of that yummy dipping goodness. Yeah, that’s what I’m talking about!
Today is also a Saturday. So gather a few friends and maybe some family to declare today a day of celebration. Why? Why not!
Hot Crab Dip with Tortilla Chips
8 oz Cream Cheese
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
1/2 cup Sour Cream
3/4 cup grated Parmesan Cheese, divided
1 cup shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese
1 lb Crab Meat
1 tablespoon Lemon Juice
1 teaspoon Louisiana Hot Sauce
1/2 teaspoon Sea Salt
1/4 teaspoon White Pepper
1 Green Onion, sliced for topping
Heat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large bowl mix together cream cheese, mayonnaise and sour cream. Stir in 1/2 Parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, lemon juice, hot sauce, salt and pepper until well combined. Fold in crab meat.
Pour into a 1 quart baking dish. Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese.
Bake for 25-35 minutes until bubbly and hot.
While the dip is baking, slice green onion and set aside.
Remove from the oven and top with green onions.
Serve with tortilla chips.
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Bavarian Cream Filled Almond Crêpes With Berry Compote
Once again, depending upon who you listen to, today is either National Water Day, Goof Off Day, West Virginia Day (hey to all of you on your day!), Puppy Day or my personal favorite, National Bavarian Crêpes Day. I love Bavarian Cream, I love a good Crêpe, so what was not to love about this day? So off I went in search of a recipe to celebrate such a delicious day.
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Sufferin’ Succotash It’s Pan-Seared Catfish
As our old pal Sylvester the Cat would so often say, “Sufferin’ succotash!” It’s one of those expressions I heard on Saturday mornings growing up thanks to cartoons, and never questioned its meaning. It was understood as the utterance of frustration, a polite “Jesus Christ” that conveyed a level of discontent without the need to take the Lord’s name in vain. While I can remember hearing the expression from cartoon characters, I don’t recall ever hearing it from the lips of actual people.
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The Crunch of Crispy Beef Tacos is Music to My Ears
Did you know that the word “taco” first came into use in the 18th century silver mines of Mexico. Back then, a taco was paper wrapped around gunpowder. Hum, not very appetizing, is it?
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Last November, I gave you my Dungeness Crab and Corn Chowder. Today is the fourteenth day of the Lenten Season. For your “meatless” consideration, may I present my favorite recipe for Shrimp and Corn Chowder.
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Italian Muffuletta Picnic Sandwich
Today is the first day of spring. Don’t look at the temperature outside, it’s officially spring and that means Picnic Season! If you have a good Italian Deli in town, you could always pick up a nice, big Muffuletta Sandwich to throw in your picnic basket. Or with a little planning ahead, you could make your own awesome sandwich designed to feed a small country. A bottle of wine, a cluster of grapes and off you go on a new adventure. So what if there’s still a little snow on the ground!
National Ravioli Day, Lent and Cheese Ravioli
Did you know that Radio Flyer established the last Wednesday in March as National Little Red Wagon Day? A day to make memories, to celebrate the power of imagination and for adults to be more child-like. After all, who doesn’t feel like a kid in a Little Red Wagon? The Radio Flyer Wagon has been around since 1917. A vintage Radio Flyer can run you as much as $60.00; while a new one can be had for under $20.00. So if your kids or grand kids has one, tell them it’s an investment and to treat that wagon well.
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National Poultry Day and Game Hens Coq au Vin
Depending upon which of the various “National” Calendars you subscribe to, today is National Oatmeal Cookie Day, National Chocolate Caramel Day, National Let’s Laugh Day, Certified Nurses Day and World Social Work Day. Considering today is cradled neatly mid-way into the Lenten Season, the idea of Social Work Day appeals to me. But that’s a subject for another time.
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Mexican Inspired Pan Seared Salsa Verde Scallops
While some people have their tradition of Taco Tuesday, I like to mix things up a bit with delicious dishes from Mexico or that have a truly Mexican influence.
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What could be more American than a Sloppy Joe, right? Well, maybe. When we think of Sloppy Joes, we think of Joe as in a cup of Joe or GI-JOE. And of course; All-American average Joe – the guy on the street whose opinion of the world really mattered. The last thing we think of is Havana, Cuba.
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Lenten Season’s New Orleans Seafood Manicotti with Béchamel Sauce
It’s only fitting that on this, the eleventh day of the Lenten Season, we enjoy a recipe from New Orleans. After all, you can’t get much more connected to the whole idea of Lent without the Carnival that is Mardi Gras.
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Baked Chicken Thighs with Italian Tomato Relish
Is it Sunday already? I had something else in the works for today, but things change. This is an original recipe, sort of. The relish is a recipe I’ve had for years, always used with grilled pork. This time, I thought why not bake chicken and bury the chicken in Italian Relish? My guys thought it was awesome. I thought it was good, but grilled chicken would have been better. I’ll need to play around some more this summer when the old grill comes out of hiding.
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Slow Cooker Irish Beef Barley Stew
If this stew contained Lamb, I would say it is a typical Irish Stew. However; if this stew contained Lamb I would be dining alone – or almost alone. Kiddo doesn’t mind Lamb. At Celtic Fairs, we gravitate to some of the vendors peddling Lamb meat. Lamb kabobs are some of my favorite. Kiddo has to be in the mood. And Hubby – well he would rather starve. There is nothing shy about the flavor of Lamb. Can you tell? It crossed my mind to substitute the cubes of beef for lamb, but I knew I would never get away with it.
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