Saturday, September 12, 2009

Chili-Lime Grouper w/Corn Cakes & Spinach



Had a very special old friend and her new baby back in the neighborhood. Seeing as how she's not a huge meat eater we opted for a seafood favorite of ours; Grouper, this time chili and lime flavored. Marinated the fillet in a paste of lime juice, chipolte pepper, garlic and olive oil, then broiled it as the rain prevented grilling. Finished it with a lime/jalapeno/shallot butter along with sauteed baby spinach. Seems the hit of dinner were my Silver Queen Corn Cakes which I make with local grown Silver Queen corn, cornmeal, flour,baking powder, eggs, onion and touch of honey.

Italian Night


Had a taste the other day for Spaghetti and meatballs. Started with the basic mix of ground beef, lamb and pork, added some home grown herbs, panko couple of eggs and a few veggies. Rounded them up an into a hot oven for a delicious topping to our cappilleni all smothered in a garlic marinara sauce. Put sliced local grown golden heirloom tomato on top of field greens for the perfect side.