Seattle!!!

I absolutly love Seattle! I am here visiting my son and his partner and to spend time with an old friend who is flying in this Sunday to spend 11 days with me. We are both foodies! We are going to have a lot of fun here! Just going and doing what we want to do. This morning my son took me out to breakfast at Gearldine's and it was wonderful! I was told that on weekends there is a long line to get into eat breakfast there, no doubt, as our breakfast was delicious. I just had a basic breakfast,and was happy to see that their hashbrowns were homemade! Most places are serving frozen potato products so it is a prize to find a place serving REAL fresh food! I will blog more about my trip later! Most likely when I get home. But I will take notes so I will be able to share things with you about my trip! I live in Anchorage, Alaska and do not leave the state often so everything is like eye candy here! I am definately going to dine at one of Tom Douglas' restaurants and have some of his Tripple Coconut Cream Pie!

I co-authored a book!

Well it is not about cooking, but it has a couple of my favorite recipes in my section of the book. The title of the book is "Our Book: Sisters in Strength".

It is on sale on Amazon.com in paperback, color, black and white and we have a Kindle Version as well.

We have a second book coming out which will be titled. "Our Book: Brothers and Sisters in Strength"

The stories are about portions of the lives of the authors and discusses how they got through rough spots in their lives. Additionally, they tell about how some of their experiences made the who they are today.

The new book will talk about the relationships men and women have and their answers to relationship difficulties both in life and in the workplace. Keep a look out for the second volumn which is targeted to come out in the fall.

What are we having?

Tonight we are going to have Shrimp Stuffed Halibut Olympia! We love it, but my recipe is very dedcadent!

1 (5 - 8 pound) skinned filet of 2 inch thick halibut

1 pound thawded, raw Sea Pac, medium shelled, deveined, tail removed Shrimp - once cleaned and wiped dry cut a pocket down the middle of the filet

1/2 pound butter

3 very large onions 1/4 inch wedge sliced

2 lemons (1 thinly sliced)

Pam

Salt and Lemon Pepper to taste

dill weed and paprika for garnish

Rinse Halibut and shrimp, drain and lay on triple thickness of paper towel to absorb all of the water. Take more paper towels and pat the shrimp and halibut to completely remove all excess water.

Spray large oblong glass baking dish with Pam and pour a light coating of butter on the bottom of the pan. Place all of the sliced onions on top of the butter on the bottom of the pan.

Place the shrimp into the melted butter to coat then stuff the shrimp into the pocket made in the middle of the halibut filet.

Use the remainder of the melted butter to dip the cold halibut into into butter on both sides and lay the stuffed halibut on top of the sliced onions.

Pour the remaining butter over the stuffed halibut.

Sprinkle salt and lemon pepper on top of the halibut to taste.

Squeeze the juice of one lemon on top of the buttered Halibut.

Places the thinly sliced lemons on top of the halibut overlapped in rows as though they represent scales (even though halibut has no scales it makes it look fancy!)

Sprinkle with dill weed and Paprika (optional)

Bake at 350 degrees until the temperature of the center of the halibut becomes flaky and is not at all translucent.

March 31, 2011

I am trying to learn to use Quinoa so I am goign to collect links to read and share.

http://chetday.com/quinoa.html

http://www.quinoa-recipes.com/Quinoa_Pages/What_Is_Quinoa.html

http://www.quinoa-recipes.com/index.html

http://allrecipes.com/Search/Recipes.aspx?WithTerm=quinoa

http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Garlicky-Quinoa-and-Garbanzo-Bean-Salad/Detail.aspx

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Our-Book-Sisters-in-Strength/149801758406774?sk=app_2309869772

This is a Book that I co-authored with 11 other women. It was a wonderful project and a way to share with others what our lives have been like and how we got to where we are today.