Crab cakes with spicy remoulade

We made homemade crab cakes with spicy remoulade sauce for dinner this week. These tasted great and were pretty simple to make... but to be honest, Fresh Market has a good pre-made version (at the meat counter with the rest of their fresh seafood), which costs less (my 8 oz container of lump crab meat cost $16 and made four cakes, plus the other ingredients) and come ready to cook. Whether you make your own crab cakes or buy them already prepared, the spicy remoulade sauce is a must!

9.1.09. Spicy Shrimp Pizza (Guest Post!)

My people. You missed me. I know you did, and I missed you too. Robert here with a guest post, straight out of Blue Mountain Beach, FL - and bringin the heat.

Tonight was homemade pizza night and we've become accustomed to grilling our pizza crusts. I got my creative juices flowing and came up with this shrimp pizza recipe. We marinated shrimp in a mixture of oil, chopped cilantro, and 1 minced habanero pepper. We fired up the grill to roast a poblano and a red pepper (until charred) and then threw on the shrimp (just a few minutes on each side). Then we grilled the pizza crust (about 1 to 2 minutes per side).

Then it was time to construct our masterpiece. We topped the crust with homemade marinara sauce (that you better be making!), skinned and chopped the peppers and added them. Then we added the grilled shrimp, some chopped cilantro, and a few handfuls of mozzarella cheese. Finally, we julienned a raw jalapeno pepper and added that on top of the cheese.

After putting the whole thing under the oven broiler for a few minutes to melt the cheese, this baby was ready to eat!

08.10.09 Baked snapper with chipotle butter

Dinner last night was more of Robert's red snapper caught on his deep-sea fishing trip - baked with chipotle butter, a Cooking Light recipe. The recipe was super-simple - you season the fish, bake it, then top it with a butter and chipotle pepper mixture. I usually prefer my fish fried (less fishy that way), but this was spicy and delicious!

07.11.09 Fish tacos

Last night's meal was the definition of fresh catch - Robert went on a deep-sea fishing trip on Friday and brought home some beautiful red snapper. We substituted it for mahi-mahi in this fish taco recipe from Rachael Ray. The tacos were divine - great flavor from the slaw, and great texture from the taco shell/flour tortilla combination. This is a must-try!