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  • Rich, buttery, Dungeness Crab Cakes are crispy on the outside and flavorful on the inside packed with fresh lump meat, minced celery and red bell pepper.
    Appetizers,  Christmas,  Lent,  Main Dish,  Seafood,  Valentine's Day

    The Best Dungeness Crab Cakes

    The Best Dungeness Crab Cakes are packed full of delicious Dungeness crab, a little minced celery, red bell pepper and Panko breadcrumbs. The best crab cakes have just enough breadcrumbs to hold together the Dungeness crab meat, giving you the full flavor of rich, buttery crab. Packed full of jumbo lump meat that you can see and taste with every bite. Perfect bite sized as an appetizer. Pair with your favorite dipping sauce like spicy sweet chili sauce, roasted pineapple and habanero or more of a traditional creamy dill sauce. These Dungeness Crab Cakes will disappear at your next party. For a dinner entrée, I like to serve full size…

  • Impress your guests with this easy, but impressive Rosemary Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Port Wine Sauce.
    Beef,  Christmas,  Holiday,  Main Dish,  Valentine's Day

    Rosemary Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Port Wine Sauce

    Impress your guests with this easy, but elegant Rosemary Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Port Wine Sauce. With very little prep time and only 20 minutes in the oven, this Rosemary Crusted Beef Tenderloin with Port Wine Sauce is a clear rival from the standard prime rib dinner. So incredibly tender, you can cut each bite with just a fork. Just imagine sliding that tender bite through a velvety reduction of port wine sauce. Sounds pretty fancy, doesn’t it? It’s really very simple, but your guests don’t need to know this. Let them think you spent hours in the kitchen creating a masterpiece. Depending on how many guests you have, you…

  • Tender short rib steak with balsamic glaze, quickly grilled and topped with leek scape butter
    Beef,  Grilling Ideas,  Main Dish,  Valentine's Day

    Grilled Short Rib Steak with Leek Scape Butter

    Tender short rib steak with balsamic glaze, quickly grilled and topped with leek scape butter. Grilled Short Rib Steak with Leek Scape Butter is the quickest, easiest steak dinner you will make. Short rib steaks have alot of beautiful marbeling and that makes for a tender, flavorful bite. Most people know short ribs as the cut of meat that gets cooked for a long period of time and results in fall of the bone meat, but short rib steaks are quite different. They should be heavenly seasoned and grilled quickly for the best possible use. What Are Leek Scapes? Just what are leek scapes, you ask? Scapes are the long,…

  • Garlic prawns with blistered tomatoes and Swiss chard over creamy polenta
    15 Minute Dinners,  Lent,  Seafood,  Valentine's Day

    Garlic Prawns & Blistered Tomatoes

    Quick and easy Garlic Prawns & Blistered Tomatoes with Swiss chard served over creamy Parmesan polenta. Always keep frozen shrimp on hand Weeknight dinner doesn’t get any easier than this. Yep, 15 minutes to restaurant inspired Garlic Prawns & Blistered Tomatoes. Argentinian Pink Shrimp are a staple in my freezer. I love how quick they thaw, which makes pulling together weeknight dinner a cinch. This dish starts with creamy polenta (another pantry staple). Then a quick saute of garlic, shrimp, Swiss chard and beautiful blistered tomatoes. The tomatoes add the perfect burst of flavor for a savvy weeknight dinner. Similar Posts:

  • Tender, fall apart, beef chuck braised in rich port wine with carrots and pearl onions over creamy mashed potatoes
    Beef,  Christmas,  Pantry Meals,  Valentine's Day

    Port Wine Braised Beef

    Tender Port Wine Braised Beef with pearl onions and carrots turns budget friendly chuck roast into a luxurious meal served over mashed potatoes. Turning an inexpensive beef chuck roast into a luxurious dinner is just a few pantry items away. I always have a bottle of port wine on hand.  It doesn’t have to be expensive.  I buy the low cost kind from the local grocery store. Port wine can really take your sauces and braises up a notch or two. I also always have Clamato juice on hand because I’m a lover of Bloody Mary’s and red beer. And that’s why Clamato juice is the “secret ingredient” in this…