Grandma's Kitchen Table

Eating with Ellie: It's in the Bag: Parchment Cooking - Cajun Shrimp in Foil Packets

       The thirty-fourth recipe I made with the Eating with Ellie group is Cajun Shrimp in Foil Packets, and can be found in Ellie Krieger's new book You Have it Made, on page 240.  I chose the theme for this week: It's in the Bag:  Parchment Cooking. 

       Ingredient list:  shrimp, Cajun seasoning, salt, pepper, zucchini, red bell pepper, corn, andouille sausage, parsley, basil, white wine, and olive oil.  (I used parchment paper instead of foil for the packets.) 

       Cooking in parchment has become a favorite method for cooking fish, I almost always cook fish in parchment parcels, so this recipe fell into that favorite routine for me...easy to assemble, love that it can be assembled early in the day for ease of cooking at dinnertime, and the clean-up is simple, just throw away the parchment.  The combination of flavors and spicing was delicious, it felt like a trip to New Orleans.  It was also just plain fun to be presented a little package at the table.  Definitely a repeat.  

       If you wonder how the others did this week, click here to follow their post links.  You can also find the recipe schedule for the coming weeks there. Next week's recipe theme was chosen by Margaret and is What's on the Side?  Please come and join us at any time, just leave the link to your post that week so we know where to find you.  :-)

Eating with Ellie: Vegetable Harvest - Chili-Spiced Sweet Potato Wedges with Maple Pecans

      The thirty-third recipe I made with the Chili-Spiced Sweet Potato Wedges with Maple Pecans, and can be found in Ellie Krieger's new book You Have it Made, page 339.  Gaye chose the theme for this week "Vegetable Harvest." 

       Ingredient list:  sweet potatoes, pure maple syrup, olive oil, chili powder, salt, cayenne pepper, and pecans. 

       Hunting for new vegetable recipes is always fun for me as everyone here likes all the vegetables (okay, Brussels sprouts have a very small following of 1 here), and I know they will be eaten with gusto.  This is a great recipe, very easy because you just cut the sweet potatoes and douse them in the spice/flavoring mixture before baking them.  To make the pecan topping requires a little stovetop heating. 

       The spice/flavor mixture for this recipe jazzes up sweet potatoes and compliments the flavor nicely.  The guys really loved them and want me to make them again soon so I guess that is testimony enough.  The spice/flavor mixture could be changed up in hundreds of ways, I can see that this will be many recipes in the future, not just one.  Definitely a repeat.  

       If you wonder how the others did this week, click here to follow their post links.  You can also find the recipe schedule for the coming weeks there. Next week's recipe theme was chosen by me and is It's in the Bag:  Parchment Cooking.   Please come and join us at any time, just leave the link to your post that week so we know where to find you.  :-)

Eating with Ellie: Breakfast for Dinner - Egg in a Basket with Smoked Turkey and Asparagus

       The thirty-second recipe I made with the Eating with Ellie group is Egg in a Basket with Smoked Turkey and Asparagus, and can be found in her book So Easy on page 46 and also on Ellie's website here.  Peggy chose the theme for this week "Breakfast for Dinner." 

       Ingredient list:  whole wheat bread, egg, asparagus, smoked turkey, pepper, and a tiny bit of butter.

       Breakfast for dinner isn't really something we do often, well, maybe we do, as once a week I make a vegetarian omelette as it's a good go-to for meatless Fridays.  This recipe delivers on taste (the combination of smoked turkey, egg, and asparagus is excellent) and ease of preparation, so I'm thinking this would be something I can make use of again and again.  The change up in ingredients could be endless.  Definitely a repeat.  

        If you wonder how the others did this week, click here to follow their post links.  You can also find the recipe schedule for the coming weeks there. Next week's recipe theme was chosen by Gaye and is Vegetable Harvest.   Please come and join us at any time, just leave the link to your post that week so we know where to find you.  :-)