shrimp and spice and jasmine rice

(...that's what a lovely dinner is made of.)

pepper duo

Well, it was definitely a cold that had me feeling under the weather on Monday. A really nasty bug that had me feverish, achy, congested and otherwise miserable for a good three days. I tried to maintain a somewhat normal schedule and at least put dinner on the table, but I was too wiped out for anything too fancy. So I turned to an old standby - easy étouffée. Thanks to canned soup, frozen shrimp and my ever-handy rice cooker, this dinner was something even a sniffling, shivering me could muster.

vacation/novation

Bienvenue en Louisiane!


Has it really been over a week since my last post?! I swear vacation is a time warp. Between the most epic New Years Eve ever and a 17-hour road trip to Louisiana, life has gone by much too quickly. Of course, there's been a plethora of food experiences along the way... here are a few.