It’s almost spring! Well, technically it is spring, but the snowflakes falling outside today prove otherwise. In our family, spring means that the barbeque becomes a regular fixture in our cooking again. As it’s the new year, it is time to try something new. Octopus has always been a mysterious and exotic ingredient for me […]
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Lobstars! Part Three – Lobster Fra Diavolo
Here is the last course of my lobster dinner, Lobster Fra Diavolo, or Fra Diablo. It is basically pasta with a spicy tomato and red pepper sauce, studded with cooked lobster meat. Since the first two dishes were flavourful but not very spicy, the heat of this sauce makes the meal more interesting and varied. […]
Lobstars! Part Two – Lobster Chowder
Welcome back to round two of the Lobstar series! This chowder is not as thick as some others that we’ve tried, but it’s not as heavy either. Easily a second course to this lobstar dinner I cooked up. Spending an extra 10 to 15 minutes to boil the shells to make your own stock makes […]
Lobstars! Part One – Lobster Thermidor
Last summer, I enticed a few friends/family to use the waterslide right into an outdoor pool which, I must say, was not that warm. Kinda cold. Frigid, actually. My promise was to cook them a lobster dinner…and last weekend that lobster dinner finally happened! We had eight lobster tails, and I made three recipes. Don’t […]