Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Shrimps and Scapes

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Oh look, there’s one of my collector mugs.  You were worried you hadn’t seen one in a while weren’t you?

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And here’s some toast.  Very exciting.  What’s not exciting is there’s only like three toasts worth of the best almond butter EVER left. 

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Somehow I didn’t have lunch yesterday.  I was supposed to grab something from the deli while grocery shopping but I forgot.  Who forgets to eat?  Blasphemy I tell you!

I did haz snackz though…

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The pride of dinner was to be these totally amazing garlic scapes given to me by my friends Jamie and Chris.  Aren’t they cool looking?

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I followed the advice of my Twitter friends and cooked these up as I would asparagus.  Cooking method of choice:  steaming then grilling.

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Also on the grill:  Yukon Gold potatoes with Montreal Steak Spice and fresh parsley butter.

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and Grilled Pacific Jumbo Shrimp seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, fresh garlic slivers, coarse salt, and red pepper flakes.

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Shrimp = WIN.  Potatoes = WIN.  Garlic Scapes = FAIL.  I think I oversteamed them because the texture was not good.  Boooooooo. 

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I spent the rest of the evening chilling with the naked dog, the furry cat, chocolate covered PB pretzels and about 5 episodes of Friday Night Lights. 

Sometimes a girl just needs a Tuesday night on the couch.  Yes.

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5 comments:

jessica said...

Whoa whoa whoa.. where did you get these chocolate covered peanut butter pretzels??

Buffy said...

What is the grill that you are using??

Roz @ weightingfor50 said...

I really want to try garlic scapes, though I'll be careful not to oversteam. And I'm heading over the border to the Bellingham Trader Joes in a couple of weeks. After reading your post, I'll be sure to pick up some of their almond butter. have a good day.

Jaime said...

Jessica: those pretzels are from Trader Joe's. A friend brought them to me. Danger!! :)

Buffy: it's a Cuisinart Griddler. I bought it with Airmiles a couple of years ago and it's awesome!!

Jackie said...

I find garlic scapes most delicious when cut into 2-3" lengths and then simply sauteed in a bit of butter! Yum.