Foil Pack Fish Filets

My husband and I love fish (the 8 year old, not so much).  We especially love to put fish on the grill.  Usually we buy salmon, but occasionally I'll find a good sale or managers special on something else that we'll try instead.

Two Super Easy Sauces

Ever have one of those nights when you've got to get supper in the table in a hurry and you're not feeling inspired, so you pull out a tried and true meal?  For me that's usually breaded chicken with rice or angel hair pasta.  Sometimes I'll manage broiled salmon if I've found some on managers special.  But then...there's that look on your family's faces.  That look of resignation that you've just phoned it in for dinner tonight.

Southern Fried Fish

I live in the South*.  I was born in the South, raised in the South and will probably be here my entire life.  There is just something about Southern and food and home that are all intertwined.  They are part of each other and dependent on each other.  And in the South, as a general rule, we love fried food.  

Tequila Lime Shrimp

...or Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Shrimp.

I know what you must be thinking.  Wait, she's trying to live on a budget.  How can she afford shrimp?

Good question!

Shrimp Etouffee

I've mentioned before my husband used to travel a lot and have a nice expense account to go with the job.  We've counted that he's been to nearly all the 48 contingent US states, a couple US territories and at least 6 foreign countries.  One of the things my husband likes to do when he travels is try new food and new restaurants.  He waxes fondly about certain meals or restaurants in particular.

Watermelon Shrimp Salad

When we were in Virginia Beach a few weeks ago we ate at a lovely local breakfast and lunch place called Doc Taylor's.  It was so difficult to choose one thing off the menu, but I did finally narrow it down to a grilled veggie wrap that was to die for.