Seafood

Entertaining on a Budget with Sam’s Club {KitchenAid Mixer Giveaway} CLOSED

January 5, 2012

This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Rebecca Olson! Thanks to all for entering. As part of my 2012 focus word to “connect” more with others, I have decided to shoo away my Reluctant Entertainer and open up my home to others more often. Occasions big and small, I’m happier and my home is a [...]

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Breakstone’s Sour Cream Holiday Showdown {Recipe: Salmon with Creamy Herb Sauce}

November 15, 2011

We are in part two of the Breakstone’s Holiday Showdown and today’s feature is a main dish that will make you forget all about turkey and ham on your holiday table. Try something different and make salmon your new holiday tradition! Salmon is a mild flavored fish that even the pickiest of seafood eaters tend [...]

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East Coast Meets Midwest (Recipe: Shrimp Boil)

September 9, 2010

If you have read Dine & Dish for any amount of time, it won’t be any secret to you that I feel like I’m not living in the right place. As lovely as Kansas is to raise a family, I have always had a very strong pull towards east coast living. The coast of the [...]

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Mastering the Grill (Recipe: Lime Grilled Shrimp)

June 3, 2010

Don’t miss your chance to win an apron from The Hip Hostess! Check out the giveaway on my Peanut Butter Pancake post! Show me a kitchen, and I’m right at home. Take me out to the grill and I freeze up without a clue as to what to do with the thing. My husband is [...]

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Through My Lens (Recipe: Black Pepper Shrimp)

August 2, 2009

At the “conference you all are probably tired of hearing about” last weekend, I had the most wonderful opportunity to spend the evening with 25 awesome and well respected food bloggers. It may sound cheesy to some, but that had to have been one of the best parts of the the entire weekend for me. [...]

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Culinary Snapshot (Recipe – Shrimp Linguine with Lemon Basil Sauce)

July 11, 2009

The picture above is of one of my very first food photos from back in 2004 when I started this crazy hobby of food photography. At that point in time, I had a lot to learn, and I still do. I spent time on the Recipezaar.com food photography forum, trying to learn the tips and [...]

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Breaking All the Blogging Rules (Tasty Tilapia Recipe)

May 26, 2009

I’ve been blogging for close to 3 years now and apparently I haven’t learned a darn thing in the time that I have been doing this. One of the rules of blogging, according to such pros as Darren Rowse from ProBlogger, is to have a plan for your blog if you are taking a blogging [...]

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Dark Photos Photoshop Tip (and Thai Shrimp Linguine)

January 20, 2009

I’m going to preface this post by saying that I am just about the last person in the world to be passing out Photoshop and food photography tips.  That may be the case, but I am going to do it anyway! My dear friend, Julie Lackey, who is an extremely talented portrait photographer, shared this [...]

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A Fish Family

November 20, 2008

I do not remember ever having a meal at home that included seafood when I was growing up. My mom made a lot of delicious meals, but I never recall having shrimp, salmon, cod… any of that. My husband, growing up on a cattle farm, was the same way. Everything was meat and potatoes. He [...]

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