Here...now that I am home the meals all fall on me and I can count on less than both my hands in the last 7 months how many times Papa has cooked for me or the family. Mostly he mans the grill and that is his baby. I sometimes wonder if his lack of cooking may be due to his being in a more machismo culture where men in general do not cook. Not exactly sure, and I don't think he would admit it even if he has re-assimilated back into that line of thought.
Tonight was a special treat. I had mentioned to him that I had wanted some shrimp not too long ago. He went to the fish market and found some shrimp at a good price. This is what I got and it was devine. Look at how he did the presentation too. He is just a goof. He loves his food to be just perfect. I can't say much for my photo taking because it does nothing with how good it looked on my plate and the way that it smelled. To be honest, I was just hungry and wanted to get to eating and wasn't too concerned with how well the photo turned out.
The shrimp was sautéed in some fresh garlic butter with a hint of cayenne and black pepper. Mouthwatering. The salad is chopped red and yellow peppers & carrot in a red wine vinaigrette, sliced roma tomatoes on top of some local organic lettuce. After we sat down and started to eat I mentioned that avocado would go nicely with the salad. We had some ripe, cut a few slices and it definitely completed the salad. A simple baked potato to even out the flavors and the meal disappeared in no time. Oh the luxury of having a husband that can cook. Now if I could only get him to do that more often. Sigh....
5 comments:
Hi there Mama Sprout :)
The shrimp and everything along with it looks delicious! I'm so glad to have found your blog. I have read a couple of your post already and love your writing style. I'm going to be stopping by a lot more now. :)
Dinner looks great! My husband is a much better cook than I am, and I wish he would cook more often. Although I know when I get there that wont happen. He has already told me that he cant wait till I get there so that he wont have to cook anymore, LOL.
Im good at making labor inytesnsive foods - tamales, lasagna and stuff like that. But with everything that I am going to have to do, its not happening very often, LOL.
~Jennifer
Coco~ Glad you found me and thanks for the comments!
Jennifer~ maybe one day we could make a trip to the farm and spend a day cooking tamales. I need someone to show me how. Which kind do you cook? The best tamales I had were in Copan made with fresh ground corn and served with a papaya encurtido. Probably a bit ambitious for me to try and replicate. Second to that were Mexican ones made in Mpls.
You're spoiled! :)
I'm wondering what Sister and Brother ate. I can't imagine Sister eating shrimp!
I see the salad is served in big uneatable size pieces that have to be cut up first. That;s one of my pet peeves here. They do it everywhere. I don't want to prepare my salad at the table, I want it cut up in bite size pieces ready to eat.
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