
We will be dining well this week with gifts from the land and the sea, thanks to a certain local fish monger I know and love (recent interview with Tim Lauer aka my dad, here). What we brought home from Coastal Seafoods today:
Frenched rack of lamb, duck confit, and fresh Laughing Bird shrimp. Such delicious meat and seafood deserves gentle, simple cooking techniques and little else.
Don't assume your children won't like "grownup" fare such as lamb, duck, and shellfish. One of our sons recently told us that lamb chops and duck are his new favorite foods! As a child my father made seafood at least twice a week and one of my favorite meals was curried mussels, second perhaps to lobster, steamed artichoke hearts, and butter. Our daughter Eliza, at 16 months old, loves gnawing on a lamb bone, sucking out all the juices. Duck confit is also perfect eating for toddler as it's very delicate, and practically melts on the tongue.
Here are some meals we'll be enjoying in the coming weeks;
Rack of lamb, broiled with chutney, sides of fried zucchini and basmati rice.
Hot and sour prawn soup with ginger, onion, fish stock and shrimp. The recipe can be found in the beautiful (and sadly out of print) Thai cookbook, It Rains Fishes, by Kasma Loha-Unchit.
Curried beef and coconut milk stew with carrot, onions, potatoes, cilantro and tomatoes.
Duck confit with mashed cauliflower and potatoes, sauteed garlic lacinto kale on the side.
Brats baked with sauerkraut and kale.
Whole roast lemon pepper chicken with au gratin potatoes and butternut squash.
Pork shoulder steak carnitas with sprouted corn tortillas, green pepper and avocado.
Savory vegetable quiche with bacon and cheese, recipe inspired by one in Elana Amsterdam's Gluten Free Almond Flour Cookbook.
Grass-fed beef chili with real sour cream, recipe from a traditional Mexican-American cookbook called Dishes from the Wild horse Desert, by Melissa Guerra.
I'm sharing this post with the good-food-lovin' folks at Kelly the Kicthen Kop's Real Food Wednesdays!




