After wrestling with the instructions and millions of bits and pieces in which my kitchen island from Target arrived, I triumphantly took a long, hard look at the vast acreage of counter space I had acquired. Success!
The purchase was a special treat to myself, for cutting back on my restaurant outings. Also, the free shipping and online discount made it a no-brainer. Especially when I heard the UPS guy lugging the box up the stairs to my apartment front door. “I thought someone was dragging a corpse,” I told him after thanking him and subsequently ripping the box open virtually immediately.
To celebrate, I’m preparing a seafood stew for dinner this evening. It’s one of those grab-bag-type recipes I love so much. In case you’re interested:
Ingredients:
-A handful of frozen shrimp
-1 bag of Trader Joe’s mixed seafood: shrimp, calamari rings and sea scallops
-1 cup of frozen sweet corn
-1/2 cup of white wine
-1 can of Select Harvest Light Maryland-Style Crab Soup
-Handful of chopped red onion
-Handful of chopped cilantro
-Pat of butter
Directions:
Simply toss the whole business into the Crock Pot and let cook for a few hours. You can cook about 1/2 a cup of rice to go with the whole business once the stew is done. Make sure to invite over friends to help enjoy the bounty.
Calorie-counting folk neither allowed nor welcome! Sorry, but this ain’t a fat-free kitchen, y’all.
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