Trout Amandine

I served this last night with steamed green beans and snow peas.  Delightful!

Ingredients:

*Speckled Trout filets
*Wondra Flour
*Butter
*Slivered Almonds
*Lemon Juice

Rinse and pat dry trout.  Sprinkle liberally with Wondra flour.  Melt butter and brown trout over medium high heat.

Turn down to medium heat until cooked. Remove and keep warm.

Add more butter to pan, toss in almonds and lemon juice.  Saute.

Dump sauce over your trout.

DECADENT!

Katrina.... 9 years later.

We had a blast yesterday.  Dennis and Chris came over, and we realized that it was the 9th anniversary of Katrina.  (We were all together here when the eye of the hurricane passed over us).  We spent DAYS together.

Spent hours drinking beer and reminiscing, laughing and telling tales.

I made Trout Amandine for dinner.  (Speckled trout from my Cajun pal, Vickie).  Martinis flowed.... what a day/night!

Big fun!  It was so nice to have my 3 favorite boys together!

(I sure wish that we would have taken pictures nine years ago....but maybe not!)

A Fun Superbowl Weekend

We had a blast this weekend.  Saturday night, I cooked Crash Hot Potatoes and Speckled Trout Amandine, given to me from Cajun girlfriend Vickie.

I was torn between whether I wanted Denver or Seattle to win.  Peyton Manning is a local boy.  On the other hand, Seattle clobbered us a couple of times late in our season.... thus they earned my respect.

Shortly before the game, I chose SEATTLE.

I had a nice spread of food.  Dear friend, Goldie from Kentucky, sent me an 18 pound Country Ham.  This is an annual thing for us.  In return, I send her a Collins Street Fruitcake and a Paul's Pastry King Cake.

I made 2 different kinds of Deviled Eggs.... one with Balsamic Vinegar and Bacon. The other with ALOT of Garlic.  Both were yummy.

My potato salad was a take on a "loaded" baked potato.  I used yellow potatoes with the skin on, bacon, sour cream, green onions and sharp cheddar cheese.

Boiled up a pound of Colossal Shrimp which we never got around to.

Also had a couple different types of bread and cheeses.  My boys- Dom, Joe and Dennis were eating machines!

The boys did some target shooting.  We had fun in the Hot Tub.  Joe and I indulged in martinis over the weekend.  Pecan Pie martinis, as well as King Cake martinis....fun, fun, fun.