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A National Crab Meat Newburg Day Recipe
Sep25

A National Crab Meat Newburg Day Recipe

Posted By on Sep 25, 2013 in American Food Recipes, Crab, Ethnic Foods, Featured, How To Cook, Main Dishes | 0 comments

A thoroughly decadent dish, Crab Newburg is rich, creamy and absolutely delightful. Branched from the traditional lobster Newburg, this is an American dish through-and-through, but delectable to those around the world. Seafood lovers would hold this beautiful dish in high regard. The crab meat used varies with pretty well most species of crab. How to Cook Crab Newburg: Creamy deliciousness coupled with lump crab meat all gorgeously...

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National Mushroom Month: A Luscious Occasion
Sep01

National Mushroom Month: A Luscious Occasion

Posted By on Sep 1, 2013 in Featured, Mushrooms, Veggies | 0 comments

National Mushroom Month brings to the forefront a misunderstood “vegetable”… It is amazing how delicious these fungi can be, especially when combined with butter, garlic & cream. The complexity of these flavors is intense, and the taste is unforgettable. Even though they are mostly water in composition, they contain more vitamin B & protein than many other plants. Mushrooms add earthiness and elegance to any...

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Foodie Friends Flock Together
Apr23

Foodie Friends Flock Together

Posted By on Apr 23, 2012 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

It’s funny to me how throughout my life, the people who most enjoy food have been my dear friends and loved ones… …Probably because we understand the value of socializing and bonding over delicious food and wonderful beverages while chatting about the highs and lows of life. We share that intrinsic desire to eat fabulous food, instead of merely being satisfied with being nourished by food that wasn’t worth...

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How to Make Kimberly’s Louisiana Seafood Gumbo
Jan02

How to Make Kimberly’s Louisiana Seafood Gumbo

Posted By on Jan 2, 2012 in American Food Recipes, Cajun Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, How To Cook, Main Dishes, Mardi Gras, Soups, Stews & Chilis | 0 comments

As much as I love gumbo, it seems I typically only make it once or twice a year. The main gumbo I create is my special Louisiana-Style New Year’s Seafood Gumbo served with dirty rice. * Note: If you’re looking for a quick fix to making a gumbo, this is NOT it. This is definitely one of those dishes that’s a labor of love, if you want to do it correctly and make it the most delicious gumbo that’s worthy of a...

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Happy New Year 2011 from Cooking with Kimberly
Dec31

Happy New Year 2011 from Cooking with Kimberly

Posted By on Dec 31, 2010 in Uncategorized | 0 comments

What do we do for New Year’s Eve? We EAT Deliciously! What will we eat tonight? Well, I’m not actually sure yet. We’re going to wing it. Life has been so hectic this year that we didn’t reserve lobsters. …Oh – well, my mother’s on the phone with the fish department now and they have reserved four 2 lb lobsters for us! Just have to pick them up before 6:00pm. So, we will have steamed lobster,...

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How to Make Cocktail Sauce for Seafood
Nov07

How to Make Cocktail Sauce for Seafood

Posted By on Nov 7, 2010 in Cooking Tips & Tricks, Sauces | 0 comments

Ever wonder how to make that tasty red sauce that comes with your chilled shrimp cocktail? Here’s the simple, traditional recipe just for you to enjoy with your fabulous seafood dish! Type: Sauce Recipe Serve With: Boiled, chilled shrimp, crab, lobster Prep Time: 5 min Yield: 1 cup Ingredients: 3/4 cup tomato ketchup 1/4 cup prepared horseradish juice of 1/2 lemon hot sauce – to taste Instructions: In a small mixing bowl,...

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How to Make Coconut Curry Dip for Seafood
Nov04

How to Make Coconut Curry Dip for Seafood

Posted By on Nov 4, 2010 in Caribbean Food Recipes, Coconut, Dips, Sauces, Thai Food Recipes, Tropical | 2 comments

Want to try something a little different with your chilled seafood besides the traditional cocktail sauce? Well, this is a delicious choice that’s healthy too! Type: Sauce Recipe Serve With: Boiled, chilled shrimp, crab, lobster or as a dressing on seafood salad Prep Time: 8 min Yield: 3 cups Ingredients: 1.5 cups tofu 1.5 cups coconut milk juice of 1 lime 2 tbsp honey 2 tbsp curry paste or curry powder 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp...

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Swedish Food Favorites?
Nov08

Swedish Food Favorites?

Posted By on Nov 8, 2009 in Ethnic Foods, Featured | 0 comments

I was looking up a bit about Sweden and Swedish food today, since I previously didn’t know too much about that cuisine. …So, here’s a great video to give you a quick summary of what you can expect from the cuisine of this Northern European country: I would love to visit Sweden and experience their culinary creations! Do you have any favorite Swedish Recipes? Let us know by leaving a comment below… *** I hope...

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How to Cook with Dried Mushrooms for Recipes
Oct27

How to Cook with Dried Mushrooms for Recipes

Posted By on Oct 27, 2009 in Cooking Tips & Tricks, Featured, Gluten Free, How To Cook, Mushrooms, Side Dishes, Veggies | 6 comments

Many mushrooms come in dried forms, and some exotic mushrooms only come in dried forms in stores. Trumpet, lobster, maitake, morrels, chanterelles, porcini, oyster, miscellaneous “field” mushrooms, and truffles all come dried. When you see dried mushrooms in their packages, you might be thinking, “Hmmm…That sounds cool, but how can I use them?” First off, dried mushrooms are great additions to creamy...

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Spice Up Your Meals with a Splash!

Posted By on Jun 12, 2009 in Asian Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Great Cooking Products | 0 comments

…A Splash of Rice Vinegar that is! “Vinegar?”, you may ask…Yes!!! Try splashing it on freshly cut ripe tomatoes or cucumbers, green salads, hot salads, roasted potatoes, white rice, grilled or broiled seafood, or pasta dishes. How about adding it to bean salads, coleslaw or to create a unique and zippy sauce? Why not marinate beef, pork, chicken or seafood with rice vinegar? Especially if you’re making...

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Restaurants and Fun in Branson, Missouri

Posted By on May 27, 2009 in American Food Recipes, Ethnic Foods, Featured, Southern Food Recipes | 0 comments

As you know, when I travel, I also think about where we’re going to eat – the FOOD is what’s exciting to me! So, we’ve been to Columbia and many other parts of Missouri driving through, but were contemplating taking a swing through on our way home to Canada. We talked about stopping in Branson for some theater and entertainment, but what about the grub? Firstly, we talked about staying at the Hilton Promenade...

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Where to Eat on Your Kissimmee Vacation

Posted By on May 13, 2009 in American Food Recipes, Cooking Tips & Tricks, Ethnic Foods | 0 comments

We like to make it out to Florida in the off season…the summer Not only are there less tourists to deal with, it is often a much cheaper vacation. We live in Texas half the year, so Florida is not far off of temperature and at least there’s a great beach! LOL… My mom and my hubby are both fellow food lovers – surprise, surprise, eh? – so, I would bring them on a vacation with me where we can fully enjoy...

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Happy New Year 2009!

Posted By on Jan 1, 2009 in Uncategorized | 1 comment

I just wanted to wish each and every one of you a Happy and Blessed New Year! I also want to thank you all for such amazing encouragement, interaction and great friendships I have forged through this site! As I had mentioned a few blog posts back, we had some amazing seafood for dinner last night! As usual, our eyes were bigger than our tummies, but we were smart and made our feast as we felt like eating more. We had smoked oysters...

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