Appetizers
Fresh Salmon Cakes
This recipe makes a lot of salmon cakes. We love fishing in the Puget Sound and every other year salmon is in season, with pink salmon being plentiful. Pink salmon fillets don’t freeze as well as coho or king so we make pink salmon cakes instead. The frozen salmon cakes freeze great once we vacuum…
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Baked Tomatoes, Beans and Garlic
This easy dish can be served as an appetizer or as a meal. Serve with a crusty bread, either sliced or torn. I use a Staub ceramic baking dish (10.5 x 7.5 inches).
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Crab Risotto
This is a great side dish, which we sometimes serve alongside beef. I like to make alarger batch with fresh crab and freeze for a quick side dish, appetizer or light meal. We’ve been vacuum packing our frozen foods so that everything has a longer self-life in the freezer.
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Dungeness Crab Soup
We do a lot of crabbing, so we’re always looking for new crab recipes. This is a simple creamy soup that comes together quickly. I use Dungeness crab but whatever type of crab is plentiful in your region would be delicious as well.
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Shallot Cream Soup
This soup makes a great appetizer or a light lunch/dinner meal. It’s a variation of French onion soup, but closer to a New Orleans style onion soup, which is made with cream. Serve with French bread or other crusty bread.
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Deviled Eggs
We color a large batch of Easter eggs each year. After the festivities, I like to make some into deviled eggs. You can eat only so many plain hard boiled eggs! This is my favorite recipe.
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Hummus
We prefer homemade hummus over store bought and it’s really easy to prepare. You may adjust the amount of garlic and lemon to your taste. I prefer Joyva Sesame Tahini, which is also recommend by America’s Test Kitchen. We use the KitchenAid 3.5 cup food chopper. This small food processor is just the right size…
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Chicken Satay
I love Thai food and this dish is served with Thai peanut sauce (or satay sauce), another of my favorites. Rich likes to grill, so this becomes an easy and yummy appetizer or even small meal that the entire family enjoys.
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Pork and Potato Empanadas
These Mexican inspired empanadas go great with a variety of Mexican style dips. We served with an avocado dip and chipotle aioli. You can also use leftover mashed potatoes and/or Chorizo out of the casings (instead of the meat mixture/spices) to make the process a bit easier.
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Pot Stickers
I usually don’t buy many kitchen gadgets, but I read a lot of great reviews about the Philips Pasta Maker, and so finally decided to give it a try. It’s a bit pricey, but we like home made pasta and the manual machines are too time intensive. It takes a couple of tries to get…
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