Lent

Baked Asparagus Fries

Baked asparagus fries make an excellent appetizer or side dish. Did you know that you can eat asparagus with your fingers?

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Yoghurt Lentil Soup

I love living in Southern California. It's not too cold, and it's not too hot. It's like somewhere that Goldilocks would like to live. We had a little bit of rain last night, and that gives me and excuse to make soup!

I wanted to make a healthy and hardy soup. It's Friday, and in our house, we don't eat meat on Fridays. We eat vegetarian or fish. Tonight, we're going to have our Yoghurt Lentil Soup with Fish and Chips, so we'll be a little British and a little Armenian. Why not? It's good for you!

Szechuan Green Beans were featured at Harvest Inn in Glendale, now, sadly closed, but the recipe still lives in my kitchen.

Cheesy Potatoes Tried and True

I have been making these Cheesy Potatoes for the holidays for quite a long time, and even made it for Ascencia when I was Guest Chef at Mother's Day. I have pictures of it, but not of its preparation. So, I am putting it in again, and it's changed just a little bit, for the better, of course.

I don't usually use canned soup, but this is the exception. The original recipe calls for Cream of Mushroom soup, but Cream of Potato soup is much better. The original recipe also calls for hashed brown potatoes, but, I think the Southern cut frozen potatoes are better as well.

This is a very simple dish to make, and I always get raves when I make it. It makes a lot, and can easily be doubled or even tripled if you have a lot of people to feed.

Barbecued Garlic Shrimp — Barbecued Chili Garlic Shrimp

Barbecued chili garlic shrimp makes an excellent appetizer or main dish with salad. Something different to put on the grill or even on the stovetop.

These apple-stuffed pancakes are a heavenly treat that will satisfy your cravings and impress your family and guests.

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When I was a little girl living in Germany, my mother used to get frozen crab cakes. I loved them. A few years ago, I found a package of Zatarain's crab cake mix, and I made it with imitation crab. Yup, you heard me right - imitation crab.

Here's my thoughts on imitation crab. What is imitation crab? Imitation crab is made from surimi, a concoction of fish, usually pollock, a binder and flavoring. I never think of imitation crab as crab, I think of it as Krab.

I went to the market yesterday, and stood there thinking about what to make for Friday Food. Krab was on sale, and there was a nice package of small bay shrimp on sale as well. Since I was going to be making this for Amber's family as well as mine, I got both, and thought I would mix them together.

When I was a child, my mother would sometimes bring home the white asparagus in the can. That was a big treat - except it didn't have much flavor. When I saw white spears that looked a lot fresher and nicer than their green brethren, I knew I could so a lot better, so I decided to bring them home and marinate them.

Seafood Stuffed Avocado with Marinated Asparagus

Seafood stuffed avocado is a delight in the spring when perky asparagus comes into play. Here we marinated it to give it extra flavor. Enjoy!

Barbecued Potato Chip Tuna Casserole may not by the prettiest casserole in the world, but it tastes very good. My mother would make this if we had leftover potato chips. My mother wasn't much into snack food, so this was not something we had a lot, but it is one of those comfort foods that I remember fondly.