Quick Mussels over Angel Hair Pasta

Quick Mussels over Angel Hair Pasta

Quick Mussels Over Angel Hair Pasta
Garlic Butter Sauce, Fresh Herbs

Here I share another QUICK recipe. Last month it was a delicious Wonton Noodle Soup. This month it’s fabulous Mussels over Angel Hair Pasta.

Organic cultivated mussels from the pristine waters of Prince Edward Island, Canada are vacuum packed and fully cooked and pasteurized with a generous amount of garlic butter sauce added to each bag.  The ingredients in the vacuum sealed bag are simply mussels, clarified butter, minced garlic, and parsley flakes. That’s it.

These sustainable tasty mussels are found in the refrigerated section at Costco. They offer a fresh, sweet, briny flavor reminiscent of the sea, with a tender, slightly chewy texture and a mild, delicate taste that isn’t too “fishy.”

Microwave mussels for 3 minutes, cook pasta for 2 minutes! Now that’s quick!

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Smoked Sablefish Omelette

Smoked Sablefish Omelette

 🐟 🍳 Smoked Sablefish Omelette 🍳🐟
with
Fried Capers, Cream Cheese, Red Onion, Jalapeño, Dill, Horseradish

Let’s do brunch! Fans of my Sable Bagel will adore this Smoked Sablefish Omelette made with mostly the same ingredients. The result is a hearty, protein-packed omelette with the luxurious taste of smoked sablefish, tangy cream cheese, briny fried capers, crisp red onion, spicy jalapeño, and herbaceous fresh dill.

Smoked Sablefish Omelette Recipe

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Dungeness Crab with Cellophane Noodles

Dungeness Crab with Cellophane Noodles

Dungeness Crab with Cellophane Noodles

Dungeness crab…with its sweet, succulent, ocean-y taste is paired with umami-laden cellophane noodles in this outstanding yet very easy recipe by Charles Phan.

Charles Phan’s The Slanted Door: Modern Vietnamese Food cookbook captures the essence of his San Francisco Bay Area restaurants’ iconic dishes. This dish is one of their most popular.

Dungeness Crab with Cellophane Noodles

Dungeness Crab with Cellophane Noodles Recipe

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Spinach Gnudi with Chanterelles

Spinach Gnudi with Chanterelles

Spinach Gnudi with Chanterelles

Exactly three years ago today, I shared a recipe of Crispy-Skin Chicken Thighs with Chanterelle Gravy. Well, just like in 2021 Costco is again selling fresh Wild Golden Chanterelles from the Pacific Northwest.

And here is the really good news, a pound of mushrooms cost $12.99 in 2021, and with rampant inflation on most foods, Costco Las Vegas is still selling a pound for $12.99 in 2024! It was a bargain then, and even more of a bargain now.

Golden chanterelles have a buttery, peppery flavour with hints of apricots or peaches. Here they are paired with spinach ricotta gnudi, fresh spinach and thyme. It is a rich wonderful dish, perfect for Fall.

The recipe is adapted from two chefs known for their fabulous Italian recipes, Nancy Silverton and Marc Vetri. The spinach and ricotta gnudi recipe is adapted from Vetri’s Rustic Italian Food cookbook. The chanterelle recipe is adapted from Silverton’s The Mozza Cookbook.

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Quick Wonton Noodle Soup

Quick Wonton Noodle Soup

Quick Wonton Noodle Soup

This Quick (delicious) Wonton Noodle Soup is made with frozen/defrosted broth, frozen wontons (2 minutes) and noodles (4 minutes). Quick cooking baby bok choy adds the green vegetable component, along with plenty fresh scallion and cilantro. Garlic, ginger, soy sauce and fish sauce add depth of flavor. Sesame oil adds a toasty richness while jalapeño and chili garlic sauce definitely give it a kick!

When I make broth from scratch, I always make a big pot, and freeze some of the broth for later use. This flavorful broth was from a Vietnamese chicken soup recipe similar to pho ga. But any tasty broth would work. Here, the chicken soup with cilantro garnish is well-paired with bright herby chicken/cilantro wontons from Costco.

Vietnamese Chicken Soup Recipe

Quick Wonton Noodle Soup Recipe

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