2015 NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER WITH SEAFOOD

Although the main seafood meal for Italians is the Christmas Eve Seafood dinner, we finished the year with a New Year's Eve  with a wonderful lobster, scallops wrapped in bacon and shrimp meal.

Barb set a nice table in the dining room for our New Year's Eve feast.
Using up the Christmas napkins was a good idea. Our little white butter pot to dip the lobster was close for us to use.

I boiled some brussel sprouts to finish cooking them in EVOO- Extra Virgin Olive Oil, chopped garlic and some hot peppers. Little button mushrooms were cooked in EVOO with some garlic.

Ready to be cooked.

On a nice platter on the table to be eaten with some white wine. A fresh bun was the carbs portion for the meal. No pasta!

The best part of the meal for the cook is sitting down and eating it. I bought a pecan cheesecake for dessert which was eaten later with an espresso coffee. Barb stayed up to midnight to welcome the New Year. I was asleep beside her in bed. She awoke me for a quick kiss and I went back to sleep. The year started well. A new year! A new chance to cook some old dishes but the cook may just be looking for some new ideas to add to the daily meals. Send me your ideas and I just may try them and add to my blog.

A MOTHER'S DAY FEAST-CANADIAN MUSSELS AND LOBSTER

I made my wife a nice mother's day meal last night. Mussels with a tomato sauce with some white wine and hot peppers.

The small lobster tails were broiled in the oven.

Fried left over pepper slices the grandkids did not eat at lunch in some olive oil and garlic.

Tomato wedges and cucumbers with red vinegar and olive oil- salt to taste.

Eating on the back porch area with our kitchen dishes on a warm Saturday night was enjoyable. Dipping the lobster into heated butter with slices of Italian bread, well it was a meal made for a "queen". Barb enjoyed it so off the hook do not need to go out for a meal. To all the mothers, Happy Mother's Day especially my two daughters who are wonderful mothers. Like a good son, I took a bouquet of flowers to the cemetery last Friday for my mother who will always be loved and missed.