Thursday, 23 February 2012

Friday January 20, 2012

Dinner for 2
Clam Fideos with Kielbasa & Smoked Paprika
Spinach-Fennel Salad with Orange Vinaigrette

This is the second dinner I made for my blog and I totally forgot to take a picture.  It looked fantastic too, trust me.  This was my first time cooking clams.  I have prepared a lot of oysters and I have cooked mussels once but never clams.  I substituted the fideos pasta with a short thin pasta (like cut angel hair) I found at the grocery store.  It must be significantly thinner because the first time I went to toast it before cooking it burn completely.  Good thing I had a whole bag.  I adjusted the time of toasting and it worked out nicely.  I also substituted kielbasa for the linguica as I couldn't find it anywhere.  It was a lovely rustic one pan dish.  

The spinach-fennel salad was a wonderful fresh side to this dish.  I also served it with some fresh thick bread.  

Dessert tonight was a bakery bought chocolate cake that we shared with the kids as it was just the two of us for dinner this week.

Sources for the menu:  This one was again out of my Cuisine Tonight for Two Magazine.

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