The Avett Brothers and a Late Foodie Friday

Giving up the internet at night has made a dent in my blogging time! I completely missed Foodie Friday.  But I do have a reason. This weekend, the Avett Brothers were playing at the Amphitheater at the Wharf in Orange Beach.  If you haven't ever heard them, I highly recommend them!  They are hard to classify, but I would call them folk country-rock.  Cameron and I were definitely going to the concert and decided to make it a beach weekend with some friends. The Avett Brothers put on a great show. 

 Unfortunately for us, the guy behind us liked to express his enthusiasm with stomping, but was not blessed with the Avett Brothers' rhythm.  Nevertheless, we still had an awesome time! :)

On Saturday and Sunday we took advantage of the beautiful Gulf coast weather and hung out on the beach.  It was so weird on Saturday because the fog rolled in just on the beach.

 

 The rest of Gulf Shores was bright and sunny.  I think it was because the water was so cold still and the weather has been so warm?  It was very strange to be sitting on the beach with the sun shining and warm, but yet you couldn't see very far down the beach.  The fog broke for a couple hours in the middle of the day and we enjoyed every second!  We definitely enjoyed our taste of spring on the last weekend of winter!

As for Foodie Friday, I do have a couple things to share.  I never got around to making those cookies!  For our meatless dish we tried grilled portobello mushrooms.  This was a stretch for both of us.  Neither of us are big fans of mushrooms when they get slimy.  Much to our surprise, this was delicious.  You grill the mushrooms then add chopped tomato, fresh mozzarella, & basil with some olive oil.  So good!  I think next time though, we will use a whole slice of mozzarella and melt it on the mushroom while its grilling.

To go with the Portobellos, I made another one of Giada's recipes - Creamy Orzo.  We may be going meatless for a night, but certainly not carb-less.  I have to have something to fill me up!

We also made Teriyaki Chicken Bacon Skewers this week.  I found the recipe on Pinterest, although it's not really much of a recipe.  Basically, you marinate the chicken in teriyaki (I made a basic marinade from All Recipes, good but makes a ton!!), wrap with bacon, then alternate on the skewer with pineapple and grill.  Pretty simple and good, but it does take some time to wrap the chicken pieces.

That's about it for this week! 
~Heather

Foodie Friday

I'm going to go ahead and apologize for the poor quality of some of the pictures this week.  I forgot to charge the Nikon so I used my cell phone instead.  On to the recipes...

In an effort to try new side dish recipes, we tried out zucchini cakes.  Not bad, but they seemed to be missing something.  I think I will look around for some other variations of this.

For Meatless Monday, Cameron made a recipe he found on Epicurious - Black Bean Burritos.  So good and definitely a keeper.

The first time I can remember eating a carbonara was at the Italian restaurant located at the resort in the Dominican Republic where we went for our honeymoon.  I saw this recipe on Pinterest and wanted to try it out.  I added shrimp as well.  Cameron said it was good, but he wanted a little more flavor.  I on the other hand loved it, but then I'm the girl that can eat a bowl of plain noodles.

For dinner tonight, Cameron fried pieces of the trout he caught yesterday.  For a side, I made a Cumin-Lime Carrots recipe I found on Pinterest.  They were good, but not really anything special.  No picture of the carrots though!

That's it for this week!
~Heather

Kayak fishing

Cameron and I started kayaking back before I went to vet school.  We both loved the water and being out on a boat, but living in Auburn was not very conducive to that lifestyle.  So we decided to take up kayaking.  We primarily went on the Coosa & Tallapoosa Rivers, but the kayaks did make the trip to the Gulf a couple times.  Unfortunately once the vet school craziness started, kayaking took a back-seat.  We tried to go occasionally during the summers when I was off, but not nearly as much as we wanted.  Once in Mobile, boat trips took precedent so the kayaks continued to sit.  Recently, Cameron started getting the itch again.  Except now he's decided to fish from the kayak.  He figured out he could get to the Theodore Canal straight from work and fish for a couple hours before I ever get home.  I'm glad he's getting to fish more, especially since I get to reap the rewards.  Tonight's catch: a flounder & a speckled trout.

Now if I can just figure out how to make Anson's (in Charleston) crispy flounder...