After work one night, Chris invited us to a party in her beautiful backyard which was full of flowers in bloom. We were all asked to bring a dish to share and I decided to make a favorite appetizer tart based on an old Scandinavian recipe, using shrimp instead of the smoked salmon in the original recipe. I baked the tart shell at home the night before and also made the cream cheese spread. When I arrived at Chri...
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Instead of waiting in lines at restaurants on Friday nights, when we stay in town, I usually try to find a new recipe to make for dinner that will look and taste as good as if we were eating it in a restaurant. This recipe (from Cooking Light magazine, January 2003) with scallops and linguine was one we made recently and will definitely make again. Pan-Seared Scallops on Linguine with Tomato-Cream Sauce  ...
Tags: meatless meals, Pan-Seared Scallops on Linguine with Tomato-Cream Sauce, scallops, pasta meals, recipes with 2 servings, seafood recipes, dinner for 2