This afternoon (by the time I worte this up this was about 2 weeks ago) we decided to take a trip down to the local seafood shop (Olympia Seafood Company). We picked up some fresh steelhead, king salmon, black cod and some house made crab cakes. So, I did not make these crab cakes, or eat them but I hear they were delish! My favorite part was the side dishes for this dinner...something I should probably mention is that I do not eat meat. I cook it for my family and friends, but I haven't eaten it for almost 16years. So as long as the meat or fish is local, organic and raised in a natural setting I will cook it...and these crab cakes were made on site with fresh crab so they made it home with us for dinner.
All I had to do to the crab cakes was add a little fresh cracked black pepper and pan fry them in a little extra virgin olive oil. They each cooked for 3-4mins a side.
So now for the sides...yum! I cut up some red potatoes and yams all into big chunks and tossed them with evoo, chunky onion seasoning, chunky garlic seasoning, thyme, salt and pepper and sauteed them in a cast iron skillet until they were getting a nice crunch on the outside (probably about 10mins) then I popped them into a 375* preheated oven until they were cooked through (about 15-20 mins).
The next side is one of my families favs! I just put some asparagus in a pan a drizzled with evoo and topped with this chunky garlic seasoning, and chunky onion seasoning I love, it's made by a company called Wildtree, and it is awesome stuff, check it out! wildtree.com I sauteed the asparagus for about 7mins. I like it to still have a bite to it, other wise I think it gets all soggy and stringy and that just isn't good.
Here is the final plate, I thought it looked pretty with all the different colors.
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