Thai Coconut Curry Mussels

A few weeks ago I made a delicious and healthy salmon dinner with jasmine rice and a coconut-tomato sauce. The success of that dish gave me the confidence to continue cooking with ingredients that are less familiar to me. When I recently decided to make mussels for dinner, it took me about 30 seconds to figure out that I wanted to use coconut milk again.

With the amount of food blogs I pore over daily, and thus, the high amount of recipes I’ve bookmarked as “must try,” I quickly scanned my shellfish folder and came across this: Coconut Curry Mussels.

Um, yes, please! Continue reading Thai Coconut Curry Mussels

Baked Salmon with Coconut-Tomato Sauce and Creamy Jasmine Rice

If you want to fool someone into thinking you spent a lot of time in the kitchen making a complex meal, throw some coconut milk into the mix.

I wholly attribute the success of this meal to the use of coconut milk. That, and being able to properly cook a piece of fish. Continue reading Baked Salmon with Coconut-Tomato Sauce and Creamy Jasmine Rice