There seems to be a huge amount of Dragon Fruit in the markets these days. At least more than I’ve ever noticed before. Not having a clue what to do with a Dragon Fruit I consulted my favorite “strange fruit” expert, Aly, and decided to try one in a salad. I found this great Dragon…
Happy New Year! I’m sure everyone is looking forward to a great 2021 after the roller coaster ride…or runaway freight train…of 2020. Staying healthy and eating healthy is probably top-of-mind for many of you. So Galley Pirates is starting off the year with a scrumptious salad. With candied walnuts and blue cheese, it’s not entirely…
Radishes are one of the most rewarding vegetables in your spring garden. They are often the first seeds to sow and they are always the first to pull up and eat, just 4 weeks after they’re sown. You see bunches and bunches of them in farmer’s markets right a long side asparagus this time of…
Well. After all my whimpering last week about how not-carefree the year had been, as I prepared my lucky peas for New Year’s Day, I turned the corner into the new year with a resolution to simply incorporate a little more paradise wherever I can. So for a beautiful southern winter day and a late…
End of summer special, here, from your southernmost Galley Pirate. A little Levantine leavening for your Friday. Fatteh is one of my favorite dishes at my favorite Lebanese restaurant, and just didn’t seem that daunting — the word actually means “crushed” or “crumbs” … imminently achievable standard in a galley — so I went looking…
This colorful salad is the perfect combination of sweet and peppery, tangy and mild ingredients. When choosing your mango and avocado for this salad make sure they are not overly ripe. You’ll want everything to hold up being tossed around in the dressing and watercress.
It’s tomato season!! They’re ripe and fresh off the vine in every market. Plum tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, grape tomatoes…you name it. So off to Graul’s I go to get a pound of local tomatoes in a variety of colors. I’m going to mix my favorite Caprese Salad with a little pasta to create a satisfying…
In Pirate Caroline’s anchorage, it’s Eastern Shore ‘Loupe season; in Pirate Kristin’s it’s not nearly so romantic. We have four seasons here in southern Louisiana: football, Mardi Gras, crawfish, and hurricane; and we’ve just entered the latter one. No storms yet — it’s early — but the heat and humidity make sailing a very catch-as-catch…
After a sail across the lake from New Orleans this morning we tied up at the local bulkhead by the yacht club for lunch. But why go to the yacht club FOR lunch when you can have this exquisite bistro lunch aboard within minutes? So, while my skipper did an oil change on the diesel,…
This is one of those “well, duh” recipes — simple, but so very easy and satisfying that I’m just going to risk getting “duh”-ed at to remind you that you should make this a few times a month, particularly if you have easy access to good shrimp. Proof that it’s easy? We had it as…