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Restaurant Review – Blue Shed, St Helens

Leah — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 04:00:48 +0000

For years I was never really into seafood. I’ve always liked fish – I think because for many years we were spoilt with the freshest whiting caught off the beach by my grandpa. But prawns, scallops, shellfish – it never really appealed.

I started to like prawns when J’s mum made the most amazing marinated prawn [...]

Garlic Prawn Pasta

Leah — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:50:24 +0000

This is a lovely easy recipe and is beautiful with fresh green prawns. It’s a great mid-week recipe because it’s quite quick to prepare, and the sauce is smooth and silky. I think it’s a nice change from having a tomato based sauce.

This dish reminds me of an amazing scampi (small prawns) pasta we [...]

Rustic Prawn Bisque

Leah — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:17:44 +0000

I will just provide you with the link to this recipe – I found it on the NY Times website.

We bought several kilos of prawns (green, unshelled) over Christmas and we have slowly been working our way through them. My appreciation for prawns developed quite late in life, particularly surprising given I’m a Queenslander and [...]

Prawn tacos

Leah — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 04:58:34 +0000

There is a lack of ‘authentic’ Mexican food available in Brisbane, unless you consider Montezuma’s authentic…

I’ve been bemoaning this fact for quite a while – I’m convinced there must be more to Mexican food than Old El Paso taco mix and fajitas. In such a situation, I turn to my fail-safe – the internet.

We made [...]