This past weekend's cooking challenge was a delicious, tremendous success! Chef Andrew Wild, chef and instructor at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone provided the recipe for shrimp in a cilantro cream sauce. This dish is easy, delicious, and doesn't take a long time to prepare.
We even welcomed our youngest sous chef ever -- Ethan. He helped his mom Becky with this dish by graciously taking a nice long nap while she cooked. Isn't that quite the gentleman? He's adorable, talented and just celebrated his first birthday!
Ethan poses with shrimp in a cilantro cream sauce.
We learned to substitute other herbs for the oregano (basil works great). We also learned to cook with avocado oil and how to adapt a recipe from appetizer to entree by placing a tortilla in the dish and cutting into small bites. Thanks again to chef Andy for his wonderful recipe and to all of the weekend cooks for your advice, ideas and innovations! Below is a photo gallery of some of your shrimp in a cilantro cream sauce dishes.
1 Becky served the shrimp in a cilantro cream sauce on tortillas. What a beautiful presentation!
2 Becky's other serving suggestion for the shrimp dish.
3 Ellen's dish with red bell pepper looks wonderful. If only I could taste it!
4 Ellen's dish on the stove, ready to be served.
5 Gail proudly posing with her finished dish. Her lovely chef's jacket was a gift from her husband -- What a wonderful guy!
6 Gail's version looks so delicious!
7 Irma and her daughter Gianna (pictured here) participated in the cooking challenge. A great mother & daughter cooking team. Boy, my cousins can cook!
8 Jean Anne cut a tortilla shell in four slices and combined some avocado with the shrimp! Yum!
9 John's masterpiece. He even posted it on his food blog, "The Mixing Bowl."
10 Kerry took a different spin and made the dish with scallops. Wonderful!
11 Laurie's finished shrimp in a cilantro cream sauce.
12 Liz's dish featured basil.
13 Liz Aeillo (general manager of our radio channel and SVP of Broadcast) joined us for the challenge! Love her idea of paring the dish with rice and asparagus.
14 My finished dish.
15 Mary-Kay serves up this delicious dish with a stylish plate.
16 Sous Chef Ethan double-checking his Mom's delicious work!
Many members of Mario's Weekend Cooking Challenge tell me that they're cooking together as a family and that is so great to hear. I would love for you to join me again in May as we feature a guest chef and their special recipe. We'll learn new techniques and skills in the kitchen together.
