Chicken with Tarragon Cream Sauce

Tonight's use of pantry items yielded Chicken with Tarragon Cream Sauce.

For this dish, I only used cream, but I did use chicken that I've had in the freezer.

Clam Chowder

I'm losing steam and am running out of Tidewater produce! Tonight I made Clam Chowder.

This dish used cream and celery from the Tidewater.

Crab Mac and Cheese

Tonight, I made Mac and Cheese, but with a twist - I added crab meat!

Tom loved, loved, loved it - I thought it was okay. I guess crab in mac and cheese just isn't my thing.

Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers

So, after making Scallops Alfredo for Tom, I made a dish I've made several times before for myself - Philly Cheesesteak Stuffed Peppers.

This dish used green peppers and mushrooms from the Tidewater.

Scallops Alfredo

I got this one right on the second try!

After my earlier "miss," Tom requested some creamy scallop pasta for dinner. Last night, I attempted a different cream sauce, but it had too much butter his taste (but it was much better after I drained it). Tonight, with a little bit more tweaking, I made a successful dish using scallops, linguine and cream.

Scallops in a Parmesan Cream Sauce

Tonight, I had my first real "miss" with my experimentation.

I had hoped to replicate in some way the Tidewater's Cajun Scallop Alfredo dish, but change it up a little to replicate a pasta dish that I love at Ruby Tuesday's. I cooked the scallops, and using a recipe for a Parmesan cream sauce that I found on the internet, I made what I thought would be a really good dish. Nope, too much Parmesan. Oh well, you win some, you lose some. This dish used linguine, scallops, cream and tomatoes from the Tidewater.

Fresh Veggies

I didn't do anything too creative today, we just worked on leftovers, but I did slice up cucumbers and celery and ate them with tomatoes and peanut butter.

Neptune Pasta Salad

How did I use the Tidewater produce tonight?

Well, I used lettuce and tomatoes in a ham sandwich and cavatappi, ranch dressing and tomatoes in Neptune Pasta Salad.

Herbed Broccoli

For tonight's installment of No- to Low-Spend February, in addition to ham, I made Herbed Broccoli, a dish from the Betty Crocker cookbook.

This used broccoli and tomatoes from Tidewater and ham that I've had in the freezer.

Bacon Wrapped Scallops

I kicked off No- to Low-Spend February by making Bacon Wrapped Scallops and salad.

I wrapped bacon around scallops, secured them with toothpicks, then baked them for 25 minutes at 475&F. They were served alongside salad made with leaf lettuce, salad mix, cucumbers, tomatoes and mushrooms.
There's still enough of both to make more of each.

No- or Low-Spend February

It was brought to my attention by Wanda that this is No- to Low-Spend February. Well, I really need that right now, since the Tidewater Grille is closing for a month and a half. Yesterday, servers who were working were allowed to take any food that had not been bought, so I went in this morning and picked up a whole lot of free produce and other yummy items. I'll be attempting to use the following items sometime this month:

• leaf lettuce
• salad mix
• broccoli
• tomatoes
• celery
• cucumbers
• green peppers
• red peppers
• mushrooms
• limes
• oranges
• orange juice
• ranch dressing
• milk
• heavy cream
• linguine
• cavatappi
• scallops

I'll keep you updated on my progress.