Looking for a quick meal that is easy to make? Try this Shrimp with garlic and ginger recipe. It is simple and can be cooked on the stove or out on the grill.

Ingredients:

2 Lbs raw Shrimp – cleaned and deveined

1 heaping TBS fresh Ginger – finely grated

1 TBS fresh Garlic – finely minced

2 TBS Olive Oil plus 1-2 Tsp

1 TBS Soy Sauce

1 Lemon

Salt and Pepper

Place cleaned shrimp in a glass bowl or Ziploc bag. Add ginger, garlic, olive oil, soy sauce and the juice of half of a Lemon. Sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper and marinate for at least 1/2 hour. Coat a skillet or Wok with a small amount of oil (about 1 Tsp) to 350 degrees. Add shrimp with marinade in small batches and stir fry until the shrimp turns pink. 1 to 2 minutes. Be careful not to overcook.

Serve as an appetizer or entree. These also cook well on the Barbeque grill especially if you have a grill plate or skillet. Makes about 8 entree or 12-16 appetizer servings.

These taste great warm but can also be served cold.

The Teq Manny is a new mixed-drink we all created out of the sky. Well, actually from being outside, by the pool, in the sun. We all decided to have a mixed drink while in the pool on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. The problem was there wasn’t a drop of scotch in the house to make the family favorite "Manhattan". So, what would a group of mixed-drink connoisseurs do when faced with a dilemma, improvise. The following is what came out of our improvisation.

Ingredients: 

2 – 1 1/2 oz of Margaritaville Silver Tequila

1 1/2 oz of Martini and Rossi Sweet Red Vermouth

Preparation:

Fill a mixed-drink glass full of ice. Add two jiggers of the Margaritaville Silver Tequila into the glass. Add one jigger of the Martini and Rossi Sweet Red Vermouth. Stir gently with a mixed-drink straw until the tequila and sweet red vermouth is completely blended together.

Teq Manny is a portmanteau of the words "tequila" and "Manhattan". Manhattan, because the concept behind the Teq Manny is derived from this drink. tequila, because it is the core of the drink with two full jiggers and is what we used to substitute for the lack of scotch. Do not substitute the sweet red vermouth with the dry. It isn’t very palatable. Another suggestion is to try other tequila’s. We did give Jose Cuervo a shot [sic], but the white tequila did fit better and didn’t over power the sweet red vermouth.

Give a try!! Change is the spice of life!!! Let us know what you think.

A Pinot Noir With An Exorbitant Taste

This red wine is produced by Kenwood from the Russian River region of California. The two bottles we consumed had concentrated bouquet of luscious cherries and black raspberries. This well rounded Pinot Noir begins with a host of raspberry and plum flavors, swells with the cherries, and continues with a finish aligned with a nice drinking red wine. It finishes very well and delightful.  We have enjoyed this wine with pork, barbeque chicken, grilled chicken, and lightly grilled salmon. We are not big on lamb, but sources indicate this red pairs well. This Pinot Noir from Kenwood provides an excellent overall value for the price. Kenwood 2006 Russian River Pinot Noir – Red Wine