Spice Girls Cooking Club

12/05/2015

Carol is famous!!

Carol Figgatt (Greenwood) I’m driving through Sarasota’s arterial flow of traffic on Tamiami Trail passing Sarasota Memorial Hospital on my right when a jolt of recognition pulls my focus. Leaning up against the light pole outside the hospital, looking for all the world like Joan of Arc in scrubs, i…

06/10/2013

The Spice Girls!!!

04/18/2012

Last night the Spice Girls had a wonderful meal. Thai Cashew Noodles with Spicy Scallops. It called for Cashew Butter which would also be good as a spread. We felt healthier as soon as we finished!!

01/16/2012

The Spices, relaxing for a moment between cooking and having dinner!

01/16/2012

Latin-Spiced Steaks with escabeche, Sweet Potato Mofongo and Yellow Mole!! Fabulous!!

01/13/2012

getting ready for a Spice Girls Dinner tonight!!!

11/05/2011

What a fabulous French Apple Tart!! This was our dessert last Tuesday. Recipe is from the Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics!!

11/05/2011

The Spice Girls had a wedding!! Ginger was married on 11/1/11 to Tim. Tim earned "Condiman" status when he played his grand piano for us while we cooked at his house last year! Jim (who will remind you, even if you don't ask, that he invented our beautiful cocktail) performed the ceremony. Then the Spice Girls and their Condimen enjoyed an elegant, fabulous meal! What a special evening!!

08/25/2011

Bacon-Cider Pork with Marmalade Sweet Potatoes and Spinach Saute

The Spice Girls have been cooking as usual, but have not kept up with the photos and the blog! Here is Tuesday night's Weeknight menu. It was simple and good!! Check out www.SpiceGirlsCookingClub.tumblr.com for more pictures and the recipes!

05/22/2011

Sauteed Grouper with Lime-Butter Sauce topped with Mango Salsa and Spicy Fried Plantain Chips!!

Last night we adapted a recipe from the Fishing Channel, that’s right…not the Cooking Channel, but the Fishing Channel. Must say that it is a definite keeper, pardon the pun. We started with fresh grouper coated with some Cajun spice, egg, and panko crumbs. We sauted the fish in a little olive oil until crispy, then finished it in a 350 degree oven. When done, it was topped with melted butter and lime juice. Then a fresh mango salsa was added and finally topped off with fried plantains that were sprinkled with lime zest, cayenne and sea salt. Talk about good!!! This was served with a green salad and Pam’s homemade dressing. We finished with Mike’s award winning Key Lime Pie. All in all, it was a great meal with great wine and great friends!! Go to www.spicegirlscookingclub.tumblr.com for recipes!!

04/16/2011

POPCORN SCALLOP TACOS with CILANTRO-AVOCADO CREMA and MEXICAN RICE WITH GREEN PEAS

Our Spice Girls Cooking Club dinner last night got rave reviews, and we Spice Girls can be harsh critics!! This was excellent!! “King James” prepared us a round of “King James” cocktails and the chopping, dicing and frying began. This is a Keeper!!
Go to: www.SpiceGirlsCookingClub.Tumblr.Com for complete recipes!!

04/13/2011

Our New Drink!!

Having trouble deciding on a name for our new drink. My very Spicy husband Jim created this the other evening. It has Blood OJ and red grapefruit juice (from our tree) with Myers dark rum and a lime. Tried adding a little Triple Sec…the guys liked it, but the Spice Girls thought it was better without. Jim wants to call it “The King James” which I think is a little much, but he did create it and served us (which we really like). Other ideas were: Sarasota Sling, S*x on Siesta and Sarasota Sunset (note the “Flash of Green”). What do you think?
2 parts red grapefruit juice
1 part blood orange juice
2 parts dark rum
lime slices