Moules and Frites

The winner of the charity giveaway was Share Our Strength.  Jen @ The Three Little Piglets got the winning comment.  Did you know that every $1 they collect can help feed ten meals? 

Monday flew by...I am kind of hoping that the rest of the week goes by just as fast. I have a ton to do but I am just hoping it will all be over with as soon as possible.  I am also hoping as I fly down south and then across the country everything will go as smoothly as planned. 

While I was in France my friends and I became obsessed with moules frites.  This mussels dish is so easy to whip up and seems like a gourmet meal.  Mr. J and I used to have this all of the time but it has fallen off my radar recently.  This weekend they were on sale at the grocery store and I happily grabbed the 2lb bag.

Add a bag of frozen french fries and you really do have a fast easy meal.  I actually only had sweet potato puffs but they worked just as well.

Moules


Ingredients:
1 2lb bag of cleaned mussels
1 15 oz can of chicken broth, low sodium
1 medium onion, chopped
3 cloves of garlic, minced
2 Tbsp Parmesan cheese, shredded
1 Tbsp dried/fresh parsley
2 Tbsp olive oil
1 can diced tomatoes, optional

Direction:
1. Saute onions till translucent in the bottom of a dutch oven.  Add garlic and cook about 2 more minutes.  Stir as to not burn the garlic.

2. Add mussels, Parmesan cheese, tomatoes and chicken broth.  Cover with lid and let simmer on medium heat for 7 minutes or until mussels open.

3.  Remove from heat and top with parsley and more Parmesan cheese if desired.