Garlic Chile Mussel Recipe

Garlic Chile Mussels

Ingredients
2 lbs fresh mussels in shells, washed and bearded
½ cup white wine
4 garlic cloves minced
1 cup crushed tomatoes
2 tbl sriachi (Asian chile sauce found in most markets)
1 tbl honey
¼ cup chopped cilantro
2 Limes

Preparation
Mix wine, tomatoes, garlic, honey, juice of 1 lime and chile sauce together in a 2 quart saucepan with mussels. Cover and bring to a boil over high heat.. Steam mussels until just open, about 3-5 minutes. Place mussels in a serving bowl and pour remaining liquid over mussels. Cut remaining lime into 4 wedges for individuals to squeeze over. Garnish with chopped fresh cilantro
4 servings as an appetizer, 2 servings as an entree.

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Spring seems to be hit and miss this year, hopefully some warm wonderful days are in the near future. The days are longer though and we have been blessed with some beautiful sunsets this past week. Here are a couple that I wanted to share with you all.

Tour De Lopez Sponsor

On Saturday, April 26th, participating as a sponsor of the Fifth Annual Tour de Lopez, the Bay Café served over 1000 lunches at the Lopez Island Village Park to bicyclists, local residents and community volunteers. The gourmet lunch consisted of grilled chicken with corn relish or vegetarian black bean griddle cakes, variety of gourmet salads, 2000 homemade cookies and fresh fruit. The picture perfect sunny Northwest weather was specially ordered as well. The reviews are in with raves for the lunch!!