Friday Favorites: Week 3

For this week's installment of the HV Nestie Blog Challenge the prompts are:


Favorite TV show, or one that is most like your family

Favorite Store to Shop at

Favorite Recipe


1) Favorite TV show:
You know how people say that certain trashy shows are their "guilty pleasure?"  Yeah, I don't know what that feels like because I watch crappy TV, love it and feel no guilt about this.
Have you ever heard of the show "Bad Girls Club" on Oxygen?  It's one of my favorites and if you watch it too, I love you.  Do you watch RuPaul's Drag Race?  I do and became hooked in season one when I realized that a former coworker of mine was a contestant (Ongina).  If you rooted for him, I love you.  I had drinks with him over the summer and wanted to push him off of his 5" heels, beat his narrow little ass and steal his Chanel bag.  That bitch knows how to werq it.
My favorite show, however is "Modern Family" on ABC. It's funny, smart and relatable to me. Even if it's not trash.

2) Favorite Store to Shop at:
Target. I can find pretty much any and everything there. Not my first destination for clothing but shopping there makes life simple so I'll go there for just about anything.

3) Favorite Recipe:
This recipe is for a Domincan seafood and rice stew. I've only ever used shrimp for it because that's all my abuela ever used. It is so delicious and so much like hers was.
Here's a link and the recipe:

http://www.dominicancooking.com/2001/12/asopao-de-mariscos-seafood-and-rice-pottage/

Ingredients:

• 2 lbs of shrimp, crab or lobster
• 1 lemon (may be omitted)
• 2 1/2 cups of rice
• 3/4 gallon of water
• 5 tablespoons oil
• 4 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1/4 cup chopped green peppers
• 1 pinch oregano
• 1 teaspoon mashed garlic
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 1/8 cup chopped seedless olives
• 1/4 cup chopped celery
• 1 spoon finely chopped parsley
• 1 spoon finely chopped coriander
• 1/2 spoon of thyme leaves
• 1 cube of chicken stock
• Salt

Preparation:

1. In an iron pot heat the oil (reserve 2 spoons of oil), add the herbs, olives, spices, tomato paste, peppers, garlic and salt. Add the shrimps and stir (be careful with hot oil splattering). Cover and wait two minutes, then stir again.
2. Add the remaining water and bring to a boil. Add all remaining ingredients (including the rice). Stir regularly to avoid excessive sticking. Let 3/4 of the water evaporate, by then a grain of rice should be about 3 times its original size. Adjust salt to taste. Serve while hot.
3. Serve with a few slices of avocados or tostones.