'Twas the night after Christmas at Small Hope Bay Lodge . . .

We had another wonderful Christmas here at Small Hope Bay Lodge. Full dive boats, fishing, kids playing on the beach . . . And to finish a wonderful day we had an extraordinary feast prepared by Renauldo, Michelle and Denise, including a whopping 33 desserts! The day after Christmas was enjoyed by amazing dives in the morning and afternoon (gotta burn off those desserts, right?). A lodge filled with families and friends celebrating the holidays together is definitely my idea of a great time. Small Hope is now in to our 51st year of operation and it just keeps getting better.

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Renauldo's Stuffing Recipe................

This is the basic stuffing recipe that I do, because some people have allergies, or a vegetarians or similar.  Therefore you can add to this recipe, any type of meat that you liked, whether it is a type of seafood like lobster or shrimp, or meat, or combination.

It’s all base on your preference.

1 tbsp. Vegetable oil

3-8 oz blocks Butter

2 cloves Garlic, minced

1 Onion, diced small

2 pieces Celery, diced small

1 Carrot, diced small

1 Sweet pepper

Red and Yellow Pepper, (for color primarily)

1 ½ cup Chicken or Vegetable Stock, or broth

15 cups medium size cubed French bread or bread of choice

1 tbsp. Oregano

1 tsp. salt

½ tsp. crushed Red Pepper flakes

1 tsp. paprika (if you have it)

2 tbsp. Garlic powder

2 tsp. Basil

½ tsp. Black pepper

1. Heat pan on medium high heat.  When hot, add vegetable oil, and melt butter in it.
2. Add Onions, celery, carrots, peppers, and garlic.  Cook until nice and soft, about 3-5 minutes.
3. Add stock and let come to a rolling boil.  Add seasonings and let mix together.
4. Add bread and mix until bread absorbs all of the liquid.
5. Adjust as necessary with more bread, or liquid as necessary to desired consistency.

If you use water instead of broth, then adjust salt 1 tbsp.

Several things to note:

• If you’re using bacon, or pork fat, chop up fine and then fry down in the butter with the vegetables.
• If you’re using meat, or seafood add at the stage that you’re cooking you’re vegetables also.

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Christmas at Small Hope Bay Lodge 2010!

Christmas at Small Hope!

 

Friends, family, food, drinks…..all the fixings of a wonderful Christmas day!  The highlight was the CULINARY EXTRAVAGANZA prepared by Renauldo and all the kitchen crew. A fabulous time was had by all.

 Next up…..a FANTASTIC New Years Eve  Celebration!!!     


Click on link to watch our Christmas video.......


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8lFcQ0vVrE 

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