Seafood Boil!

I have a confession...I'm scared of seafood. Not of eating it, but of preparing it. Seafood with hard shells scare me the most--clams, mussels, crab and lobster. But after watching a friend prepare me a seafood feast, I realized just how ridiculous my fears were. It's so stinkin' easy! If you haven't noticed, I like recipes that don't call for exact measurements...a little of this, a little of that--yeah, that's definitely my style of cooking! So here is a recipe, but feel free to add or subtract anything that doesn't sound super delicious to you.


Ingredients:
Serves 4

• 1 lb clams
• 1 lb mussels
• 1 lb prawns or shrimp
• 1 lb crab legs
• 2 lemon or limes
• Seafood boil seasoning, any brand
• 4-5 red potatoes thickly sliced
• 2-3 Corn on the cobb halved
• 2 zucchini thickly sliced
• 2 medium links of andouille or smoked sausage sliced
• 4 tbsp butter

Directions:

• In a large pot, bring water and seafood seasoning to boil
• Add potatoes and corn, cook for about 10 minutes--remove potatoes and corn
  
• Pan fry zucchini, sausage and toss in the boiled potatoes until thoroughly cooked
• Add mussels to boiling water, cook about 5 minutes then add clams and crab and cook 5 more minutes. Add shrimp the last 2 minutes
  
• Remove all ingredients and arrange on a serving platter or toss over a bunch of newspapers.
• Squeeze lemon/lime juice and sprinkle extra seasoning over mix.
• Melt butter and use for dipping

Tip: Where a bib or old T-shirt...this gets messy!