We may have gone a little overboard...

Get it?  Because it's a lot of seafood?  Overboard?  Like a boat?  Or the 1987 Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn movie.  Ok, not at all like that.  Let's move forward.

We drove to the northern Cincinnati this weekend to what may possibly be the best grocery store ever, Jungle Jim's.  The only place I have found that even comes close is Wegman's, but it still might be a little better.  I mean, can Wegman's beat an animatronic Robin Hood and giant ear of corn?  I didn't think so.  We were there about two hours and walked out with a lot of things but among them was a lobster and crab legs.

We're not much for Valentine's Day generally speaking, but to rationalize buying so much luxurious food we told ourselves it would be our "Valentine's Dinner."  Combine the lobster and crab with the sea bass Jesse found on clearance Sunday morning at our local grocery store, Kroger and we were in business.

Crab legs, jalapenos and lobster.  In that order, in case you weren't sure.

We had some left over succotash and mushroom risotto from a couple nights before so we put our thinking caps on and decided to leave the succotash as it was but to take the scrap pieces of meat from the lobster and crab and make risotto cakes.  Yum.

Pre-steam.

Post-steam

By the way, aren't those counter tops just spectacular?  *gag*  Love our rental, but we won't be looking at that wood grain for much longer hopefully.  More on that later, but back to the meal.  It was fantastic.  I don't typically like risotto, but I loved the risotto cakes.  Good call, Jesse!

Ok, so clockwise from the top.  Crab legs, risotto cakes, lobster tail, cast iron skillet-fried sea bass* and finally the black bean succotash.  Lots of seafood, but also lots of tastiness.  Who doesn't like a little over indulgence now and then?  Of course, tomorrow night, which actually happens to be Valentine's Day, we're having a kobe beef filet and mahi mahi, so maybe we just live a little indulgently in general when it comes to food.

*speaking of indulgence, yes I am aware that sea bass has a low sustainability level and therefore you shouldn't eat it.  If your panties are in a bunch about it, you can relax, it was in the clearance bin.  Better we eat it then it go bad, right?