Yummy@Home Mussels - $5.99 for 2 lbs at Whole Foods!

Tonight my boyfriend and I decided to do something a little exotic and try our hand at mussels!

Our menu was mussels in a tomato and white wine sauce with chorizo and french fries of course! Need something to sop up all the leftover soupy deliciousness...

Step 1: Clean the mussels

• Bought a bag of 2lbs mussels for $5.99 at Whole Foods. Is is just me or does that seem cheap? Not sure, I mean I don't buy mussels everyday so it could be normal?
  
• Took a tip from Barefoot Contessa and dumped the mussels into a big pot with water and some flour (1/3 cup)
• The flour is to take help separate the dirt and clean the mussels...
• Let them soak for about 25 minutes
• Drain the mussels and clean the "beard" off each mussel
  

Step 2: Make the broth (you can adjust the ingredients as you wish for taste - every chef has their own particular taste!...)

• While waiting for the mussels to clean, start working on the broth
• chop one head of garlic
• two shallots
• handful of parsley
• handful of thyme
• 2 tablespoons of butter or heavy cream if you desire
• 2 tablespoons of olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 1 can of tomatoes
• 1/2 bottle of white wine (we just went with a cheap recession white - use less if you are afraid of getting drunk!)

Heat the butter/heavy cream and olive oil on medium. Cook the shallots first and then add garlic (since garlic burns quickly). Add everything else and bring to a boil.

Add the mussels - stir and then cover for approximately 10 minutes. Serve with fries (we just used the frozen ones - baked them for 25 minutes) and chorizo - toss on a pan...and you're good to go!

A super super delicious meal - very easy to cook...but be prepared for quite a mess in the kitchen and a long cleanup.