Seafood Fra Diavolo Soup

Belated Happy New Year to everyone! It occurred to me earlier this week that I got away from a lot of stuff I enjoyed during the last few months of 2013. I didn't cook as much as I would have liked, I didn't get to the gym as much as I would have liked, didn't play as much music as I would have liked. This happens to me every year at that time. It's just a bad few months for some reason. At least I recognize it and can work on it, right?

In any case, this is me getting back on track (both in life and this post). I want to be more consistent about posts, so I'm going to start hoarding them and trying to bring one out once a week. I've been trying to think of more creative ways to do seafood. This recipe was inspired by one of my favorite Italian dishes, shrimp fra diavolo. Fra diavolo, which is Italian for "brother devil", is the name given to spicy Italian sauce typically served with seafood.

I'm all about simplicity, and excuses to use new Christmas gifts, so I busted out my CrockPot for this one. Throw it on low and forget about it for 6 hours. With how cold it's been here the last three days (-25 with the windchill on average), a spicy, warm soup was the perfect thing to come inside to. 

Seafood Fra Diavolo Soup
Serves 8

Ingredients:

• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1 can stewed tomatoes
• 1 1/2 cups vegetable stock
• 1 cup diced onions
• 1 cup diced green pepper
• 1 cup diced carrot
• 1/4 pound scallops
• 1/4 pound shrimp
• 1/4 pound salmon
• 1 tbsp minced garlic
• 2 tbsp italian seasoning
• 2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 2 tsp salt/pepper

Dice onion, garlic, and carrot.

Cut shrimp, scallops, and salmon into small cubes.

Combine all ingredients in a CrockPot.

Forget about it on low for the next 5-6 hours.

Stay warm!