Tonight was simple fish and vegetables. There were only really 6 ingredients to the whole dinner: 1 albacore tuna steak (small salmon filet for my son) head cauliflower, trying to make steaks 2 zucchini mandolin thinly sliced salt and pepper Canola oil Just a light coating of oil, salt, and pepper on everything and grilled. …
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Haddock, rice, and snap peas
Not the prettiest plate but it was healthy. Tried the coconut rice again and some fresh snap peas with the haddock (on sale). My family really likes haddock compared to most other whitefish. Tonight there were two themes, lemon and coconut. It was 80 degrees as I drove home tonight so we did all we …
Salmon burgers and tater tots
I admit it, I like tater tots. It may be the Midwesterner finally coming home to roost but darn they are good. We thought it would be nice enough to grill tonight but the wind really picked up so we are stuck with pan cooked salmon burgers. To make the burgers: 1 lb. salmon onion …
Black-eyed pea salad with haddock
Tonight the star of the dish is the salad. This is something we have been working on for at least 2 years. Many years ago in a restaurant in our neighborhood we had an appetizer that changed our cooking life. We love octopus especially grilled and they served a black-eyed pea salad with grilled octopus. …
Sole with carrots and black eyed peas
Family swim this Saturday and we got back home and tried to figure out what was for dinner. We knew we were going to have Pacific Dover Sole but what to accompany that was the mystery that we had to solve as a family. My thought was par boil some fingerling potatoes and put them …
Arctic char with spaghetti squash and blistered cherry tomatoes
Simple meal with a little help from Sunday prep while we were doing other things. Roasted the spaghetti squash on Sunday and was able to have dinner on the table in 15 minutes from start to finish. Sometimes you need a simple, healthy, easy meal on a Monday. For the spaghetti squash: 1 spaghetti squash, …
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Saturday Afternoon Experiment: Fish Bao with slaw
I really wanted milk bread this morning and I was planning on experimenting with miso marinated fish. Since it was an experiment, bought two small pieces of black cod and monk fish to see if either of them could handle a miso marinade, also they were on sale. I usually don’t put the outcome in …
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Super Bowl Sunday: Rock Fish Vera Cruz and Guacamole
Today is Super Bowl Sunday and we had a wonderful time watching the Dog Bowl, Puppy Bowl, and Kitty Halftime Show. To get in the spirit, my wife thought we should used the flavors of a Super Bowl party to make dinner. Her idea and execution was to combine a nicely baked rockfish with some …
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Calamari, monk fish, red rice, yellow beets, and a kid corn ball
Early dismissal today due to a snowstorm so we had a bit of unplanned extra time in the kitchen as a family. We had planned on eating the make ahead from Sunday but decided it could wait until tomorrow. Tonight we were able to have a full two course meal with an appetizer and all. …
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Simple healthy, Friday
Not the greatest presentation but this was just a nice healthy dinner that had a sweet desert that we will get to. Pacific Dover sole was on sale when I went to the market and I always check on the specials. Tonight was just simple. For the fish, simple flour dredge to crisp it up, …
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