Archive for the 'Fish' Category
Honey and Mustard Salmon
This was my idea and something I used to cook quite a lot, it didn’t come out the same as it used to though. I think it’s because I usually cook fish for twice as long as it actually needs as I’m so scared of fish poisoning. The extra cooking time means the honey goes […]
Read More..>>Holiday
Below are some of the food related pictures we took on our recent holiday to Cape Town. Chicken with mustard and mushroom sauce – the recipe called for salmon-trout but we couldn’t find any so used chicken instead. It turned out well but the sauce would have benefitted from thickening. Stephen used the leftover sauce […]
Read More..>>Spaghetti, Prawns and Rocket
After Wednesday night’s boring chicken, I hit the cook books to come up with some more interesting options for healthy meals. In Jamie’s Italy, I found this. It was excellent. Fry one garlic clove and half a chilli in some olive oil. When the garlic starts to colour, add 200g prawns and cook until they […]
Read More..>>Lemon Sole with Roasted Vegetables
Today was our first day back at work, and, like thousands of others, our first day of healthy eating. We decided on fish and vegetables; no potatoes and no wine (ahem, Stephen). The lemon sole was marinated in oil, rosemary, parsley, salt and pepper and garlic. The vegetables: butternut, carrot, red and yellow pepper, courgette, […]
Read More..>>Smoked Mackerel Tart, Salad, Mince Pies and Sparkling Wine
One of the best things I discovered on holiday was the fish snoek. I had it plain, smoked, in salad, fried, deep fried and as pate. Stephen’s mum also made a brilliant snoek tart. Sadly, snoek isn’t available here so we tried to recreate the tart using mackerel. It worked really well. There’s also spinach […]
Read More..>>Fishcakes
Kerri suggested fishcakes tonight and it was a good idea. She had made most of it when I got home and all that was left for me to do was to get my hands all gooey shaping them into cakes and putting them into the breadcrumbs. They contained salmon, potato and some spinach that we […]
Read More..>>British Tapas
Being my birthday, we decided to have a party. Kerri and I had been discussing the topic of “British Tapas” for quite a while and talking about what sorts of dishes (if any) would both fit this category and be delicious. So we decided to do some experimentation and invited some people round to be […]
Read More..>>Cod and Tomato Sauce on Pasta
This wasn’t particularly successful. On its own, the tomato sauce was good. On its own, the fish was good. But put together, the tomato sauce overpowered the fish and the fish diluted the tomato sauce so nobody won. The pasta was good, but hard to pick up. Not sure what this sort of pasta is […]
Read More..>>Mushrooms on Toast and Salmon and Couscous
For an evening of healthy eating, we decided on baked salmon fillets, a small serving of couscous and green salad. The mushrooms were looking a little past their best, so instead of having them in the salad, Kerri decided we should cook them and have them on toast as a starter. It was an excellent […]
Read More..>>Risotto with Prawns and Tomato
Stephen made this on Tuesday night to use up some leftover prawns from lunchtime. It was good but we decided that next time we made it we would add some lemon juice and parsley to freshen it up. Stephen thought it was a bit too hot (I think?) but I liked the heat.
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