Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Fish and Seafood Main Course. Our favorite recipes, mainly salmon, cod and shrimp, are mostly simple and usually healthy. You can find more recipes in Pasta Main Course.
I’m not sure what it is about garlic and butter, but the appeal of the combination is (almost) universal. Add a squeeze or 2 of lemon juice and, chopped parsley, toss it with some pasta and it’s a meal. The shrimp and prosciutto are a just a nice addition. Most people (like mon mari) like … Continue reading…
I love salmon. Mon mari likes it – which is actually saying a lot because he claims to hate all fish. He particularly likes it when he can cook it outside on the grill. Sadly, for both of us, that is not always possible with unreliable spring weather. Pan-fried is a close second. Add capers … Continue reading…
I have always liked mayonnaise. For you Americans, I have also always liked Miracle Whip….. When I was young my group, like everyone else, used to have French fries (chips) at the local café after whatever event we had been to – football game, movies, etc. Most people had ketchup on their fries. We had … Continue reading…
It’s Friday The day mon mari fondly calls Fish H*ll Day. One would think he doesn’t like fish…. To be honest, I don’t think he would ever buy it himself to cook at home. His favorite fish would be (I think) fish sticks (fish fingers) with lots of tartar sauce. To be totally fair, he … Continue reading…
There is an unwritten (or maybe written) rule that one never puts cheese in a dish with fish. I always ignore that rule. If I’m making a pasta or risotto or gratin that would have cheese if I used chicken it will have cheese if I use fish. I have a tendency to break the … Continue reading…
You may have noticed that we are eating more skillet dinners / casseroles lately. It’s a combination of winter comfort food and easy cooking. Admittedly, once the components of this dish were done we could have had salmon with 2 sides: potatoes and cabbage, rather than taking the extra step of making the Fish Pie. … Continue reading…
What – you’ve never heard of oven poaching? Okay…. It’s more of a descriptive phrase than a technique but it was different than roasting and one can’t really ‘braise’ a fish. Poaching is a common cooking technique for salmon but normally it’s done in a skillet on the cook-top. As long as I was using … Continue reading…