4 Ingredient Fix for Too-Fishy Fish

Nobody follows this blog for the recipes.  In fact, I'm pretty sure all my followers like me, not really my sad little attempt at blogging, but I'm getting better, right?

This recipe is actually one I found on Our Best Bites (a blog that you really should follow for the recipes - they're amazing!), but it's designed to go on pork chops, not fish.

I occasionally experiment by buying a kind of fish that we haven't had before, and sometimes I do well (Steelhead Trout = yum!) and sometimes I do really badly (Tipalia = yuck!), and sometimes it turns out somewhere in the middle.  Basa is somewhere in the middle.  I didn't think it was too bad, but Arvid thought it was too fishy.  So on went this sauce.  It's bold, super flavourful, and really easy.  You don't want to put this on a fish you like the taste of (read: Salmon), as it will completely hide it's flavour.  But it's great when you just need to use up that jumbo bag of basa fillets that you got for $2.99 that hubby doesn't love.

Ingredients:

Fishy fish of your choosing. About 4 servings worth.

Sauce:
1 1/2 TBSP Dijon or whole-grained Mustard
1 1/2 TBSP Honey
1 clove Garlic, minced or pressed
Splash Liquid Smoke











Yes, the glob in the bowl is honey.  I don't buy honey in cute little photogenic bear-shaped bottles.  In fact I don't buy honey at all.  I ask for it for Christmas and it usually arrives in large food storage buckets.  I love honey in big buckets.  It makes me feel safe.  Like huge packs of toilet paper.  But I think that's another post...


Method:

1 - Mix all the sauce ingredients together in a small bowl.

 2 - Place fish in a greased oven safe pan or dish. And season with salt and pepper.  I forgot to do this.  Don't forget.

3 - Spread sauce on fish.


4 - Broil for about 10 minutes per inch of fillet thickness, or until fish flesh is opaque and flakes with a fork.

  5 - Eat.

We had ours with beets.  And bread.  But the bread wasn't entertaining.  The pink teeth were.

Merry Christmas to All...

So, I've obviously dropped the ball on the 'Learning Happiness' experiment.  Not that I don't think I would have learned lots from Laura's blog series, but I decided it was time to get some real help for my postpartum depression.  So hubby and I went to the doctor and got me some drugs.  Not what I expected out of motherhood, but I'm relieved to finally be doing something concrete to help lift the gloom.

Strangely enough, this Christmas season has been one of the least stressful of my adult life.  We remembered to budget for Christmas this year (we completely forgot last year), so there was money for presents, decorating, and baking.  I also decided that I wanted to be done the present shopping by the end of November.  I didn't quite make it, but it made for a pretty relaxing December. I highly recommend that goal:  I'll be doing it again next year.



















In December I did a lot of baking with Bryn, who is a really good helper. She's awesome at cutting out sugar cookies, and loves to stir anything. We made fudge (3 batches, one of which was so bad we had to throw it away), 4 pans of Nanaimo bars, 3 batches of sugar cookies, shortbread, and peanut brittle bowls. Plus we made cookies for Santa with Bryn's cousins.  I love Christmas baking.  I should have taken more pictures - maybe next year.  And next year, an Aunty Jo's Fabulous Nanaimo Bar tutorial!

But for this year, I'm ready for Christmas.  My kiddies are all tucked into their beds.  They won't stay asleep all night - at least Henrik won't.  He never does.  But they're asleep for now, and that is wonderful.  In fact, as I've been writing, he's woken up and put himself back to sleep.  For the third time in the last 2 hours.  Ugh.

We followed a tradition from my family, giving each of the kids Pajammies (as Bryn sometimes calls them) for Christmas, having them open those gifts tonight before going to bed so they can wear their special PJ's to bed tonight.  Arvid picked Bryn's out - he did a great job!

Merry Christmas to all!

SAMM - Avocado and Shrimp Sandwiches

SAMM - Share a Meal Monday is a linkup that I've been reading on Laura's blog for awhile, and I finally have something worthy of sharing.

I first had one of these sandwiches years ago at a sandwich shop in the beltline in Calgary called 'The Alligator Pear' and decided it was time to try copying it.  Arvid and I love them (can't get Bryn to try it yet), so we've made them quite a few times.

Here's what you'll need for 4 sandwiches:

8 slices whole wheat bread
A little margerine
A little mayonaise
1 ripe avocado
1 tsp lemon juice
3/4 cup (or so) tiny shrimp, thawed
Sliced cheese - mozza or swiss

Start with nice soft whole wheat bread.  I generally make the bread we eat around here, but it often doesn't turn out very soft, so I've been buying store bought stuff for this - just the cheap brands, but they're fresh, so they're soft.

Mash the avocado flesh.  We like it a little chunky.  Then mix in the lemon juice.  Spread the bread slices with margerine (optional) and mayonaise (we've never tried Miracle Whip - I think it would taste funny).  For each sandwich, spread the avocado mixture on one slice, then top with the shrimp.  Lay slices of cheese on the other slice of bread, then put them together.

Not rocket science, but delicious!


Linking To: Share a Meal Monday