Sunday, April 5, 2009

Food Exchange - April 5 - Easter=easy

What I Sent
Rachael Ray's My Mama's Baked Fish from the Racheal Ray's 30-Minute Meals Comfort Foods cookbook
1 1/2 pounds cod fillets
cooking spray or a drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil
juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning
A few grinds fresh black pepper
1/2 cup plain bread crumbs (Panko is best)
1 1/2 tablespoons butter, melted
A palmful chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Preheat over to 425 degrees F.
Spray a baking dish with cooking spray or wipe with a little olive oil. Rinse and dry fish and sprinkle with a little coarse salt. Combine lemon juice, mayonnaise, Old Bay seasoning and black pepper. Spread a very thin layer of mayonnaise over fish fillets. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and drizzle with butter (if you are feeling healthful, you can spray with a little Pam instead). Bake 20 minutes, until fish is opaque and flaky. Sprinkle with parsley.

I bought a big box of frozen cod, which ended up being cut in to long, thin pieces in the fashion of fish and chip shops. It worked out OK. The cod itself was really good. I have two-thirds of the box left and am trying to determine what to do with the rest. Have any good cod recipes that will support some strangely shaped fish?

Potatoes with Lemon and Parsley
I totally made this up, so don't really have any measurements. Chop some parsley and chives. Add lemon zest, lemon juice, salt, pepper and capers. Melt some butter and add some olive oil. Boil some whole baby red potatoes and smash each once with a fork. While hot, toss potatoes with butter, olive oil and lemon/parsley mixture. Serve warm.

Lesson learned - do not add lemon juice to parsley before it is sent. It totally cooks the parsley and turns it into yucky brown limpness.

What I Received
Macaroni Grill Creamy Basil Parmesan Chicken and Pasta - Hey, don't judge, it was Easter weekend. It was pretty good. The kids ate it up.
Chicken Divan

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