Keeping with my resolution to try and cook fish more often, I prepared Halibut for dinner last night. Tried something a little different. Found a few recipes where the fish was poached in a seasoned broth. Many of the recipes called for honey, something that I wouldn’t like. I am not a fan of anything…
Tag: Seafood
Prawns with Lemon Pesto
While the local spotted prawns are in season we will probably have them once a week. Yesterday, Clif and Barb, our wonderful neighbours, picked up five pounds of live prawns at the Cowichan Bay docks. Clif cleaned them so that, when I got home from work, I mixed up a lemon pesto and tossed the…
Sole for the Soul
I’m making an effort, to cook more fish. Moe loves all fish. Me? Not so much. The only fish that I can honestly say I enjoy is halibut. Petrale Sole is almost always available fresh and I don’t mind it. And it is a fish that can be fried, poached, baked, stuffed, etc. We had…
Spotted Prawns
I love, love, love local spotted prawns. The season is very short, between 6 and 8 weeks. I drove down to the dock in Cowichan Bay today and picked up 10 pounds of prawns right off the boat. Half for us and the other half for our neighbour Clif. I took a big pail with…
Sole Almondine
Sole is one of Moe’s favourite fish. I really should cook it more often. Next best thing to Dover Sole is the Petrale Sole that is available out here on the west coast. Sweet and delicate. Tonight we had it very simply prepared – dipped in flour and quickly fried and served with a browned…
King Crab, Greek Salad and Bread and Butter Pudding……
Ready to be steamed How does that sound? To me, it sounds like Barb’s Birthday dinner. Three of her favourite foods. Her husband Clif, bought 6 pounds of King Crab and gave it to me to cook. It was suppose to be a surprise, but Barb figured it out. I made the Greek Salad and…
Qualicum Bay Scallops
Dinner was fresh local asparagus and the scallops were almost local. They came from Qualicum, just a little further up Island. Found a recipe on line that I thought Moe would like. Lots of good things in the sauce including gin.I made a few adjustments to suit our tastes. The original recipe can be found…
Paella
Chicken and Prawn Paella Platted This morning before leaving for work, I gave some thought to what we would have for dinner. I still had some spotted prawns in the freezer that I could do something with. I just wasn’t sure what. Then I got the brilliant idea of making a Paella. I had almost…
Prawn and Avocado Salad
We drove down to Victoria today to drop off at my son’s apartment some of the chocolate Easter eggs and the Perogies that I made last week. We had a wonderful Dim Sum lunch in Chinatown and ate way too much. Rather than make a big dinner I made Moe the salad that he requested…
Halibut – Opening Season
Finally!!!! Fresh Halibut. My favourite fish. Actually if the truth be told it really is the only fish that I really really love. It has a long season here (Pacific North West) from March until late October, early November. I made dinner tonight to share with our neighbours, Barb and Clif. Barb has been home…
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