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Hey All,

My sister and I have joined forces (scary, I know) so the blog is only getting bigger and better.

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I will still be posting here for awhile until we are solidly on our feet. Happy Cooking!

Wild Sea Bass with Red Potatoes and Broccoli

We cooked this excellent meal on Thursday night. It may have been about 10 degrees outside, but we braved the winter wind to go to Fish Tales on Court Street. It feels a lot more summery (pun intended) when you have fish cooking in your kitchen. They even give you a complimentary lemon when you buy fish from their store.

First I brushed and then chopped in half some small red potatoes, maybe about 8, and we still had some leftover. I placed them in a small frying pan with some olive oil, sea salt (c'mon, we are eating bass!) and rosemary and pepper.

While those sizzled I filled up a pan with an inch of water and got that boiling quickly with my vegetable steamer inside. I washed some broccoli and added that inside with a little drizzle of olive oil and salt. I put the lid on and reduced the heat so the water was just boiling. An inch of water doesn't need much heat. Save on gas!

Dan prepared the fish with some olive oil, lemon, and I believe salt and pepper (I have to double check this with him!). He cooked each side for 5 minutes in a big frying pan.

That gave plenty of time for the potatoes to be soft on the inside and crunchy on the outside and for the broccoli to actually break apart when I lifted it from the steamer. I sprinkled some shaved parmesan on top of the broccoli for a little extra somethin'.. It's smart to have shaved parmesan, especially if you are such a big pasta/pizza fan as I am. It is so much better than grated if you ask me.

Eat up!

Chicken Panini

Delish. A hot panini is up there on my list of comfort foods with soup on a cold night, homemade Mac & Cheese, and a spoonful of nutella. Hence Dan's occasional nickname for me - 'Ella.

This meal was Easy Peasy... Lemon Squeezy.

We shredded up some left over chicken from last night. We still  have some leftover too if you can believe it.

In a small skillet I sauteed up a red bell pepper in olive oil. If you try to avoid extra dishes like me you can just break up the pepper with your hands. Then on pieces of wheat I layered sliced fresh mozzarella, baby arugula, a drizzle of EVOO, the shredded chicken, and the red pepper. I lightly buttered the grill and got this hunk of burnin' love cooking. Really good.  It was one of those meals where we barely said anything to each other because we were all-consumed by what was going on in our mouths. Enjoy! I have a panino italiano with sopressata earlier in the blog and a tuna melt if you are in a grill/George Foreman kind of mood.

Rotisserie Chicken with Adobo and Paprika, Red Potatoes, and Honey-Glazed Carrots

 Before you start worshipping me as a false idol of Susie Homemaker (she worked all day and then whipped this up!? wow! I'm not worthy!) I have a confession. I bought the chicken already cooked at Union Market.

sshh.

From the time I walked in the door to sitting down and eating maybe took 10 minutes. While my chicken relaxed in his little heated bag, I cooked my baby carrots in honey and brown sugar. The red potatoes were cut up and mixed with olive oil, rosemary, sea salt and pepper. Serve. Eat. Score.

Breaded Tilapia and Brussel Sprouts

Normally this probably wouldn't tempt me as the most desirable meal in the world, I mean, good and healthy and all but not like... I must eat you now craving (like everything Italian...). But, after a week of gorging at home and in great Quincy/Boston restaurants (Fat Cat, The Fours, and Hot Pot Buffet) I felt like I was rolling home off the subway.

We cooked up these beauts before returning to work and let me tell you, it is a great detox meal. The tilapia is a nice, light, inexpensive fish and the brussel sprouts have been tempting me for awhile after eating a delicious gnocchi dish with them at Flatbush Farm. We steamed the sprouts with a little salt for about 10 minutes and Dan breaded the tilapia using some milk followed by bread crumbs. We fried those bad boy fillets up and were eating in no time. If your belt is feeling a little tight after the holiday try this. We had a little wheat bread toast on the side. Enjoy!