Halibut, seared scallops, and brussel sprouts
- Jonathan and I at a cousin’s wedding in May 2009
I plan to go over many things in this blog. Currently one of the primary focuses in my life is to get fit and healthy with my husband Jonathan. We have proudly declared this summer to be “The Summer of Health”. I have been enjoying cooking creatively over these past few weeks. My husband has joked more than once that I should title this blog “Cooking for my picky husband”. This man would be happy as a lark to live entirely on pizza and Italian beef sandwiches. I have been proud to say that I have prepared creative things that we both have enjoyed in recent months. Here is a recent cooking adventure.
Following a very long bike ride around Elm Creek Park Reserve with Jonathan, we stopped to get some delicious fresh fish and scallops. I was so surprised at how easy and fast it was to prepare. We both loved this meal. I promise to take more pictures of things being prepared in the future!
I found removing the skin of a fillet of halibut to be more difficult than anticipated. I just could not bring myself to prepare it with the skin on. I had my husband do this part, after he looked it up on a website like this one. After that I seasoned with kosher salt and lemon pepper. I heated a large skillet to medium high with some olive oil and seared one side for about 6 minutes then flipped and grilled the other side for about 30 seconds.
The inspiration to try scallops was from a March article in Martha Stewart Living. I used this recipe for the scallops and sauteed spinach although I skipped on arugala and substituted olive oil for safflower oil. They were very easy as well.
For the brussel sprouts, I steamed them first then sauteed them in a little olive oil then sprinkled Argentinian parmesan cheese.
Here is the final product!
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Comments
Hey Lindy, I know your persistence..beautiful meal posted. I put a little olive oil & kosher salt in a bag w/brussel sprouts, shake & bake in a pan in the oven till they are browned or slightly burned, about an hour, refrigerate & eat them on the go. Love ‘em. Your method is faster. I’m on the fit & healthy thing w/help of weight watchers & have lost 75 lbs. I race walk 4 miles every single day, alternate Curves & 4 mile bike rides. Portion control& lack of control with wrong foods is still my nemesis, but, I’ll never give up & let go again. You both can do it!!
Posted by: Mary Bleier | July 3rd, 2009 09:31
Hi, Oh I like the idea of make a blog for this things, you can keep on motivated and receive some advices from friends, and help another people, i hope you both have success doing this “Sumer of Health” it will be so good And i like your different ideas to make some workout… I’ll be reading your blog as much as I can
and will be support you as much as I can ha ha ha ha good luck…
un abrazo desde Venezuela
me disculpo por cualquier error escibiendo…
Posted by: Anderson Gómez | July 4th, 2009 02:03