Well, while y'all are were playing dress up I thought I'd take a break from the senior center fashion bazaar and do a little, you know, cooking.
My buddy returned from a fishing trip to AK a couple days ago, and was kind enough to share his 900lb haul. I've now got a freezer full of Halibut, Salmon, Cod, and Yelloweye. Since it was all swimming around just a few short days ago, I'm taking it upon myself to get it in my belly ASAP.
I started thawing some Cod a few hours ago, came and watched the show here for a bit, and then fired up the, um, contraption. While that heated up, I went down to the garden and found a few accessories. Garlic harvest was just the other day, so I'm flush with that. Broccoli is abundant, squash is just starting to come on, and my Arugula went to flower, which, come to find out, is a wonderful tasting garnish.
I melted a bit of butter, threw in a drop or two of lemon juice, and some minced garlic. Rubbed the fish with that and cracked some pepper in my little mortar and pestle, then gave the fish a good coating of the ol' S'n'P over the garlic/lemon butter.
I dd the same for the Italian Zucchini, an heirloom I found at Baker Creek Seed Bank.
I did a little foil pouch for the broccoli, with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper.
Then I threw them all on the contraption together....
I did a really light cook on all this, the fish and veggies are both so fresh I wanted them as lightly cooked as possible. The fish was just coming apart at the flake, and the veggies were still a bit crunchy. I whipped up a bit of Basmati rice during prep, first searing it in olive oil until it just started to turn color and release that aroma, then put in the water and simmer for 20 minutes. Plated the whole thing and ate on the warm bench outside.
Finished up with a little bowl I created from the garden this evening of fresh strawberries, and Borage and Nasturtium flowers. All edible, of course.
