Dinner Last Week #8

Confession.  This is not what we ate last week.  With this whole pregnancy thing happening I might be lucky if I could tell you what I ate yesterday.

That said, these are some dishes we've recently tried (via iPhone photo).....

My husband has taken to making dinner on Tuesday nights while I'm at yoga.  This was grilled cod with a garlic Parmesan (sorry, I don't know the exact recipe he used) and a side of quinoa salad with veggies and avocado.  I told him if he kept this up he might be cooking all the time!

This is one of my signature "everything but the kitchen sink" salads.  We have red quinoa, left over chicken breast, spinach, heriloom tomato, carrrot, corn, craisins and I'm not sure what else.  I have a thing with hot rice/quinoa/cous-cous and spinach.  Throw your hot item on top and the spinach will slightly wilt.  It's a healthy version of a hot salad.

This was the Turkey Ruben Patty Melt by Mountain Mama Cooks.  The recipe came together quickly with both of us hungry and chopping.  The hubs, who claims to not like Rubens or sauerkraut really liked this. Imagine that.

Breakfast one morning......fried egg sandwich with cooked prosciutto, fresh tomato and a basil ricotta spread.

What have you been eating lately??

♥TCW

Recipe Find - Pan Seared Cod Over Vegetable Ragout

The Cyclist and I are trying to add more fish to our diet.  I am not an experienced fish chef, but I do OK with cod.  (At some point I will share my fish taco recipe.) So, I went in search of a cod recipe that looked healthy and easy.  Key word being "easy".  I know better than to try and get crazy in the kitchen when the ultimate goal is to make dinner after work.  This behavior only results in late night meals that aren't that great.  "Easy" as defined by me = not a ton of ingredients, nothing I can't buy in a regular grocery and no cooking words that I do not understand.

Anyway, in looking for my healthy and easy cod recipe I went straight to Cooking Light.  This is one of my favorite places to find recipes, I have yet to be steered wrong.  My search found:

Pan-Seared Cod Over Vegetable Ragout

Ta-Da!

This recipe was really, really good, like seriously good.  The Cyclist did most of the prep work, which was super helpful.  I don't know what the deal is with prep-time on recipes (this one did not list any), but it always takes me way longer than it says.  Part of the issue are my crappy knife skills and continued attempts at not cutting my finger off, but...I swear, some of those recipe prep-times are just silly!

OK, moving on. 

So, with the Cyclist's help, we put this dish together (together!).  Here is our version:

and an up-close:

It was very, very good and not totally difficult to make.  More importantly, our 7 year old nephew (DD), who can be a bit of a Mr. Picky McPickerson devoured his entire plate and declared that I should make this for him every time he comes over.  The Munchkin slapped his plate up too, as did the Cyclist and I.  There was nothing left, anywhere.

I give this recipe 5 stars for being super good, easy (as defined by me) and healthy!  It also gets an honorable mention for being a fish and veggie dish that kids love. 

Coming soon: Pizza Night! And Ginger People Eats (I'm really excited about this one!)