quick and easy meals for 1 or 2


Baked whole fish

It’s easy and it’s good


Salt and black pepper
2 (1 to 1 1/2 pound) whole fish, sea bream or sea bass, or red snapper or even catfish scaled and gutted, head and tail intact
2 stalks celery, sliced thin, leaves saved back
1 small bunch each parsley, thyme, and oregano (or any other mix of herbs), about a TBSP each of dried will work
4 tablespoons olive oil
1 lemon, sliced thin
1 orange, sliced thin
1/2 cup white wine
Directions
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
Season the fish, inside and out, with salt and pepper. Stuff the celery leaves and herbs inside the cavity of the fish. Pour 4 tablespoons of the olive oil on the cookie sheet and cover with the celery, lemon, and orange slices, saving 2 slices each of the fruit. Place the fish on top of the celery and sliced fruit and place the remaining slices of fruit on top of the fish. Pour the remaining olive oil and white wine over the fish. Put it in oven and cook for 20 minutes.

We usually do this with french fries and salad aaannndd the rest of that white wine!!!!