quick and easy meals for 1 or 2

Sea bass with Pop pop's sauceWe had our friends Butch and Janie over for dinner the other night and did this.We had 6 big sea bass fillets. It might seem like a lot, but Butch and I can get a little piggy when it's fish.

Gammy made a salad out of tomatoes, zucchini, onions and diced up mozzarella cheese. She made a great oil and balsamic vinegar dressing for it and it was great. We cooked up a little corn on the cob and did the frozen, precooked, french fries in the oven thing.

Get the biggest frying pan you have and put enough olive oil to cover the bottom about 1/4 inch deep. Heat it up med/high.

While the oil is getting hot On a large dinner plate or serving platter put 2 cups flour, 2 tbsp. garlic powder, 1 tbsp. salt and 1 tbsp. black pepper. Blend it together with a whisk or fork.Rinse off the fish and pat dry then dredge in the flour mixture and put the fillets in the hot oil. Cook until golden brown, turn them over and do the other side. It'll be about 2-3 minutes a side.When the fillets are done put them on a plate and keep them warm on the back of the stove.

For the sauce,,,,olive oil
2 garlic cloves minced
1/2 small onion minced
1 plum tomato seeded then diced
1 lime sliced up
1/2 tbsp dried basil or 1 tbsp fresh chopped up
3/4 cup red (or white) wine

wipe out the pan with some paper towels and return to the stove med heat. Put in a few swirls of olive oil. Add the onions, garlic and the basil. Cook until the onions and garlic are translucent not brown. Add the tomatoes, lime slices and the wine. Cook until the wine reduces by about half.

Serve the sauce over the fish with the salad and corn and the potatoes,,anndd,,,the rest of that wine!!