quick and easy meals for 1 or 2
Salmon with white wine and dill sauce. Serves 2
2 6- 8 oz salmon fillets. I go to the fish person in the super market and tell him/her I want 2 fillets about 1 ½ inches wide (I hold up my fingers to show him how wide to cut it) cut from the center of the big piece of salmon you always see on display.
About ¾ cup of white wine
1 lemon or lime sliced up
1 Tbsp. dried dill
salt and pepper to taste
6-8 pats of butter
For the carbs tonight I’m going to recommend 2 sweet potatoes in the micro wave for about 8-10 minutes or until soft. Split lengthwise and put a pat of butter in. I then grind s little pepper in also. for a salad tonight, I’m going with sliced tomatoes and onions with olive oil and vinegar and ground pepper and dried basil and grated parmesan.
Put a frying pan on med high with enough olive oil to cover the bottom plus a little bit. Dredge the salmon in flour and cook in the pan about 4-6 minutes a side or until flaky. Remove from the heat and set aside. Put the slices of lemon in the oil left in the pan with 2-3 pats of the butter. Add the dill and the wine simmer until the wine has reduced by half. Pour it all over the salmon.
SERVE IT UP!!! With some good crusty bread and the rest of that white wine!!
Monday, March 9, 2009
quick and easy meals for 1 or 2
Steak night !! serves 1. These amounts are per person
1 New York strip steak per serving. Sometimes they’re called shell steaks. It’s worth the extra to be sure and get prime grade. If there is no prime available settle for choice.
1 small potato per person.
½ small onion sliced or cut julienne
1 pinch of dried rosemary
3/4 cup of your frozen veggie of the day, or your favorite salad.
Put about ¾ cup of olive oil in a frying pan at med high.
Cut the potato in half lengthwise then slice the halves about ¼ inch thick slices and put them in the oil when it has heated up. Put the vegetable of the day in a pot with enough water to cover it up and a pinch of salt.
Put a frying pan big enough for the steak (s) on to get hot with just enough oil to wet the bottom. Sprinkle some garlic powder and some black pepper on 1 side of the steak and put it in the pan with the powdered side down. Then sprinkle the up side with the garlic and pepper. Put the onions and the rosemary in with the potatoes which should be getting soft but not brown yet. Turn the heat on the veggies at med high. Watch the steak. Cook it to the degree that you like it. It is easy to over cook it. If it turns out to rare you can always put it back on for a sec, but you can’t un cook it if it’s too well done. If you poke it with your finger the more firm it is the more done it is. When the steak is done the potatoes and onions and the vegetable should be done. Remove the potatoes and onions to a plate or bowl lined with a paper towel and let them drain for a little bit before serving.
SERVE IT ALL UP!!! With some good bread and some red wine!
Steak night !! serves 1. These amounts are per person
1 New York strip steak per serving. Sometimes they’re called shell steaks. It’s worth the extra to be sure and get prime grade. If there is no prime available settle for choice.
1 small potato per person.
½ small onion sliced or cut julienne
1 pinch of dried rosemary
3/4 cup of your frozen veggie of the day, or your favorite salad.
Put about ¾ cup of olive oil in a frying pan at med high.
Cut the potato in half lengthwise then slice the halves about ¼ inch thick slices and put them in the oil when it has heated up. Put the vegetable of the day in a pot with enough water to cover it up and a pinch of salt.
Put a frying pan big enough for the steak (s) on to get hot with just enough oil to wet the bottom. Sprinkle some garlic powder and some black pepper on 1 side of the steak and put it in the pan with the powdered side down. Then sprinkle the up side with the garlic and pepper. Put the onions and the rosemary in with the potatoes which should be getting soft but not brown yet. Turn the heat on the veggies at med high. Watch the steak. Cook it to the degree that you like it. It is easy to over cook it. If it turns out to rare you can always put it back on for a sec, but you can’t un cook it if it’s too well done. If you poke it with your finger the more firm it is the more done it is. When the steak is done the potatoes and onions and the vegetable should be done. Remove the potatoes and onions to a plate or bowl lined with a paper towel and let them drain for a little bit before serving.
SERVE IT ALL UP!!! With some good bread and some red wine!
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