BBQ Fish Medley w/ Roasted New Potatoes

I Will mention again, I am so fortunate to have a father who lives in Haida Gwaii and is able to send us down fish....We enjoyed Snapper, Smoked Salmon and Smoked Black Cod.

I also purchased my Fathers day gift to myself.....A Charcoal bbq. It is unreal! The flavor you get from a Charcoal bbq is second to none!

Snapper in the back left, salmon on the right, black cod bottom left. My mouth is watering typing this, and I already enjoyed this meal!!!

The Potatoes were almost my favorite part of this dish. We get our weekly produce box from Pilgrims Produce The stuff we get is wonderful. One of the things we got in this last weeks box were new potatoes. I boiled these spuds first until almost done, drained and tossed into a mixture of chopped fresh thyme, marjoram, sage, garlic, olive oil and salt and pepper. I threw in some extra whole stalks of the thyme and whole garlic. Roasted at 400f for 30 mins, turning once. The flavor you get is amazing. The herbs and roasted garlic, along with the crispy outside of the spud, you then bite into the soft texture of a new potato. Wonderful!

The asparagus I cooked in a basket over the briquette bbq, I tossed them in Olive oil, Balsamic vinegar and salt and pepper, threw them in the basket, cooked for 15 mins. 

Whatever your meal may be, go out and support your local farms, buy some new potatoes and carrots, enjoy what we have local. It is amazing what standards we get used to with non fresh or local produce in the store. A beet fresh from the farm will blow your mind compared to one from the store. 

Enjoy

Cory

Honey Ginger Chicken w/ Dilled Baby Carrots and Beet Greens

Our weekly produce box from Pilgrims Produce is starting to pick up, this week we got first of the season baby carrots. If you have never eaten a carrot fresh right from the garden, you are missing out!! Our weekly newsletter had a recipe from Greens! Glorious Greens! I will tell you what I did.

I started with 2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped, 1 small new onion chopped and baby carrots quartered with greens trimmed, cook in olive oil over medium heat for 2 to 3 mins. Then add beet green leaves, sliced in 2 inch chunks, add a bit of water, cover and cook for 6-8 mins. Remove from heat, season with salt and pepper and stir in 2 tbsp chopped fresh dill. Serve.

For the chicken, I dip chicken pieces in beaten egg, and tossed around in a bag with flour, salt and pepper and garlic powder. Then I friend skin side down first in some canola oil over medium high heat in a pan. Doing this will ensure you get oven "fried" chicken. Turn after 5 mins, cook for 5 more. Remove from pan and place on roasting pan or baking sheet. Bake @ 375f for 40 mins. I brushed on the sauce twice during baking, which I made on the stove in a saucepan, 1 clove of garlic minced, 2 tbsp fresh ginger minced, 2 tbsp soy sauce, 4 tbsp creamed honey and 1 tbsp butter. Cook garlic and ginger in butter until browned, add remaining ingredients and bring to boil. Simmer for 5 mins and remove from heat.

I accompanied the meal with a fresh spring mix salad and quinoa. Delicious. The skin on the chicken is so crispy and tasty. The freshness of the Ginger and the sweetness of the honey bring great taste to this chicken dinner!

Enjoy

Asparagus Quiche w/ Shredded potato crust.

Asparagus season is definitly one of my favorites!!

I was searching online, I cant remember the source, but I stumbled across this idea for a crust, rather then pastry, It works really well and adds great flavor!

You bake the "crust" first, then add your eggs and veggies, and bake off. Quiche makes a great anytime meal! Our boys loved this, and any variations would do!!

This is the crust, take 10 small potatoes, shred them, 1 small onion, shredded, 1 tsp garlic minced, salt and pepper, 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese, 1 beaten egg, Combine mixture, press into pie plate to form a "crust", bake at 375f for 25-30 mins.

The crust will start to turn a nice golden brown, remove from heat, I then sprinkled chopped asaparagus, mushrooms, onion and feta all over, beat 8 eggs, and pour over entire mixture, Top with grated cheddar cheese. Bake for 30 mins.

So take the time, have some quiche, save a "few" calories and fat with no pastry, and enjoy the spring produce that we have available to us!!!


Quiche can be enjoyed so many ways, you just need to try new things, mostly anything can taste good with eggs and cheese, Enjoy!


Cory