Chris and I went grocery shopping in the early evening and we came back with fresh Halibut steaks, new asparagus, corn, fresh organic strawberries and salad fixings. We also bought some wine – a Pignot Grigio.
So guess what we had for dinner?
I marinated the Halibut in a mixture of chopped chives – fresh from the garden, dill, paprika and a tiny bit of cayenne pepper and a splash of the white wine.
As the fish marinated, I prepared the asparagus by rinsing them and snapping off the woody ends (they were young asparagus so the ends were pretty good). I then placed them in a microwave steamer container. When I cooked them I put them in the microwave for about four minutes, took them out, drained the tiny bit of water that was in the container, added a tiny bit of margarine and a splash of lemon juice and microwaved them again for 30 seconds. Yummy.
I shucked the husk off of two corn and steamed them in the microwave as well (5 minutes).
As if the fish that Chris eventually barbecued on the grill, the asparagus and corn weren’t enough I also made a salad with fresh chives, green onion, sweet onion, organic salad mix, tomato, radish, cucumber and tomato.
We also had a glass or two of that lovely wine and I’m a little light headed right now.
For desert we finished off some fresh pineapple that we already had. I chopped it up and mixed it with some of the strawberries that we’d purchased at the grocery store.
The meal was delicious, but it was much larger than we normally have these days. So I’m stuffed.
I think I might head for bed soon!
What did you have for dinner?
BTW Our puppy got to taste a few new foods tonight. We gave her a small piece of strawberry, fish, and radish. She seemed to love them. We also gave her some cucumber, salad leaves (spinach and lettuce) and a tiny piece of pineapple. She’d had a taste of each of those before. She’s not big on the leaves but seems to really like cucumber.
G’day Tricia
Like your blog but I had to laugh at the title, ‘I’m so Stuffed’ because down here in Australia, ‘stuffed’ means you’re totally exhausted! For example, I might (and often do) say, as I flop down on the sofa, “Boy oh boy I’m stuffed.”