Sunday, March 6, 2011

New baby survival quick dinner!

Dinner tonight is as quick and easy as it gets for us.  With a four day old baby time is short, but we still need nutritious energy to keep up with our two and a half year old.
Here's the result;

Broiled panko crusted hake with fresh greens and herbed brown rice.

The Hake

16oz of hake filets
1 cup panko
1 tbsp Chachere's(see below) or mix of cayenne and salt
1 tsp curry powder
1 egg

Rinse and pat dry filets.  Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, beat egg in another.  Dip and coat filets in egg, then coat with panko mix.  Place on a baking tray and broil until slightly blackened.

Herbed Brown Rice

1 bag frozen whole grain brown rice
1 tbsp herbs de provence
2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Mix herbs with rice, heat in microwave, when done toss with olive oil

I made the rice while the fish cooked, and then placed fresh greens, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and a pepper grinder on the table.  All told, about 15-20 minutes including prep and a very healthy meal.  I made this while my wife was nursing and my older daughter was sitting on her potty watching dora.  We like multi-tasking.

As you may have noticed these recipes are more like a blueprint that can be modified to your tastes or easily experimented with.  Enjoy!

Here's a link to the number one secret flavoring in my kitchen- I don't cook with salt, unless I'm using Chachere's...

http://shop.tonychachere.com/original-creole-seasoning-17-oz-p-21715.html

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