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April 5, 2012 By 2 Comments
Crispy Skin Salmon with Hummus
April 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sabra Hummus is BOGO at Publix this week and while you could certainly make your own, I love the Sabra brand (no one gave me anything to say that). I think the flavors are terrific and my family eats so much of this that sometimes it’s a bit of a pain to make since I don’t buy canned beans anymore and however much I make it seems to disappear twice as quickly as it took to make. When Sabra is BOGO, I always indulge.
I had this gorgeous salmon and I thought about pairing it with the hummus. I Googled “Salmon with Hummus” and had over 3 million results, so people were clearly enjoying them together, but I still wasn’t super sure. I decided to give it a shot and boy were we glad that I did. It’s delicious. Here’s what I did:
- 4 portions of salmon, skin on
- 3 tablespoons of butter, softened to room temperature
- salt and pepper
Take the salmon out of the fridge and let it come to room temperature, uncovered. If there’s any moisture on the skin, pat it dry. Lightly salt the skin and let it sit for just a couple of minutes. This will help to dry it a bit more so that you can get super crispy skin.
Rub the butter onto the skin – I honestly didn’t need the whole 3 tablespoons, so I just scraped of the excess.
Heat the pan to med/high heat, add two table spoons of olive oil and when it’s almost smoking, add the salmon, skin side down to the pan. If you want really crispy skin, let it cook almost completely skin side down – about 5-6 minutes. Lightly salt the top side.
Flip and cook on the other side for a minute or two. Just until seared.
Plate with a nice, big scoop of the hummus – we used Roasted Red Pepper.
That skin was so crispy and the fish was so moist and buttery and the flavors in the hummus were perfect. We served this with a garden salad dressed simply with Extra Virgin Olive Oil and White Balsamic vinegar.
Delicious and super easy.
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Mahi Soup
March 30, 2012 By 2 Comments
This recipe was a total fluke. I had a few ingredients and nothing else in my fridge or pantry (have I mentioned how busy we’ve been?) and I threw this together because we were starving. It was 30 minutes from fridge to table and it was shockingly good. Like, everyone was making noises while they ate, good. Heated up beautifully the next day too.
- 3 onions, sliced (I used 2 large spring onions and 1 red onion – combine and use whatever you like)
- about 1 lb. of sweet peppers seeded and sliced
- 1 large tomato chopped (I would have used more, but somebody ate the other ones for lunch)
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 big handful Kalamata Olives, chopped
- 4 Mahi Mahi filets
- salt
Slice the onions thinly, heat a large pot with a lid on medium heat. Add a little olive oil and when it ribbons, add the onions. Sprinkle with a pinch of salt and let them cook down.
While they’re cooking, chop your peppers and tomatoes, but keep them separate. I had the most gorgeous peppers. Sweet, from the farm and just lovely.
Aren’t they pretty? Slice them up, and add them to the onions. Continue to let this gently cook, you want all the vegetables to release all their juice, that’s what will make the broth. When the peppers start to soften, add the chopped tomato. I only had one, so that’s what I used but I would have added two more if I had them. I added the chopped olives another pinch of salt here too.
When there’s a lot of liquid from the vegetables in the pot, add the fish.
Cover and cook for about 11 minutes, or until the fish is cooked through and easily flakes
One of the easiest recipes, ever. So healthy, so delicious and satisfying.
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Zero Water and Giveaway!
March 27, 2012 By
Update: We have two winners! Congratulations Melissa C. and Ronda! The winners have been notified by email as well. Thanks for playing, everyone!
I gave up diet soda about a year ago and I’ve been drinking much more water as a result. I try to drink at least 100 oz. per day. I live in Florida and it’s hot here for most of the year, so dehydration is a concern in our every day lives. Unfortunately I don’t like the taste of the water and I really don’t like to buy bottles of water. Fortunately for me, this house has a reverse osmosis filter, so I feel better about the water, but I still don’t love the taste of it. It’s sort of metallic and I can only drink the water when it’s freezing cold. Needless to say, when I came across this opportunity to review the Zero Water pitcher, I was very interested.
The pitcher comes with detailed instructions on testing your water straight from the tap with the included tester, a URL to check your average local levels of TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) in the water and the pitcher and filter. First I checked my local levels on the website, which were 250 (ew, right?), then I checked my tap water which was 168. Next I checked my reverse osmosis which was 008. I followed the directions, and carefully poured the water through the filter. This took a few minutes to filter and when it was done, I tested it. Guess what it was… 000. I tasted it and it tasted like the most delicious pure water ever. Better than most of the bottled water out there, even. I was really impressed.
The pitcher is a nice size, and fits very well in my refrigerator, but I think I’m going to purchase the larger one because my whole family insists on drinking the “Zero Water” and we’re going through a LOT of it.
You can check out their website: Zero Water and their Facebook Page to learn more, but on March 22, which was World Water Day, the company kicked off a campaign and two of my readers will receive their own Zero Water Pitcher and Tester!! That’s right, two! Just head over to Zero Water and enter your zip code to find out what the average TDS levels are in your area and then come back here and leave me a comment letting me know what your number is. I’ll randomly choose two winners on April 10! (Sorry, Continental US only)
In addition to that, I have a coupon code! Use code MC30, which will give you 30% off of a 10 Cup ZeroWater pitcher here. How cool is that?
I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour by Mom Central Consulting on behalf of ZeroWater and received a water pitcher to facilitate my review, two pitchers to giveaway, and extra filters to thank me for taking the time to participate.
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Wordless Wednesday
March 21, 2012 By 2 Comments
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