Fresh Terakihi fillets with homemade chips and salad

... a la Nat. He's great at this meal.

Fish and Chips

Sorry, no inspiration today.

Tuna Melts

I sat at the park today for 40 minutes trying to come up with something for dinner that required zero effort from me. My brainstorm:

- Order in Hell Pizza. I have a free delivery voucher.

I don't really like their pizzas and they're too expensive.

- Stop by the fish and chip/chinese/pizza place on the way home.

I didn't bring my wallet. Guts.

- Midnight spaghetti.

Too much effort. Don't feel like pasta.

- Cheese toasties.

Maybe. But Theo had a sandwich for lunch.

- Open grilled cheese like mini pizzas.

Doable. I have ham and tomato and cheese.

- Tuna melts... Tuna melts!

Every now and again I remember tuna melts and that they actually taste good. Then I forget them for another 6 months.

A Lazy Friday Dinner

First course:

Peas and corn from the freezer.

Second course:

Fish/sausage/hot dog/spring roll and chips depending who you are (Nat, Theo, Sadie, me).

Course 2a (I was the only one eating it):

Gotta love leftovers!

Salmon Pasta Salad

So. This was dinner tonight:

Recipe here. Two words: Epic fail. This was so gross. I thought "What a waste of my nice wholemeal pasta, and my carrots, brocolli, olive oil, vinegar, soy sauce and all other ingredients. Except for the salmon." I've decided I have an irreversible bias against canned salmon. It's sooooo gross. I inherited a bunch of canned goods when someone moved, including canned salmon. Tonight was one of those nights where I just had to make what was in the cupboard. I will never make this again. I was so glad that I didn't slice in some avocado which was recommended in one of the comments on the recipe. I did not think this was "Delicious Salmon Pasta Salad".

Spring broth and Terakihi

We ate at Nat's parents place tonight. My father-in-law made a delicious spring broth today that we had to start. It's a broth made with a whole chicken and then a mountain of fresh baby spring vegetables: peas, radish, fennel, celery, carrots, potatoes and probably more. It's delicious.

Then we had fresh terakihi fillets lightly floured, with homemade fried chips and a wholemeal sour dough, parbaked that you finish at home.

A delicious, light, spring meal!

(Sorry no photo)

Red Cod Fillets

Tonight Nat, once again crisping to perfection, cooked red cod fillets for dinner. I made the sides: asparagas, salad and chips (not pictured).

Delicious! I'm loving all the fish lately!

Fresh Snapper with Fennel

Check it out.

Some friends of ours were visiting, staying with our in-laws for the weekend. We went over there to share in a feast. Nat's dad Peter cooked a beautiful snapper for us, so good one of the guests sucked the eyes and Peter drank the juices from the plate. And the fennel was beautiful.

Terakihi fillets with fried potatoes

Or "fish and chips" if you like. Nat made perfectly crusted terakihi with delicious and also perfect fried potatoes for dinner tonight. And fried basil. And carrots as the token vegetable.

Fish

So for dinner tonight (at my parents house) we had:

Lemon pepper fish
Rice
Coleslaw
Brocolli with cheese sauce
Mixed veges

I promise I will do photos again once I go back home at the end of the week, because this is super boring without them. (Don't you think?)