Fish And Chips

This recipe makes a delicious meal that is crispy on the outside and tender and flaky on the inside.  Delicious!

Chips:
4 Potatoes, washed and set aside to dry
3 Tablespoons Olive Oil
2 Tablespoons Malt Vinegar
Salt, Black Pepper, and Cayenne Pepper to taste

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Mix together oil, vinegar, and spices.
• Cut potatoes into wedges and place in a bowl.
• Pour oil mixture over potatoes and toss to coat thoroughly.
• Lay out flat on a foil-lined baking pan that has been spritzed with vegetable spray.
• Bake for 30 minutes, turning half way through.

Fish:

4 Tilapia fillets

4 Tablespoons Butter, melted

4 Tablespoons Dijon Mustard

1 1/2 Tablespoons dried Dill flakes or 2 Tablespoons chopped, fresh Dill

1 cup Panko Bread Crumbs

Salt, Black Pepper, and Cayenne Pepper to taste

• Mix together butter, mustard, and dill and place in a shallow bowl or pie pan.
• Mix together bread crumbs and spices and place in a shallow bowl or pie pan.
• Dredge fish into butter mixture to coat well.  Then, dredge into bread crumbs to coat thoroughly.
• Lay on a hot, foil-lined baking pan that has been spritzed with vegetable spray.
• Bake for about 15-20 minutes, flipping half-way through.

Serve with a spicy ketchup and tartar sauce if you would like.  

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

My sister, Brenda, used to call Brussels Sprouts cabbage balls.  I have found over the years that not everybody is a lover of them but Mike and I both really like them prepared in lots of different ways.  The other day I bought some fresh ones in a package at the grocery store and found a recipe similar to this one.

1 pound fresh Brussels Sprouts
2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
3 slices bacon
1/2 small onion
salt and pepper to taste

• Warm oven to 350 degrees.
• Cut each of the Brussels Sprouts in half.

• Dice the onion.
• Place the Sprouts in a sauce pan and steam them for about ten minutes.
• Toss the steamed Sprouts with the Olive Oil and spread out onto a foil-lined baking sheet.
• Place in the oven and roast for about 15 minutes.
• Stir and bake about 15 more minutes.
• While the Sprouts are baking, fry the bacon in a skillet till crisp.
• Remove from grease and toss diced onion pieces into about 2 Tablespoons of the grease.
• Cook till tender.
• Chop bacon and add Brussels Sprouts and chopped bacon to onions and stir till mixed.  
• Season to taste and serve.

Note:  These are also delicious roasted in a grill pan on the grill!