Fish – Page 3 – Kacey Tess

Smoked salmon and spinach salad

What you’ll need:
1 bag of spinach cleaned
1/2 Red onion
10 sugar snap peas cleaned and cut in half
3-4 spears of pickled asparagus
3-4 large button mushrooms sliced thinly
10 cherry tomatoes halved
1 package of smoked salmon ( I prefer to use Lox)
Sea salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
Goat cheese or feta cheese (optional)

1 batch of red wine vinegar dressing (recipe in previous blog post) or store bought

Mix all ingredients except salmon together thoroughly

Add salmon after you have plated the salad

If wanted add goat cheese or feta

Enjoy!!!

Seared Ahi Tuna on Soba Noodle Salad

What you’ll need:
1/2 lb of ahi tuna
1 package of soba noodles
Miso dressing (see my miso dressing post for a great recipe)
3 vine ripened tomatoes
Alfalfa sprouts
1 TBLS extra virgin olive oil
Sea Salt
Black pepper
Cayenne pepper

What you do:
Bring a large pot of water to a boil
Place soba noodles in boiling water
Reduce heat slightly and boil noodles for 5 minutes
Drain noodles
Run cold water over noodles
Place chilled noodles in a bowl
Add miso dressing to noodles
Cover with saran wrap and place in fridge while preparing tuna

Season tuna on both sides with sea salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper

Heat 1 TBLS of olive oil in a skillet on med-high heat
Sear tuna until cooked, about 1 1/2 minutes on each side for rare

Remove noodles from fridge
Add tomatoes and sprouts
Mix together well
Place in bowl
Add tuna on top

Enjoy!!
Add additional sprouts if wanted

Salmon with Pineapple Salsa

What you’ll need:
2 half pound fillets of salmon
Olive Oil
Salt
Pepper
Chilli Pepper Seasoning
Lemon
Yellow Squash X1
Pineapple Salsa(Recipe Below)

What you do:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
Place the salmon fillets on tinfoil (one per piece of salmon)
Pour olive oil on each fillet so it is covered
Sprinkle salt and pepper on each fillet (both sides)
Wrap and seal tin foil around salmon
Place tinfoil packages on a cookie sheet
Place cookie sheet in oven
Cook at 350 degrees F for 40 minutes or until cooked

While Salmon is baking get a large frying pan
Place 1 TBLS of olive in pan and heat on Med-High heat
Cut yellow squash into thin pieces
Place yellow squash in the olive oil
Season with salt, pepper and chilli powder
Once squash starts to turn translucent remove it from heat.

Place squash on plate
Remove salmon from oven once it’s cooked
Place Salmon on the squash
Squeeze lemon on top of salmon and squash
Season with salt to taste
Place pineapple salsa on top of salmon

To make pineapple salsa you can replace the tomatoes in your favorite salsa recipe with pineapple or see below an easy pineapple salsa I use.

Pineapple Salsa:
1 can pineapple
1 red onion
1 Red pepper
1 jalepeno pepper
1/4 bunch cilantro
1 lime
1 TSP salt
Chop finely and mix together or place all ingredients in a food processor until chopped finely.

Enjoy!

Pan Seared Scallops on Mixed Greens

What you’ll need:

10-12 large scallops
Field Greens
Cherry Tomatoes
Small bunch of radish
Red Wine Vinegar
Balsamic Vinegar
Olive Oil
Lemon
Sea Salt
Pepper

What to do:
Clean and chop mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, radish and combine with field greens. Add 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, 1/8 cup balsamic and 2 TBLS of olive oil. Combine and mix throroughly. Set aside

Heat 1 TBLS of olive oil on high heat. Clean scallops and squeeze half of the lemon in clean scallops then sprinkle with salt and pepper. Using tongs, place scallops evenly around the heated pan and sear for 2 minutes on each side. Be careful not to over-cook and serve immediately on the mixed greens.