Posts Tagged “fish”

Italian Chowder with Cod and Kale

Italian Chowder with Cod and Kale

From Whole Foods Market   Serves 4 Here’s a satisfying family recipe incorporating seafood into your Health Starts Here™ lifestyle. It’s made with just enough of our frozen Wild-Caught Pacific Cod to provide good flavour to the broth and vegetables. This cod is value priced but high-quality, pure seafood never bathed or dipped in artificial…

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Halibut Tacos with Creamy Corn and Tomato Slaw

Halibut Tacos with Creamy Corn and Tomato Slaw

From Whole Foods Market   Makes 6 tacos   The fresh corn slaw in these tacos is a tasty way to get healthy raw veggies into a meal. To feel confident that you’re making a difference for the oceans, choose halibut (or harpoon-caught swordfish, when available) from a Marine Stewardship Council-certified sustainable fishery. The little…

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Fish Tacos in Crunchy Shells

Fish Tacos in Crunchy Shells

From Whole Foods Market   Serves 4 All the flavour and crunch everyone loves about traditional tacos, with a fish twist.   Ingredients 2 (6-ounce) packages frozen Responsibly Farmed tilapia fillets, thawed 3/4 teaspoon ground cumin 1/4 teaspoon sea salt 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper (optional) 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 8 blue or yellow corn…

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The Mayfair Chippy – restaurant review

The Mayfair Chippy – restaurant review

Nothing better than traditional fish and chips. It’s nostalgic comfort food, at least if you are British. We all have memories of queueing up in a white-tiled shop with steamy windows, a high counter with glass jars of pickled gherkins and eggs, bottles of brown vinegar and salt shakers. For those who hail from beyond…

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Easy Matzo-Crusted Wild Salmon

Easy Matzo-Crusted Wild Salmon

From Whole Foods Market   Serves 4 Kids and adults alike will love this quick and flavourful baked salmon with a light, crunchy crust. If matzo isn’t available, substitute any cracker crumbs. Ingredients Natural spray oil 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1 tablespoon mayonnaise or plain yogurt 4 (4-ounce) boneless, skinless wild-caught salmon fillets 3/4 teaspoon…

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Salmon with Wasabi-Cream Sauce – recipe

Salmon with Wasabi-Cream Sauce – recipe

Fish with Japanese heat. This is a versatile recipe than can be made when you are home alone, or increase the quantities and you have a dinner party for six. It’s simple, with few ingredients.   Ingredients per person ½ tsp powdered seaweed, made from 4tbs of shredded seaweed (available from Japan Centre), for garnish…

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Dressed Salmon

Dressed Salmon

From Sainsbury’s   A wonderful centre-piece for a buffet. Serves: 8 Preparation time: 10 Minutes Cooking time: 50 Minutes   Ingredients: 800g-1.1kg whole salmon fillet side 20g pack fresh herbs for fish 1 lemon 2-4 tablespoons dry white wine Freshly ground white pepper 1 pack aspic jelly powder ½ cucumber thinly sliced Watercress to garnish…

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Cod in Black Bean Sauce

Cod in Black Bean Sauce

by Chrissie Walker   This recipe suggests using cod but almost any white fish will do. It’s a simple preparation which can be tweaked to your own taste. I use a tall steamer with 4 plastic trays but a traditional bamboo steamer is just as good. Make sure there is space around the plate for…

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The Cinnamon Club Seafood Cookbook by Vivek Singh – review

The Cinnamon Club Seafood Cookbook by Vivek Singh – review

Britain is an island. So it goes without saying that we are surrounded by water and have had a close relationship with the sea. Surprising, therefore, that are still so many of us who are not fish eaters. Home cooks have not had a good reputation for preparing tasty fish, and we so often resort…

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Fish Easy by Mitch Tonks – review

Fish Easy by Mitch Tonks – review

“Oh, yeah,” I hear my time-strapped reader cry, “it’s healthy and I know I should eat more of it, but do you know what time I get in of an evening? I could have dinner on the table in half an hour if I did pasta!” Well, I agree. You can indeed have pasta every…

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Vigo – Michelin Stars and Seafood – travel review

Vigo – Michelin Stars and Seafood – travel review

You will appreciate from these articles that I consider Vigo in Galicia something of an undiscovered culinary gem. The fresh produce and seafood are outstanding but you will likely be staying in a hotel where cooking facilities are strictly for the professionals, so you will want to find the best and the most interesting of…

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Fishy Fishy Cookbook by James Ginzler – review

Fishy Fishy Cookbook by James Ginzler – review

I am surprised that there are not more fish cookbooks. We live on an island and the wet stuff around the edges is sea. It’s home to a wealth of good things to eat, that seem far more appreciated by those from other European countries than by us Brits. Fishy Fishy Cookbook is the latest…

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Fish – Recipes from the Sea – review

Fish – Recipes from the Sea – review

Fish cooking is still a mystery to many of us. Even accomplished cooks might not be too sure of their culinary ground. It is delicate; we think it will be a fiddle to prepare; will the kids like it? Fish, just as with any ingredient, needs to be treated with respect but it ain’t rocket…

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Fish Cookbook by C J Jackson – review

Fish Cookbook by C J Jackson – review

Fish. It’s topical. There has been a raft of TV programmes highlighting the horrific waste of fish as it’s thrown back dead into the sea – wrong kind of fish or too much for that crew’s quota. So it’s been brought to our attention that fish is a precious resource, but one which we are…

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500 Fish and Seafood Dishes by Judith Fertig – review

500 Fish and Seafood Dishes by Judith Fertig – review

We know we should eat more fish. It’s good for us. On the other hand, perhaps eating fish and chips three times each week might not be a good diet choice. Not many people can afford to eat in fish restaurants so frequently, so that leaves the home-cooked option. The problem of fish sustainability and…

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Loch Fyne Restaurant Twickenham – review

Loch Fyne Restaurant Twickenham – review

Formed in 1998, Loch Fyne Restaurants was established to cultivate oysters in the clear, clean waters of Loch Fyne in Scotland. The company has now grown to 46 sites and they employ over 1,200 staff working all over the UK. They don’t sell just oysters but fish in all its guises and even some meat…

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Kasturi Restaurant Fish Festival – restaurant review

Kasturi Restaurant Fish Festival – restaurant review

[This venue is now closed] Kasturi is a strong-scented oil found in rare musk deer. This prized substance has been used for the most expensive and luxurious of perfumes. The name evokes opulence and richness. Kasturi the restaurant specialises in Pakhtoon cuisine, which originated in the North-West Frontier Province of the Sub-continent. The essence of…

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The Cook’s Guide to Fish and Seafood by Wendy Sweetser – review

The Cook’s Guide to Fish and Seafood by Wendy Sweetser – review

I see many cookbooks every week and hundreds every year. Most are very nice, some are inspiring, there are a few that would be better left as trees, and then there are the gems. Apple Press have done it again! This publisher never seems to put a foot wrong. They present books that are marvellously…

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Fish – The Complete Fish and Seafood Companion by Mitch Tonks – review

Fish – The Complete Fish and Seafood Companion by Mitch Tonks – review

Well, that is quite a claim for a book – to be the complete something or other. Fish – The Complete Fish and Seafood Companion does, at first glance, seem to have all the credentials of a major work on the subject. The hardback volume is artfully embossed and has the feel of quality. Mitch…

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Fish Indian Style by Atul Kochhar – review

Fish Indian Style by Atul Kochhar – review

Chef and restaurateur Atul Kochhar is one of the better known Asian faces on food TV in the UK. His restaurant, Benares, holds a Michelin star and he has recently opened another two restaurants. I think we can safely conclude that Atul understands food. Fish Indian Style is a sumptuous book with wonderful photographs by…

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