Grabbing the Gusto

Deirdre Reid – Freelance Writer & Home Cook

This quick fish dinner with citrusy coconut flavor requires only about 6 minutes on the stove — a great option for steamy nights. ~~~ I love cooking but some nights I just want to get dinner on the table as quickly as possible. Like last night. I had other more ambitious plans for dinner, but …

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Flounder piccata is a quick, boldly flavored yet light dish that can also be made with any other thin fillets—sole, tilapia, pollock, haddock, skate or cod. So simple and so good. ~~~ Piccata is one of those recipes that’s really easy to throw together with ingredients that are usually on hand, although there’s no guarantee …

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A quick dinner recipe featuring golden tilefish with a spicy breadcrumb topping. Try it with any white fish fillets including cod, tilapia, flounder, snapper, bass, croaker, halibut or grouper. ~~~ I found some interesting info about golden tilefish on NOAA’s Fish Watch website. “The saying ‘you are what you eat’ rings true for this fish – they …

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Here’s a quickie for a weekday night, definitely one of Rachel Ray’s famous 30-minute meals. You can tell from the recipe that preparing the fish takes only a few minutes and baking it takes about ten minutes more. I had my couscous ingredients chopped and measured before I started preparing the fish. Once the fish …

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