Tried and tested fish recipes?

[Lowryn]

We are trying to eat more healthily and sort of follow the "You are what you eat" diet.

I am trying to stay away from dairy and wheat too so my lemon sole with sour cream dish is no good, and anything breaded is out too (bah)
So apart from tinned tuna and baked Salmon, I don't know any other fish dishes.

Any suggestions?

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buy the fresh cod fillets from somewhere (the oblong ones) Crush some garlic on them, some lemon juice and some mixed herbs.....wrap in foil and bake in a meduim oven until done...i cook mine for about 45minutes. Serve with steamed vegetables, salad or jacket potatoes. Drizzle with the juices in the bottom of the foilf from cooking. Easy and healthy

Excellent thanks! That fish curry sounds great froot, and thanks too Titania, I am sure I can manage those recipes.

a really nice (and incredibly easy) accompaniement for plain baked or fried white fish: chop up some tomatoes into halves or quarters, put them in a roasting dish, lay proscuitto loosely over the top, lots of black paper and some olive oil, roast in a hot oven for 20-25 mins; serve with spinach salad and new potatoes. really nice and takes no preparation time at all.

If you are going to try to eat healthily, I would suggest staying away from any farmed fish, eg salmon and bass. Also, don't buy "wild" salmon or bass, as farmed stuff is often sold as wild! (I have this on authority from dh!)

Very good things to eat are mackerel - simply grill it. Very nice with slightly acidic things such as gooseberries (cooked in a sauce), and makes beautiful curries.

Best bit of advice - find a good fishmonger, not a supermarket fish counter. Ask them what is good to buy that day and how to cook it. If there is any cutting/scaling etc needed they can do that for you.

Keep it simple - grill it, steam it, fry it - and don't overcook it! Serve it with salads or veg.

dh's favourite is to get 2 salmon fillets (or trout) and lightly coat in oil, lemon juice and seasonjing. Put at one end of baking tray and at other end put blanched green beans, cherry toms, black olives and drape anchovy fillets over the top. Bake in reasonably hot over for about 10 mins. its a sort of rusticy feel so don't worry re proportions.

not fish but one I like is baby gem lettuce briased in veg stock with brown rice - ideal for those days when your liver feels a bit... tired...

What sort of salmon should I buy Miaou? I was buying stuff that said "wild" as didn't want to buy farmed.

Dh is quite strict with things like this - if you know FOR A FACT it is wild salmon then you are ok - but farmed salmon is so full of PCB's and other chemical residues that it is not really safe to eat IMO.

The way to tell the difference between a "proper" wild salmon and salmon sold as wild salmon is to do with the look of the flesh etc - but dh tells me that it is too difficult to explain how to tell the difference! Sorry I can't be more helpful.

I might be wrong - but isn't proper wild salmon very red - not the pale pink/orange at all?