Crispy Fish Fingers - CEiMB

Living in Wisconsin....I value a good fish fry. I love going out for dinner on Friday nights and getting a good fish fry (although it doesn't have to be beer battered) with french fries, coleslaw, tartar sauce and of course a nice soft marbled rye bread. YUMMY! I was very excited to make these fish sticks when I saw that it had been chosen.

Anne of rainforest recipes chose the Crispy Fish Fingers. You can find the recipe HERE or HERE. Be sure to check out Anne's blog though. She actually lives in a Guatemalan rainforest. I don't think that I could ever do that. OK. I know that I couldn't! I don't even like to go camping longer than 2 days in a row.

I am sure that some of my fellow Ellie pals really enjoyed these fish fingers which have a very healthy spin on them. I just did not! First, I couldn't find any flounder filets at the store. I went with the mix of northern and walleye fillets that my dad had given to us from one of his fishing excursions. Oh, I wish that I hadn't of wasted them on this recipe. I even doubled the recipe because I had close to 2 lbs of fish thawed and didn't want to waste any. Sigh.

I am thinking the reason I didn't like them was due to the whole wheat flour. I thought that they didn't have any flavor and were just bland with a slight nutty taste. Very, very bland. I guess if you are going to eat a fish with breading, it should be deep fried. The one thing good about this recipe though is the mock tartar sauce. It was quite tasty and would taste great with some other fish.

Thai-Style Halibut with Coconut-Curry Broth - CEiMB

The recipe this week was chosen by The Not So Skinny Kitchen. You can check out her post and find the recipe HERE or HERE. She has some great looking stuff on her blog and I am jealous of her photography skills. All the pictures look great. Something that I have been trying to work harder on.

I wasn't sure that I wanted to make this dish or sit this one out. I am not a huge coconut fan and Ben hates cilantro. I really am not a fan of cilantro either but I can deal with it much better than him. In the end I decided to forge ahead because I skipped the jerk chicken last week.

While I was cooking dinner Ben walked through the kitchen and made a comment that it smelled good. I made no mention of the cilantro and he then proceeded to take a shower while the boys played outside. I quickly cut the cilantro (maybe he wouldn't figure it out?) and then realized that I had gotten coconut juice instead of coconut milk. I decided to use half coconut juice and half 2% milk, which seemed to work. As I was just about finishing up he came back into the kitchen and immediately stated that now the kitchen smelled like a "urinal". He is obviously very honest. I told him to just give it a chance.

I got the dinners plated up and took my pictures. By now the fish is no longer hot...which is probably how all of our dinners are eaten, right? As we are eating he says that it is good but there is some taste to it that he doesn't like. He told me that he thought that it was from the sauce on top of the fish. He really is too smart for his own good. I fessed up and told him that he was eating cilantro. He thinks that it the dinner would have been fantastic if I had skipped the cilantro. I tend to agree.

This was a fantastic meal. I especially liked the sauce and spinach. I served it with brown rice as recommended. Even though I prefer white rice it tasted great with the sauce. However, I agree with Ben and think that I should have skipped the cilantro.

Check out how all the other Ellie fish recipes turned out HERE.

Salmon with Sweet and Spicy Rub

I really should make salmon more often, at least once a week. I learned today on one of those morning news shows that it really is good for you. It is an excellent source of protein and good fats that you should really strive to have. I always forget how much I like it until I order it at a restaurant or cook it at home.


This recipe was good. It may have been a little sweet for my tastes though. But I didn't have any problem polishing it off. The Hubster liked it as well. We ate it for dinner the other night with rice and peas. The salmon was so easy to prepare and cooked really quick. I broiled ours in the oven. It is a very good dinner to make when you don't have a lot of time.

The recipe was chosen by Pam from Lobster and Fishsticks. You can find the recipe HERE or I am sure that she will have the recipe posted soon. I think next time I will try her salmon with sour cream dill sauce. Now that looks good too!