Many folks shy away from cooking fish at home, but this recipe is a great foray into getting more fish in your diet. Once you see how easy it is to roast fish at home, you’ll be able to easily incorporate it into your weeknight routine. This recipe features cod, a low fat, high protein mild white fish that is delicious and high in beneficial omega-3s. Eating omega fatty acid-rich cold water fish several times a week can dramatically lower your risk of stroke and heart attack because omegas can thin blood and prevent clotting. Avoid the larger predatory fish that can be high in mercury: tuna, mackerel, shark, swordfish, and tilefish. Women who are pregnant or trying to conceive should avoid these types of fish at all costs.
Sesame Roasted Cod for Two
Two 6-8 oz black cod or sablefish fillets (can also use halibut steaks or any medium-thick white fish)
1 cup shiitake mushrooms, sliced
Sesame oil (i use toasted, unrefined sesame oil for more flavor)
Sea salt and fresh cracked pepper
Preheat oven to 450; place rack in middle. Clean the fish and drizzle each side with sesame oil, then sprinkle with sea salt and pepper. Toss the mushrooms with 1 tbsp of sesame oil and lightly salt and pepper them. Coat glass baking pan with olive oil. Arrange filets in glass baking pan, then arrange mushrooms around the filets. Roast fish for about 10 minutes, stirring mushrooms once or twice, until fish flakes and mushrooms are cooked through. Garnish with scallions if desired. Serve atop bok choy sauteed with garlic or an asian veggie stir fry.
You can also serve this with a sesame soba noodle salad – toss soba (read labels – some soba noodles, which should be 100% buckwheat, have wheat flour in them) with soy sauce, sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, sliced ginger, cilantro, and top with roasted sesame seeds.
For dessert, nothing says Valentine’s like dark chocolate. Make your own truffles!
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