Month: June 2022

fish tacos w/corn salsa

dinner, mexican

ingredients

  • 2 servings of a fish of your choice
  • tortillas and brown rice for serving
  • 4-6 ears sweet corn
  • 1/2 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 diced, ripe avocado
  • 1/2 cup finely chopped cilantro
  • 1-2 medium jalepenos, finely chopped
  • 1/4 cup lime juice
  • 1 tbsp white vinegar
  • 1/4 tsp chili powder
  • 1/4 tsp cumin

instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place fresh/defrosted salmon on a lined baking sheet and sprinkle with panko, chili powder, and cumin, maybe a squeeze or two of lime juice. Bake 18-20 minutes or until cooked through. Set aside. (if using a different fish, cook in the way that particular fish should be cooked)
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  2. In a large bowl, combine the sweet corn kernels with the remaining ingredients and mix to combine.
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  3. Serve with brown rice and tortillas. Option to serve also with a sriracha-mayo as fish tacos often are.

Corn salad from https://cookieandkate.com/fresh-corn-salsa-recipe

Broccoli Brown Rice Stir-Fry with Peanut Sauce

asian, dinner

ingredients

  • plain brown rice, boiled and drained
  • 1-2 heads broccoli
  • one package of a protein of your choice (tofu, seitan, etc, meat maybe)

For the peanut sauce

  • 1/2 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup reduced sodium soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 tbsp honey
  • 2 tsp sesame oil
  • 1-2 cloves garlic, minced
  • pinch red pepper flakes

instructions

  1. Rinse the rice thoroughly. Boil in water and drain like pasta after 30 minutes. Drain and return to pot. Let sit covered for 10 minutes. Set aside.
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  2. Make the sauce. Combine all the ingredients and whisk together until smooth. Set aside.
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  3. Stir ya fry. Sautee your protein until it’s ready to go. Set aside. Sautee broccoli on medium-high heat for about 8 minutes (higher heat and shorter cooking time is the key to a good vegetable stir fry).
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  4. Add the sauce. Add the sauce to the stir fry and stir until combined over medium heat. Serve over the brown rice.

With some help from:
– https://www.thekitchn.com/brown-rice-pasta-technique-22997438
– https://themodernproper.com/tofu-stir-fry-with-peanut-sauce
– peanut sauce adapted from Love Real Food, Cookie + Kate