Zesty Healthy Mediterranean Sauce For Fish Food

BAKED COD RECIPE WITH LEMON AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Mix together the lemon juice, olive oil, and melted butter in a shallow bowl (do not add the garlic yet). Set aside.
• In another shallow bowl, mix the all-purpose flour, spices, salt and pepper. Set next to the lemon sauce.
• Pat the fish dry. Dip the fish in the lemon sauce then dip it in the flour mixture. Shake off excess flour. Reserve the lemon sauce for later.
• Heat 2 tbsp olive oil in a cast iron skillet (or an oven-safe pan) over medium-high heat (watch the oil to be sure it is shimmering but not smoking). Add the fish and sear on each side to give it some color, but do not fully cook (about 2 minutes on each side). Remove the skillet from heat.
• To the remaining lemon sauce, add the minced garlic and mix. Drizzle all over the fish fillets.
• Bake in the heated oven until the fish flakes easily with a fork (10 minutes should do it, but begin checking earlier). Remove from the heat and sprinkle chopped parsley. Serve immediately.

ZESTY TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or aluminum foil.
• Toss tomatoes, butter, garlic, and thyme together in a bowl; pour onto prepared baking sheet.
• Roast in the preheated oven until tomatoes are slightly charred and have reduced in size, about 1 hour.
• Transfer tomato mixture to a blender; add black pepper and kosher salt. Blend until smooth.

ZESTY HOMEMADE SPAGHETTI SAUCE

Steps:

• In a medium skillet, brown the sausage (or beef) with the chopped onion until no pink remains in the sausage and the onion is transparent. Drain excess grease.
• In the meantime, heat oil in a kettle or stock pot, and sauté the minced garlic, mushroom pieces, and green pepper in the oil until the pepper is tender. Add remaining ingredients, including enough mushroom juice or water to reach the right consistency. Cover; let sauce simmer over low heat for 15 minutes.
• Add the browned meat/onion mixture to the kettle. Cover and let the sauce simmer for 20 minutes. Serve over cooked and drained spaghetti noodles.

FISH FILLETS WITH MEDITERRANEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• TO PREPARE SAUCE:.
• Combine first seven ingredients in a saucepan.
• Simmer for 30 minutes.
• Add olive oil, and simmer for an additional 30 minutes or until sauce is thickened and reduced in volume.
• Add Salt and Pepper to taste.
• Serve sauce over fish.
• TO PREPARE FISH:.
• There are various methods you may use but I prefere one of the following:.
• METHOD ONE:Preheat oven to 400°F Butter a baking dish large enough to hold all the fillets in one layer, and place the fish in it.
• Dot with butter, salt and pepper to taste.
• Cook in the oven 10-12 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
• OR.
• METHOD TWO: Place fish fillets on a large piece of aluminum foil.
• Salt and pepper to taste.
• Fold foil securely around fish and place in steamer over boiling water.
• Steam about 5 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.