Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Fish Rub-a-dub dub

Ok, so dating has its advantages and disadvantages. Advantage: warm feet in bed, shared meals, friday night dates. Disadvantage: not having complete and total agreement on styles and tastes. What am I blabbering about? The big C word: Compromise.
Q: How are you compromising by dating Nathan, Jessica?
A: I am eating more fish.
For some unknown reason, I stopped liking most fish years ago. I'll never say no to a fresh tuna steak, but white fish was repulsive and very unappetizing. But the new improved Jessica has been upping her fish intake in the last coupla months. Since partner is an omnivore, cooking him all meatless entrees is very upsetting to him. He's almost on the verge of being a strictly carnivore, but he can be spotted eating the occasional veggie now and again (ok, so I'm alluding to the dreaded French Fry). So, when I cook for us (weekly or bi-weekly), it usually involves fish. Here's a great rub for my new favorite white fish, Tilapia. Funny thing, tilapia is. It's got a great name and a great price. Tilapia costs about $7/lb at both Stop & Shop and Whole Foods. It bakes up great in the oven. It's got a great blurb over at Wiki if you're interested in reading about it (long story short: It's an african fish that just started being farm raised. Long version: HERE. So far I've turned baked tilapia into a delish maincourse, as well as the prime ingredient in some killer Fish Tostadas. Here's a spicy rub I concocted for my boy, who craves for his tongue to be burning from hot peppers. To increase the heat, just obviously increase the jalepenos.

Spicy Fish Rub


  • 3 cloves garlic
  • handful of fresh cilantro
  • couple tbsps of olive oil
  • juice from 1 lime
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 tsp raw sugar
  • heaping tbsp jalepeno slices

    1. Measurements, as you can tell, are estimates.
    2. Just throw everything into the food processor and blend until chunky.
    3. Spread all over fish and bake.
    4. Eat!
    5. Yum :-)
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