-Salmon fillet (recipe from chow.com)
-The obsession with quinoa continues with the quinoa/nut combination from the past few nights
-Strawberries and raspberries
-A few leaves of red leaf lettuce for decoration (I'm all about having at least SOME green on the plate)
Alright, I know I'm supposed to be doing vegan cooking, but after conferring with some confidants (read: ken), it was decided that fish was the only meat/animal product that I would be allowed to eat.Now, I'm been skeptical about fish for a long time, ever since I was a little kid and had the horrible experience of fishing for sunnies (tiny, TINY fish) in a local pond and asking my mom if we could eat them. Having no tolerance for chopping off the head of a living fish, my mom left them in a bucket with no water until they expired. I was so traumatized by the whole thing, seafood left a sour taste in my mouth for years after.
That was, of course, until I discovered that salmon is delicious. This meal is no exception. It's a new favorite of mine, especially given the 30 minutes it takes from prep to serving; simple, fast, and flavorful. As I am currently under the impression that quinoa can do no wrong, it was the perfect addition to the mix. As the salmon had been prepared with a mustard/parsley mix, rolling a piece of fish in the quinoa yielded a delicious ball of quinoa with a fish center.
I also chose this recipe for this evening as I was about to go to a couple of auditions. I haven't been onstage in years, but in high school, I was a drama geek in the purest sense of the term. Since then, I've gotten a bit discouraged, given that I've gotten some callbacks, but have never been cast. However, I do have to say, after this meal I felt pretty pepped up and ready to go; even if I didn't nail the auditions, I think I did far better than I have been doing. I know it's all a matter of gumption and not being nervous, but I'm going to chalk this up to the fish.
WILL REPEAT
(I'm starting to wonder when I WON'T repeat something)
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