dover sole

fish fish fish.  I love fish!  I got very fresh Dover sole fillets from the market and cooked these with green beans and brown rice for a light and delicious meal!  Look how beautiful these fillets are!  (still uncooked in this photo)

I love almost any type of white fish, especially sole and trout.  For an easy and super quick way to cook white fish that always turns out great, melt 1 tbsp. butter in a non-stick pan.  Add your washed off fillets of fish and salt and pepper the fillets.  Sautee for a few minutes on each side (fish cooks fast) until opaque (no longer translucent looking) and add some fresh lemon juice (from 1/4 lemon).  Also, add a splash (~1/4 cup) white wine if you have it!  Serve on a plate with a slice of lemon and whatever sides you desire.

YUMMO!!  You can see how delicate sole is because it fell apart a bit!  That's OK though because it still tastes fantastic.  Stay tuned for my yummy broiled and brown sugar/butter glazed salmon and baked white fish recipes.

For this dinner I made brown rice and green beans.  The brown rice I have takes 45min.  I started thinking early on what I wanted for dinner so I started the rice early.  It's important to think about a timeline before you start cooking if you want dinner in a timely manner.  Here's how I made this dinner.

6pm- start rice (follow package instructions)
6:15- start heating water for green beans (want enough water to just cover green beans)
6:20- start green beans (these take 20minutes to cook in boiling water in an uncovered pot)
6:40- green beans are done, turn off heat and strain until about 1" water is left (just to keep beans hot).  Start cooking fish.
6:45- rice is done, turn off heat and fluff rice with spoon/fork.  Fish should be done.

I think timing comes with practice.  Please comment if you'd like to continue seeing dinner timelines.