Ahoy there!

Cost: $7

Prep: 45 minutes

Honestly, I don't have much to say about this. Charlie clings to my apron strings as I cook, and tonight, to appease him, I cooked in a pirate hat.

We used some cod that we had in the freezer, as well as the remains of a bag of chips. Charlie is cutting some new teeth and enjoys eating the fries frozen. I steamed the broccoli and boiled some corn on the cob which was so awful and tough I didn't eat it.

















Anyway, Charlie ate corn, and he also loves fish. Actually, he loves anything he can dip in, and there were 2 dips this time--ketchup and tartar--a little boy's dream.

Sole Curry

Cost: $5

Prep: 30 minutes

We tagged team dinner tonight, and the prep went QUICK. Matt has been being a huge help in the kitchen, which is awesome, as it has been running very smooth.

Tonight, Matt whipped up a curry while I did the fish, rice, and dessert.

The curry had peanut butter, coconut milk, garlic, ginger, red pepper, green pepper, onion, baby corn, and an assortment of spices.

The fish, sole, was lovely, but way too small a serving. Charlie loves fish, and there just wasn't enough for him considering I seem to have only bought just over 100 grams.

Anyway, it was a decent meal with lots of leftovers. We ate very sour fresh strawberries for dessert, after which Charlie did his adorable baby sign and little word "more", which sounds more like "mohr".

Fish Tacos

Cost: $10

Prep: 30 minutes

Yum! Was this ever a good meal. It took Matt and I a while to make this, and it would have taken a lot longer had I done it all on my own.

Matt dealt with the veggies. I wanted to fresh salsa, one of my favorite things Matt makes. Tomatoes, limes, onions, and cilantro. Sometimes he put jalapenos in it, but since Charlie now dines he left it out. Matt wanted coleslaw: carrots, red cabbage, green cabbage.

These became the toppings for the fish tacos.

Making the salsa

I, meanwhile, fried up 600 grams of cod. Broke it up small, and served it plain. We ate the fish with sour cream on tortillas (wheat because Superstore didn't have corn and the corn ones at Thrifty's are awful). The little tortillas were surprisingly good and only 70 calories each.

The salsa

The coleslaw

The distractions

The fish

The ingredients

Bebe gourmet

Cod in my Bod(y)

Cost: $13

Prep: 30 minutes

This meal was quite a bit more expensive that it usually is because of the size of the package of fish. It was 4 cod fillets, and it left Matt with an entire lunch for tomorrow. The package was 800 grams, and we probably would have been better off with about 500 or 600.

Anyway, light egg wash and flowering, fried in canola oil. The fries are McCains. Until I get a mandolin, I can't make my own chips. It just takes way too long adn is too labour intensive. At least we buy the "low-fat" ones that taste crappy.

We mixed up some tartar sauce: 2 parts mayo, 1 part relish. We steamed up some broccoli. We are some fish and chips.

At one point we thought Charlie was putting fish in his toes, but on closer inspection, he was eating his toe lint. Yuck! Oh well, maybe he just isn't a fish person? We did get him to eat a fair amount though.

The only looming problem of this, one of our favorite meals, is the clean up. Just the battering makes a mess, not to mention the amount of dishes. Oh well. Matt does them anyways.

Fish and Chips Redo

Cost: $10

Prep: 30 minutes (including time to batter and fry fish)

I know I know I know this isn't a terribly healthy meal, but we just love it. We get our DHA this way okay?

The cod was dipped in egg and then flour, so the "batter" is almost non-existent or simply very light. It was fried in a 1/4 cup of Canola oil.

The chips are not homemade this time. Until I get a mandolin, that is way too time consuming. We bought the "low-fat" variety though, and ate a large serving of broccoli and peas to try to balance the badness.

Snapper that up!

Cost: $13 ($7 fish, $3 yams, + spinach, peas, condiments)

Prep time: 45 minutes-1 hour, the chips are slow going

This is not a healthy meal, but it is part of our overall health plan to eat healthier. We are incorporating more fish, at least once a week. That being said, I did try to make a healthier version of traditional fish and chips.

I can make two fish dishes: baked salmon and fried fish. Red snapper was on sale this week, so we bought 2 large fillets. I lightly floured these and fried them in canola oil.

I made yam chips instead of traditional fries. I cut up yams in thin rounds, lightly coated with olive oil, and broiled in the oven.

For veggies, we had a big bowl of frozen peas and spinach salad--which I couldn't eat because there was a snail in one bowl that I picked out but disappeared before we ate it, and I just could not risk eating it myself.