Someone mentioned to me recently that he wished he knew how to make easy, healthy dinners at home. It really doesn't have to be difficult, and it doesn't have to always be salads or pasta dishes either. Here's what we ate tonight:
Clockwise from the top left: spinach stir fried in garlic, sliced cantaloupe, flame-grilled sweet peppers, and cherry tomatoes. Obviously the cherry cantaloupe and cherry tomatoes are no brainers: just buy the best you can find and serve it washed and/or sliced. I got these at the farmers market so they are excellent. I almost always serve one raw item because it's easy and doesn't really get any healthier. I stir fried the spinach with garlic, and toasted the peppers by holding them over an open flame with a pair of tongs until they were charred all over.
Beltfish: heat up a thin layer of oil in a pan, then dry the fish well and coat with salt on both sides. Put it directly in the hot oil and cook for five minutes a side.
Rice: add some frozen peas, spinach, chopped bok choy, or other vegetable to add some more green to your diet. This entire dinner took me 30 minutes from start to finish, with no preparation done ahead of time. Easy and healthy: you can do it too!
Clockwise from the top left: spinach stir fried in garlic, sliced cantaloupe, flame-grilled sweet peppers, and cherry tomatoes. Obviously the cherry cantaloupe and cherry tomatoes are no brainers: just buy the best you can find and serve it washed and/or sliced. I got these at the farmers market so they are excellent. I almost always serve one raw item because it's easy and doesn't really get any healthier. I stir fried the spinach with garlic, and toasted the peppers by holding them over an open flame with a pair of tongs until they were charred all over.
Beltfish: heat up a thin layer of oil in a pan, then dry the fish well and coat with salt on both sides. Put it directly in the hot oil and cook for five minutes a side.
Rice: add some frozen peas, spinach, chopped bok choy, or other vegetable to add some more green to your diet. This entire dinner took me 30 minutes from start to finish, with no preparation done ahead of time. Easy and healthy: you can do it too!
1 comments:
Ah, beltfish, my grandma used to make them all the time in Shanghai, that's how she cooks them too.
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