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Menu Plan for Summer II: Week 5, Day 1
Barbecued Salmon
Simple Couscous
Barbecued Zucchini (Courgette)
Cooking time: 30 minutes Cooking schedule: see below for instructions
Summer, barbecues and couscous. Easy dinner; easy cooking. Nothing more to say.
Barbecued Salmon
Total time: 20 minutes
You could also use salmon steaks, or another firm-flesh fish: tuna, swordfish, halibut. The sherry and soy sauce make a nice counterpoint to the salmon's richness.
Ingredients:
- 2 salmon fillets, 6oz each (180gr each)
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 1 tbs soy sauce
- 4 tbs ketchup
- 2 tbs sherry
- 1/2 tsp dry mustard
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
Instructions:
- In small bowl mix all ingredients except salmon and paprika.
- Sprinkle paprika over salmon.
- Put salmon in a grill basket if using barbecue grill or on mesh grill pan if you don't have a basket.
- Brush fish with part of the barbecue sauce.
- Cook on barbecue grill for 10 - 14 minutes with cover partially closed, basting with the rest of the barbecue sauce towards the end.
- OR put on baking sheet, spoon sauce over and roast in 400 F oven for 15 - 20 minutes, depending on thickness. In both case salmon will be done when it flakes easily; slightly pink in the center is fine.
- Remove from heat and serve, sliding it off the skin if needed.
Simple Couscous
Total time: 15 minutes
This is couscous at it's simplest: just a bit of herbs and oil, the perfect dish to accompany a sauced fish or meat...
Ingredients:
- 1/2 cup (3oz, 90gr) couscous
- 3/4 cup (6oz, 180ml) chicken broth
- 2 tbs snipped chives
- 1 tbs snipped basil
- 2 tsp good olive oil
Instructions:
- Heat chicken broth to boiling.
- Put couscous in a medium bowl.
- When broth is boiling pour over couscous, cover and let stand for 10 minutes... Do not stir it.
- Add herbs and oil to couscous, fluff gently with a fork to combine and serve.
Barbecued Zucchini (Courgette)
Total time: 20 minutes
Mon mari says "they are done when they start to sag in the middle and they have brown grill marks on them". You can put them in a basket, but we do them directly on the grill.
Ingredients:
- 1 medium zucchini, about 10 inches (25cm)
- 1 tsp Dijon-style mustard
- 2 tbs ketchup
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tbs olive oil
Instructions:
- In small bowl mix all ingredients except zucchini.
- Slice zucchini into 1/2 inch thick rounds. Do not peel first.
- Put rounds onto a plate and spoon a bit of sauce onto each side.
- Place directly onto grill of barbecue. Grill just until soft and starting to brown, 10 - 15 minutes, turning once.
- Remove and serve.
Cooking schedule: 30 minutes |
Put couscous in bowl |
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