Lemon Halibut with Quinoa

Lemon Halibut with Wild Rice (Quinoa)

1 lb halibut fillets, 1-inch thick
1 lemon, for juice and zest
1 Tbsp wine, white
1 medium shallot, minced
1/2 tsp table salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 tsp parsley, chopped
3 cups cooked wild rice (Quinoa)

Instructions:

Preheat broiler.

Place fish in a small, shallow baking dish. Over halibut, squeeze juice from half the lemon and pour wine.  Sprinkle with 1 tsp freshly grated lemon zest, shallot, salt and pepper.

Broil until just cooked through, about 7 minutes.  Sprinkle with parsley and serve with rice.  Yields about 3 ounces fish and 3/4 cup rice per serving.

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I decided that since Richard wasn't home for Tuesday that I would make something for dinner on Wednesday as well.  I decided on halibut and found this Lemon Halibut with Wild Rice Weight Watchers recipe to try out.  I was in a bit of a hurry so I chopped the shallots as fine as I could quickly and skipped on mincing them.  And I don't have fresh parsley and didn't figure it would add enough it was worth going and getting some.  I sprinkled a little black pepper on Richard's halibut and left mine pepperless, on the joy of allergies.

I wanted to try out the quinoa that some people in my weight watchers meeting had recommended so I replaced the wild rice with that.  I cooked the quinoa up with low sodium chicken broth, it was interesting but quite yummy with the fish.  I don't think I would want to eat it all by itself, but it is very good paired with something else.  As best I could tell from the difference in wild rice and quinoa points online, I think it adds a point to the dinner.

I paired it with a mixed baby green salad with the champaine pear vinaigrette from Trader Joe's, very yummy and all in all another good "Tuesday" dinner.  I'm enjoying the new meals, not sure if I'll be able to do much the next couple weeks with the holidays but I'll be back on the new recipes starting in the new year for sure!

All together the entire dinner including the salad was 7 points.  If you make  recipe with the wild rice the recipe is 5 points + a point for the salad dressing. 

Roasted Chicken Patty and Salad

Todays dinner wasn't exactly a new recipe as it didn't really require much cooking, but it was something new to eat.  Last week at the WW meeting we had label day, meaning people brought in labels with things that they have been eating to help keep us from getting bored with the same thing day in and day out.  I went by Trader Joes tonight and picked up a few of the things that my leader had recommended to try sometime.  Tonight I made a roast chicken burger and a salad that had apple cut up in it with a pear vinaigrette. 

The burger consisted of of a whole wheat sandwich thin (1), a Trader Joe's roasted chicken patty (3), a slice of tomato, lettuce and some honey mustard:  it was good but I'm not certain it will ever be a staple in my diet.  I have a slight texture issue with the chicken patty, but then I have a texture issue with most processed chicken. 

The salad was mixed baby greens with two slices of apple cut up and then 2 Tbsp of Trader Joe's Champagne Pear Vinaigrette (1): I LOVED this salad dressing!  It is a bit powerful so you don't want to over do it, but so yummy and it goes amazingly well with the apple slices.

All in all dinner was only 5 points!  And it was a pretty decently sized dinner for that.  So few points that I intend to have a WW giant fudge bar for dessert, they are only one point so it's not like a huge splurge there, but they are so yummy!

Tomorrow I will be cooking up some halibut, I haven't decided on a recipe yet but it's defrosting in the fridge so I'll have to come up with something.  I figured since Richard wasn't home for tonights dinner that I should make something tomorrow for the both of us.