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.