Lemon Butter poached Cod dinner

Lemon butter poached Cod pieces, Cilantro garlic, ginger Israeli couscous, severed with sautéed green beans. Sounds like a crazy expensive dinner right? Something you only dream about saying it will be your special treat next time. I made this in under 30 mins it would go faster if everything was prepped ahead of time but some days that is asking for way to much to of me. I bought the french green beans frozen and Cod pieces from Trader Joe's ( Cod was $4 and the green beans $3). I try my best to keep my pantry stocked so I have the garlic ginger and couscous on hand and Somedays I have butter on hand too. 

I started out boiling water then starting my lemon butter poached cod pieces:

           1 lemon

1/2 a stick of butter (4 tablespoons)

1 garlic clove minced

Salt and pepper to taste

I would do just the poaching sauce so I can taste it just to make sure it was perfect  then I dumped in the fish including the liquid that was in the bag. 

In a small container add 1/4 cilantro 

2 cloves garlic grated ginger to taste or about 1/4 teaspoon

dump in the couscous mix. Pour in water put a lid on and set aside. 

(I just eyed my couscous but it is 1 1/4 cup water to 1 cup dried couscous)

I just sautéed the green beans with a a little bit of butter, salt and pepper. 

Test your fish and it is done!!

The crazy part that expensive dinner that would have cost you $20 to eat alone is costing you maybe $10 and can feed 4 easily.  

Market fresh salsa

I think it is closer to pico de gallo than salsa but in America the two mean almost the same thing.  When we were at the market I bought a huge collection of beautiful tomatoes and jalapeños. We even found red snapper and I knew what was for dinner.  The spanish in me will never go away but because it is May in New York and spring has not made it yet I had to do some minor adjusting in my seasoning but you can not even tell. It was fresh and amazing.

Ingredients:
6 medium tomatoes
1 jalapeños
1/2 an onion
3 tablespoon dried cilantro
juice of 2 lemons
Cumin salt seasoning to taste ( I know whats that right? My own salt blend that I will write about later)

I finely diced everything but you need to be careful with the jalapeños. If you feel more comfortable with rubber gloves by all means use them. My husband could share an interesting story thanks to the oils in jalapeños. I use the seasoned salt to taste. Let it rest because that is when the flavors come out. Enjoy!!