Do you have a few favorite Scramble recipes? If so, please share them here (by adding a comment), or on The Six O’Clock Scramblers group on Facebook.
This week I have a new favorite recipe that will be in the newsletter soon, Baked Catfish with Curried Tomato Sauce (created by my friend Madhavi Naik). Madhavi wanted to adapt some of her more labor-intensive Indian recipes for a non-Indian cook like me. I made it for my family and my visiting mother in law last week and the result was spectacular! Here’s a preview:
Catfish in a Curried Tomato Sauce
Prep (15 min.) + Cook (25 min.)
6 servings
This is my favorite new fish recipe created by my friend Madhavi Naik. It looks so simple but you won’t believe how complex and tanatalizing the flavor is. Serve it with lemony garlic spinach and basmati rice.
2 lbs. catfish (or other thin white fish) fillets
½ tsp. salt
¼ tsp. cayenne pepper
¼ tsp. turmeric
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 medium yellow onion, peeled and finely chopped
1 tsp. minced garlic (about 2 cloves)
15 oz. diced tomatoes (no salt added) with their liquid
2 tsp. curry powder
Season the fillets with half of the salt and all of the turmeric, rubbing the spices gently into the fillets. Set them aside.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Meanwhile, in a large heavy skillet, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the onions and sauté them until they are lightly browned, stirring occasionally. Add the garlic,, remaining salt, and the curry powder and sauté it for about 1 minute, then add the tomatoes and simmer everything for 3 – 5 minutes. (Start the rice, if you are making it.)
Meanwhile, spray a 9 x 13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray, and put the fish in the dish. Spread the tomato sauce evenly over the fillets (add 6 oz. baby spinach before sauce, if desired), and bake it for 20 – 25 minutes until the fish flakes easily in the thickest part. Serve it immediately.
I have two favs, the Rotini with Swt It Sausage and Peppers and Magic Salmon. These are both big hits with the ENTIRE family, including my 4-yr-old twins!
Just picking recipes of yours that I like would be an endless list but here are a few of the ones I have made often and that my family loves:
>Easy Chicken Pot Pie
>Sweet Potato Pie
>Tomato and Wild Rice Soup
>Chicken Tricolore
>Spinach Ricotta Pie
and the newest on the favorite list…
>Fiesta Chicken and Rice
Indian Spiced Salmon
Zuchhini Pie
Rattatouie
Lime Seared Salmon
Crustless Spinach Pie
Saffron Rice and Black Bean Salad (not sure if that is the official name)
A few of my favorites:
African Peanut stew
Broccoli, sausage and cheddar quiche
Maryland crab cakes
Sesame noodles
Chicken soup
Warm garden wraps with corn and sweet potatoes
Tuscan white bean soup
Lime butter sole w/ grape tomatoes
to name a few!
-Split pea soup with a touch of curry
-Chili con barley
-chicken w/ mango (can’t remember the name but it has chicken, light coconut milk and mango)
-salsa polenta scramble (??)
I received this email with a few more favorites today:
Hi Aviva,
We have really been loving our subscription. Boy does it take a huge pressure off by not having to think at the end of the day. I am a busy mom that homeschool, works as a bookkeeper and trains for triathlons (my outlet). I have a wonderfully supportive husband who is home often to help since he is a flight attendant. He does the shopping and we share in the cooking.
Let me first encourage you to continue with the fish recipes. We try to eat fish at least once a week so are thankful you include it in the menu option. We love balanced meals that contain protein (whatever kind) and are lower in fat.
So far most of our favorites have been the fish. We love the savory mustard salmon and the corn meal crusted fish with black bean and corn salsa. Pasta wise, we loved the linguine (or spaghetti) with tomato, shrimp and feta that is then cooked in the oven. Vegetarian wise we have really enjoyed the summer vegetable polenta.
Thanks for all you do!
Janine M.
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