May 31, 2010, Memorial Day. We didn’t exactly take the entire day off today, but we tried to break away from work for most of the afternoon.
Walking the dogs twice today and a little yard work was the perfect therapy for the day. Then it was time to think about dinner.
I’m not sure that my cooking really belongs here on my Blog, but I am so excited about this holiday dinner I created that I just have to share it. I figured that if I take photos of it, then it’s appropriate to post here. 
You need to know that I love to cook. If there is anything I’m good at, that’s cooking! I alter and reinvent recipes to my own style of cooking. I improvise a lot… It’s almost like a sixth sense a good friend keeps telling me… It’s a gene thing… You’re born with it. My parents both had it, my sister has it. I never had to learn to cook. I’m so grateful. Now I just need to figure out how to make money with it.
So I ended up with Cod, sweet potatoes and fresh pears. Here is the recipe just for the fun of it. It came out incredible and the flavors were very complimentary.
Potato Chip Crusted Cod with Oven Roasted Sweet Potatoes
Red Onions
Pan seared pears:
The fish: Four pieces of cod in a casserole dish salted on each side.
Coat one side of each piece with mayonnaise. Mix parsley, tarragon, cayenne pepper and black pepper with crushed Cape Cod Kettle style potato chips. Lay this mixture over the mayonnaise and press it down a bit. Pour a bit of white chardonnay around the fish, make sure it doesn’t soak the chips. This goes into the oven at 400 for just 10 minutes then 5 minutes of broil on low. This way the chip mixture on top stays crispy.
The potatoes: Peel sweet potatoes and cut them into half inch slices. Season with olive oil, salt and pepper and red pepper flakes. Mix together with thinly sliced red onions. Place the whole thing in a shallow pan and bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees, then broil on high for 5 minutes!
The Pears: Cut the pears into halves or quarters and simply place them into a pan with a touch of olive oil. I sprinkled them with a squeeze of orange juice! Amazing!!! Sear on high heat until softer.
The cayenne pepper in the fish and the red pepper flakes in the sweet potatoes work super well with the sweetness of the potatoes and the pears.
Try this! It’s really easy to make and is delicious!
This is so exciting, I might be sharing more of my creations in my future posts!
After a relaxing evening with good food and wine, it’s back to work big time tomorrow.
