Sister time

I met my sister for dinner tonight.

I drove to her neck of the woods and since she knows I am trying to eat oysters on a semi-consistent basis - she picked the Fish Market for dinner.

No sampler tray for me tonight. I stuck with the Kumamoto oysters.

I am still working on developing a taste for these raw nuggets. My sister had a great time laughing at the faces I was making when trying to get down the largest of the oysters.

But in the end it was a success!

We also enjoyed wonderful crusty bread.

My sister ordered the tuna and because she has a stomach that is very sensitive to fat so she ordered everything oil and butter free.

I made sure to have very little fat today so I could indulge a little at dinner. I ordered the halibut.

Take a closer look at the fish:

It looks familiar, right? In fact it could be a twin of the halibut I made a few days ago:

Who would have thunk it - I could have been a restaurant chef:-)

The halibut was delicious - cooked just right and very tender.

I was not a big fan of the tomatoes.

My sister was not a big fan of the steamed veggies.

 We both agreed that the potatoes were delicious.


I stepped outside my usual box and ordered dessert.

Creme Brulee.

I removed the sugar on the top and set it aside. The custard was fluffy and creamy and only a little bit sweet - Very yummy!

 My sister got two adorable fish shaped chocolates:

Night all!!

It's all about the portions

It was another one of those early mornings.

Something tells me I shouldn't be up before the street lamps turn off...

But since I was awake I decided I might as well get busy.

I put the beans I had soaking overnight on the stove to simmer.

I pulled out this from the refrigerator:

It says it is a portion(s) and I was planning on having it for dinner but I knew it was way too big for one meal.

The dogs got the better end of this portion dilema.

The portion on the right is the one destined to be my dinner. The three on the left will be the dogs breakfast and mine as well.

I cooked up a mix of 1/2 quinoa and 1/2 basmati rice.

The halibut went into a saute pan on medium heat and got a quick sear.

I also had some pine nuts, olives and yogurt in the fridge so I created a sauce for the dog's breakfast.

I did soak the olives in water for a bit - otherwise they would have been too salty for the dogs.

The dog's breakfast pre-saucing:

And post-saucing:

This was my meal.

Quinoa and rice with seared Halibut plus seasoned nori strips, miso broth and some of the cooked kidney beans.

 Check out this post to see how I go about eating this.

I ended up eating all of the fish, most of the rice/quinoa, all of the miso broth and only a couple of bites of the beans.

The beans will be making an appearance later today :-)