Monday, July 8, 2013


Grilled Mahi with Strawberry Mango Salsa served with Sautéed Garlic Green Beans - my own creation

Ingredients-
*This will give you 3 adult servings for the fish/salsa and 2 servings for the green beans.  My kids do fish, but will beg me for broccoli over other veggies....I could probably force Jack into green beans, but when I'm begged for broccoli, I normally cave.

Mahi filets (about 6 oz each) - 3
Strawberries - 1 cup, chopped
Mango - entire mango, peeled and chopped
Red Onion - 1/4 cup or less, chopped SUPER fine
Mint - 6 leaves, chopped
Lime Juice - juice of one lime
Olive Oil
Green Beans - 4 handfuls, washed and trimmed
Garlic - 4 cloves, minced
Parmesan Cheese

Make the salsa first....as early as you want.  I normally make it in the morning (or early afternoon) when my kids are most calm.  Combine the chopped strawberries, mango, red onion, mint and lime juice.  Stir it up and set aside.

Steam the green beans until they are crisp tender.  Heat about 2 TBSP of olive oil in a sauté pan over medium low heat.  Add the garlic and cook for 1 minute (be careful your pan isn't too hot, you do not want to burn your garlic...it will be yucky and bitter).  Add the green beans and sauté until they are tender, about 5 minutes. 

Heat the grill pan over medium heat.  Spray the pan with olive oil.  Add the fish and sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Cook until bottom half has turned white.  Flip fish carefully with a spatula, and sprinkle other side with salt and pepper.  Cook until fish is done and easily falls apart with a fork.  Fish is tricky....over cook and it's dry and gross.  Under cook and...well, you are re-cooking it in the middle of the meal.  Here is my trick (works best if you have kids that split a filet), after you have cooked it and the outside is totally white, wait about 2-3 minutes and then cut one filet (the kid's filet) in half.  If it's done, cool, remove them all.  If not, keep cooking till that one looks done and add 2 minutes more to cook the entire inside.  If you don't have kids, you can cut your own filet and try to make it look put back together when it's plated.  Cooking time will completely depend on the thickness of your filet.  Mine took about 10 minutes total....5 per side.

Plate the filet and top with 1/4 cup of your salsa.  You will end up with extra salsa, but it's yummy for lunch the next day.  Plate the green beans and shave about 1TBSP of parmesan over them.  YUM! And enjoy!

OK, pre-preggo girl...fish, I'd do the same, but I'd only use about 2 TBSP of salsa.  Green beans - steam all the way - no sautéing, no oil, no cheese.

Calories - 220 for fish and salsa, 150 for green beans = 370 total
Pre-preggo Calories -  189 for fish and salsa, 63 for green beans = 252 total

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