Baked Alaskan Halibut

I love all things seafood. I love most things fresh-water-food. But I especially love salt-water fish. My sister gave us some halibut caught on a trip to Alaska (I know, I know; I'm very spoiled). Who could say no? Not me. I found a recipe online, but modified it enough to call it my own.

Ingredients:
soft butter
4 halibut fillets
1/2 medium onion, thinly sliced
1 medium tomato, thinly sliced
4 slices of homemade Italian bread, cubed
1/4 C milk
grated Parmesan cheese
parsley flakes

Coat the bottom and sides of your baking dish with butter.

Place the fillets in the dish.

Cover fish with onions and tomatoes.

Pour milk over fillets.

Cut bread into cubes.

Sprinkle the bread, cheese, and parsley flakes over everything.

Bake at 400 for 30 minutes.

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Not a recipe, but hope you enjoy anyway!

A friend of mine has a cooking blog that I just found (Thanks, Jenny!). She's the mother of seven great kids, so she knows a thing or two about feeding people.

And I love the banner of her blog:

Rhubarb Strawberry Crunch

My husband loves rhubarb desserts, especially if they also have strawberries. This recipe is easy and tastes amazing. Next time, I'll have to try it with raspberries and blueberries.

Ingredients:
1 C white sugar
3 Tbs flour
3 C sliced, fresh strawberries
3 C diced rhubarb
1-1/2 C flour
1 C packed brown sugar
1 C butter
1 C rolled oats

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. In a large bowl, mix white sugar, 3 Tbs flour, strawberries, and rhubarb.

Place mixture in a 9"x13" baking dish.

Mix 1-1/2 C flour, brown suar, butter, and oats until crumbly. You may want to use your pastry blender or your hands for this.

Crumble on top of rhubarb/strawberry mixture.

Bake for 45 minutes or until crisp and lightly browned.

Serve with vanilla ice cream.

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Grilled Garlic Shrimp

I love seafood. I really love shellfish. We got this recipe on an election flyer for Mia Love. (She's running for the U.S. Congress here in Utah.) This recipe is easy and oh so yummy, if you like shrimp.

Ingredients:
2-3 lbs. jumbo tiger prawns, deveined but with the shells still on
3 Tbs olive oil
2 Tbs fresh minced garlic
juice of 2 limes
1 Tbs honey
chopped cilantro

In a large bowl, mix oil, garlic, honey, lime juice, and cilantro.

Add prawns and stir until they are coated.

Grill until pink.

Delicious!

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Pineapple Ice Cream Bowls

This recipe is so easy that I'm only including the final picture. It's a bit messy, but soooo delicious. We had these at the Polynesian Culture Center in Hawaii many, many years ago. I don't even know if they still serve them. Hey, I'm all for another trip to the Islands, but this is the next best thing (sort of).

Ingredients:
1/2 pineapple per person
vanilla ice cream of choice (we chose homemade)
blueberries

Cut the top (leafy stuff) off the pineapple. Cut the pineapple in half to make two bowls. Scoop or cut out core. Cut around the edge of the pineapple. Make several radial cuts from center to edge. This makes the pineapple easier to scoop out with your ice cream.

Fill with ice cream. Top with blueberries.

Eat!

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