Red Snapper and Tomato Sauce

I'm headed back to school (for my very last semester!) in a week, and have decided its time to get back to cooking and blogging.

(tomato sauce and orzo cooking on the stove, red snapper waiting in the wings)

And this turned out amazing, especially considering it was my first time cooking fish. ever. (with some prep help from my sous chef, aka mom)

Ingredients

4 fillets of red snapper

1 can (28 oz) of tomatoes

1 onion, sliced

6 cloves of garlic, slivered (my family loves garlic)

1/2 cp kalamata olives, sliced

2-3 tsp capers

olive oil

salt & pepper

In a saute pan, brown onion and garlic in olive oil.

Add tomatoes. (you can use diced canned tomatoes or do it yourself with whole canned tomatoes, which is what we did). Add olives and capers. Season with salt and pepper.

Cook over medium-high heat until liquid reduces and smells delicious (as it most surely will!)

In the mean time, prepare the fillets- wash and dry. Sprinkle with olive oil, salt and pepper. Place fish on a baking dish, skin side down. Remove sauce from heat and spread evenly over fish.

Bake at 400 degrees for about 10-12 minutes, or until fish is opaque and flakes easily. (Ours took about 15 minutes).

Dinner is served! Red snapper smothered in tomato sauce on a bed of orzo rice, accompanied by roasted veggies, salad, and some delicious rustic bread. YUM.

Roasted Cauliflower

My new favorite! Unfortunately there are no pictures because we ate most of it before I remembered to grab my camera.

here's the very very simple recipe:

cauliflower (we used one head/bunch?), rinsed and broken into florets

Sprinkle with olive oil, salt and pepper and mix to make sure its all evenly distributed

Bake at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes (on a baking sheet or other roasting dish). In the last 5 minutes, sprinkle with grated Parmesan cheese. Replace in oven until cheese melts and florets just barely turn golden and crispy on the ends.

Try not to pop the florets in your mouth like candy... because this is really good. Enjoy with the rest of your dinner!