Fish is delicious and so fabulously healthy, but many of us don’t eat nearly enough. Here are 4 Fabulous Fish Suppers to inspire you, together with the linky for Week 27 of #CookBlogShare!
Is anyone else finding life insanely busy at the moment? I think it’s partly to do with the fact I have two small children and it’s getting towards the end of term! Suddenly there are sports days, school trips and end of term services galore!! (Though I keep getting told by parents of year 6 children, that this is nothing compared to what they are going through…)
It’s also because I’m desperately trying to get ahead of myself, so I can take a bit of time off over the summer…last year I tried to juggle my normal workload in with looking after my two kids and going on holiday for 2 weeks…it didn’t work out too well – I ended up stressed and frazzled!! This year I’ve decided to be kind to myself. The plan is to post less frequently over the summer AND to get all my summer posts written and scheduled before the summer holidays even start…at least that’s the PLAN! I’ll let you know how it goes 😀
If you are a blogger with small children, I’d love to know how you manage to juggle your blogging and kids over the summer holidays!
If you are feeling as crazy busy as me, you might like to know where you can get some easy peasy recipe ideas for those busy weeknight evenings. One of the projects I’ve been working on lately (and another reason why I’ve been so manic!) is reorganising my blog: categorising everything and creating a fabulous new Recipe Index!! One of the categories I have created is perfect for this busy time of year – Easy Midweek Meal Ideas – click on this category and you get taken to all my easiest weeknight dinner recipes – perfect for when life is busy.
4 Fabulous Fish Suppers
One thing I find that I’ve not been eating much lately, in the busyness of life, is fish. I am not sure why, as I Iove fish, it’s not hard to cook and it is so good for us! I read a lot of foodie magazines, books and blogs and almost without exception they all encourage us to eat more fish – in fact, NHS guidelines tell us a healthy diet should include at least two portions of fish a week, including one of oily fish and also points out that most of us aren’t eating enough. Fish is low in fat, as well as being a great source of many vitamins and minerals. Oily fish, such as salmon, mackerel, sardines and trout is particularly good for us, as it is high in omega 3 fatty acids, which may help to prevent heart disease.
So to inspire us all to eat a little more fish (myself especially!), this week in my #CookBlogShare roundup I am sharing 4 fabulous fish suppers. Each one a totally different approach to cooking fish (and shellfish) but all equally yummy! Which one is your favourite?
If you are not a #CookBlogShare regular and are wondering what an earth I am going on about, #CookBlogShare is a place for bloggers to share their recipes. If you are a blogger and have a recipe to share, you can link up your post by following the instructions below. If you are not a blogger, but love food and cooking, do check out the recipes that will be appearing below. If this week is as good as they usually are you will find some awesome recipes – the #CookBlogShare bloggers are very good at what they do!
Coconut Fish Sweet Potato Skins
First up we have this delicious and very healthy take on loaded potato skins from Monika at Everyday Healthy Recipes. Her Coconut Fish Sweet Potato Skins sound utterly delicious – she simply bakes the sweet potato, scoops out the flesh and mixes it with cooked fish and spinach, before loading it back into the skins and topping with coconut. Not only is it heathy and delicious, but it also sounds very easy to make – my kind of recipe!!
Smoked Mackerel Quiche with Horseradish
Next up we have another lovely twist on the fishy theme, this time using mackerel (with those all-important omega 3 fatty acids!). This lovely Smoked Mackerel Quiche with Horseradish from Jo at Jo’s Kitchen Larder sounds utterly delicious…I especially love the idea of using horseradish. Ideal for a prepare ahead meal too, this tasty quiche would be perfect paired with a green salad for a simple summer dinner (sitting outside on a sunny evening with a nice chilled glass of white wine, maybe…) Alternatively this would be a fab dish to take on a summer picnic or to a summer party.
Tandoori Prawns with Flatbreads & Yogurt Dip
For a completely different take on the fishy theme, why not try this delicious Tandoori Prawns with Flatbreads & Yogurt Dip, from Lesley and Michelle over at Lost in Food. This foodie duo have created a delicious main course that is absolutely perfect for outdoor cooking (if the weather behaves!) – Lesley and Michelle cooked this in Michelle’s new pizza oven (soooo jealous), but if you don’t happen to have one (!), they have provided instructions for cooking this recipe on a regular barbecue or inside, under the grill / on the stove too.
Gold Fish Pie
Finally if you love the idea of including more fish in your diet, but need something that is guaranteed to go down well with the family, then Kate at Meals and Makes has the perfect recipe. Her Gold Fish Pie she describes as family friendly and perfect for making ahead of time and stashing in the freezer to eat on busy days. It’s fully loaded with veg, so you don’t even need to cook extra vegetables, if you are in a real hurry. And just in case you are wondering, Kate uses salmon, not goldfish in her pie! It’s called Gold Fish Pie because of the colour of the topping – Kate uses Red Leicester, which gives a lovely orangey gold hue. And apparently this is her daughters’ favourite dish – they eat a double portion AND sleep well afterwards…2 very good reasons to make this pie IMHO!!
#CookBlogShare Linky Week 27
And so we come to this week’s linky. You can link up any foodie post that you have – both old and new posts are welcome. All you need to do is:
- Link up a recipe or foodie post by clicking the blue ‘add your link’ button below and following the instructions.
- Add a link from your post back to this post (so everyone else can find it and link up too!) and / or add the #CookBlogShare badge to your post (you can find the code below).
- Comment on some of the other recipes linked up here and generally share the love with a bit of social media action!
If you wish, you can tweet a link to your recipe to me @easypeasyfoodie and also (if you have room on the tweet!) my co-hosts Kirsty @k_phillipson, Jacqui @jacdotbee and Monika @MonikasRecipes, using the #CookBlogShare hashtag and we will retweet them. You can also post your recipe on the Cook Blog Share Facebook Page.
I will comment on all the posts this week and pin them all to the Cook Blog Share Pinterest Board. I can’t wait to see what you’ve all been making!
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Just to remind you, by joining in you are giving the #CookBlogShare hosts permission to use your pictures in a round up and on social media, if your recipe is selected as one of our favourites!
Next week #CookBlogShare will be hosted by Jacqui at Recipes Made Easy 🙂
Jhuls @ The Not So Creative Cook says
What a lovely round-up, Eb! I don’t have much fish recipes, so this will be very useful. Thanks a lot for hosting #CookBlogShare. I hope you are having a fab week!
Eb Gargano says
Thanks Jhuls 🙂 I adore fish, and often eat it quite simply, especially at this time of year – it’s lovely with just a few buttered new potatoes and a big salad…but inexplicably just lately I haven’t eaten much fish at all…need to start planning more fish meals in my diet, that’s for sure! These recipes are great inspiration!! Eb x
kate says
Great round-up, thanks so much for featuring my recipe!
Eb Gargano says
A pleasure, Kate! Anything that kids wolf down, ask for seconds and then sleep well afterwards is a winner in my book! Eb x
Helen says
I’m one of those many people who don’t eat enough fish as I can never think of anything interesting to do with it. Think you’ve helped solve that problem! Helen x
Eb Gargano says
Haha – definitely – here’s four brilliant recipes to get you started! And, if you are anything like me, that’s got my brain thinking about all sorts of lovely variations to these too! Eb x
Jo Allison - Jo's Kitchen Larder says
Oh Eb, I can so relate to this time of year being extremely hectic! I find myself flustered and juggling so many things at once most of the time with all the kids’ events, blogging etc. It’s fun but I could definitely add few more hours to each day 🙂 This will be my first Summer break blogging so no tips from me how to survive it as of yet, perhaps this time next year 😉 but I am trying to plan ahead a bit just like yourself and schedule few things ahead of time. We will see whether it will all work as planned!
Another great #CookBlogShare round up! Thank you so much for including my quiche as well! I love fish and all kinds of seafood so it’s great to see such lovely and inspiring recipes! Those Tandoori Prawns have my name on it. 🙂 xx
Eb Gargano says
Oh yes please! I would SO love to have a few extra hours in the day, or preferably a whole extra day per week!! Funnily enough my first summer was much easier than my second. I think because I hadn’t yet realised how much you COULD do blogging, so I just linked up a simple recipe and shared it in a couple of places and that was the job done, last year was a nightmare as I’d got into a routine of doing so much more and suddenly had so much less time. I also tried to keep up my schedule of posting 2-3 times a week and didn’t prepare well and as a result I was just a big frazzle by the end of the hols. So this year I am determined to have a much more relaxing summer – I’m planning to post a lot less and I’m preparing as many blog posts as I can ahead of time (I already have all my photos done – whoop whoop!) and then, hopefully, I can really enjoy the summer with my kids! FINGERS CROSSED!! Eb x
Michelle Rolfe says
I feel exactly the same way! Our girls just finished school this past Friday in Scotland, my youngest finished primary school and is heading to the academy in August so it was an emotional roller coaster of firsts and lasts here. Topped with a guide camp in the weekend! I’m still trying to catch up! Love the look of all the fish dishes and thanks again for including us prawns are so quick and easy. And I do love experimenting in my new pizza oven, plan to do more over the holidays!
Monika Dabrowski says
Thank you so much for featuring my recipe, Eb! And for the lovely writeup:) You must be very organised to be able to do all your summer posts before the end of school year. I think I might manage to do one, maybe… Have a good week!
Eb Gargano says
Haha – yes, well, that’s the plan! We’ll see if I actually manage it, eh? – I have taken all the photos already, so it’s just a case of typing them up and editing the photos and then scheduling them out – then hopefully I’ll just have a bit of social media to do over the hols…in theory at least!! Eb x
Mandy says
Do fish fingers count? My kids eat plenty of these!!! Lovely round up as always.
Eb Gargano says
Haha! Well I guess they must…though this has got me wondering why you don’t see salmon fish fingers…as that would be a great way of getting more oily fish into kids…I’m sure there must be a reason! Eb x
Mandy says
Also – yes! Life is so busy. This week we have two school trips, a music evening and summer science projects to finish. My daughter is off sick today so I’ve put Katie Morag on repeat so I can get some work done! Argh! No idea how I’ll get through the summer. Well done you for being so organised.
Eb Gargano says
This time of year is just crazy, isn’t it? And I’ve just remembered presents and cards need to be bought for teachers! Aaaargh!!!! Ha! Well, I am planning to be organised, but not yet there, I’ll let you know if I do actually manage to stick to the plan and get all my posts scheduled before the holidays! Eb x
Nico @ yumsome says
Back in the dark ages, when I still ate it, I used to love fish, and these all look so delicious. Smashing round-up, Eb!
Thanks for hosting this again – very much appreciated! xx
Eb Gargano says
Aw, thanks Nico – not really a vegan friendly round up …though I did read about a new trend for fish eating vegans…’Seagans’ I think?!? Actually might not be a new trend, but it was new to me! One of these days when I get 4 good vegan recipes in the previous #CBS I will definitely do a vegan roundup!! Eb x
Michelle Frank | Flipped-Out Food says
Thanks for this great roundup, Eb! Although I absolutely adore fish, my hubster? Not so much. So I have to get creative with getting more fish into our diet. These are fantastic ideas: I especially think that the Gold Fish Pie will go over well—and I love that it’s full of veggies!
My summers are always a bit challenging with 3 kids (ages 12-17) at home every other week—LONG story. Besides taking a run or walk every day to stay fit and sane, I am a big fan of using Trello to schedule posts and prioritize tasks.
Eb Gargano says
Haha – I am lucky, my hubby and kids adore fish – so really I have no excuses…I think my problem is I always do my food shopping on a Monday evening when I am feeling tired and grouchy, so stick to safe and easy options – plus whatever I need to shoot for the blog. Going to write fish in big letters on my shopping list this week!! I’ve not heard of Trello before, but just had a sneaky peak at the website – looks good, but I always wonder with these things whether they would be any more effective than my pen and paper system…though I do have a spreadsheet for my blog planning, I am not completely in the dark ages!! Eb x
Lathiya says
This is a lovely round up..awesome recipes to view in one place
Eb Gargano says
Thanks Lathiya 🙂
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says
I’m always completely impressed by how you manage to post so routinely (I could almost set my watch by your time keeping 😉 ) so to aim to get your summer posts out of the way before the children break for summer sounds to be quite a feat – though i’m more than sure it’ll be well worth the effort once it’s done 🙂 Afterall who wants to finish the summer feeling frazzled and tired!
Great round up too Eb, and although hubby and i don’t eat fish I’m more than sure my folks would love these,
Angela x
Eb Gargano says
Haha – not that impressive really, I just treat it as a job…with deadlines – just like if I worked for a magazine and I had to hit print deadlines. I used to work in business environments which had absolute deadlines, so it’s just second nature to me. In fact, just every now and again I change the schedule…and it feels rather odd that I can do that…and like the universe doesn’t explode, or anything! You are right, it will be a busy couple of weeks getting all my posts ready, but more than worth it to have a relaxing summer with my kiddos! Eb x
Sadhna Grover says
Hi EB, Thanks for hosting the lovely party.
Eb Gargano says
A pleasure, Sadhna! Thanks for joining in 🙂 Eb x
jenny walters says
Fantastic round up Eb.I especially love Jo’s quiche.I am still thinking about it, it sounds so delicious.
I simply cannot keep up with your pace Eb! You are fantastic and obviously well organised.I just seem to go round in a fog from all the juggling!!Thanks for hosting xx
Eb Gargano says
Haha, thanks Jenny – I guess I am pretty organised…I have to be to get everything done I want to! I am also super motivated, which helps A LOT! I love what I do and work long hours at it…but yes, I know what you mean about the fog and the juggling…if it was just my blog I had to focus on it would be easily, but juggling kids and their various activities (not to mention the thousands of emails school sends me), plus everything else on top is hard work!! Thankfully I have a very useful and supportive husband – which makes a big difference!! Eb x