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A few times a year I do like to treat my husband by centering dinner around seafood. It's usually salmon or shrimp since those are widely available at all of the grocers in my area. However, Meijer is trying to up their store brand with their Fredrick's by Meijer line of products consuming a lot of the shelf space these days, and I noticed that they added some additional seafood under their brand and put it on sale recently. I have never made swordfish before, but I took a leap of faith because not only was it on sale, the coupon fairy left a $3 coupon for it on the shelf and who am I to ignore signs that the universe sends my way? Not really having a clue on how to best prepare the swordfish, I did what I always do and ran to Golden Blossom Honey's recipe index to see if they had any suggestions. Thankfully, they had several to choose from, so I picked one that I knew that I already had all of the ingredients for and set off to make their Swordfish with Honey Lime Sauce and Walnut Topping.
From my understanding, swordfish is pretty bland on its own, so I was happy to see not only a delicious lime sauce for basting, but also a walnut topping for the finish. There was cilantro in the recipe, which I personally cannot stand (I am one of those people that have the gene that makes it taste like soap) so any time a recipe has it as an ingredient, it's an immediate nope from me. However, I thought I would be brave and sneaked a little taste of the lime sauce and was pleasantly surprised to find that I quite enjoyed it! This is a very quick and easy dinner idea, but it plates up beautifully, so it could work for a special Father's Day dinner this Sunday, or you could serve it for your Independence Day celebrations. It's also a perfect weeknight meal, requiring no special occasion at all to treat yourself to this summertime seafood entree.
Ingredients
4 (6 ounce) swordfish steaks
Sauce:
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 large clove garlic, minced
1/2 cup GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY
1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
1/4 cup fresh lime juice
Walnut Topping:
1/3 cup chopped walnuts
1 tablespoon fresh basil, chopped
1 tablespoon GOLDEN BLOSSOM HONEY
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon olive oil
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What's on the Father's Day menu at your place this year?
Limes always look so pretty in photos. We do not really have them here, very rarely only in the biggest of stores, even lemon is often fugly here, we had two weeks of some massive melon sized lemons, like what am I supposed to do with them?
ReplyDeleteMake lemonade LOL!
DeleteI love limes in photos. Green is one of my favorite colors to incorporate into food pics. There are massive avocados in Florida. 5 times the size of a normal avocado. I was dumbfounded the first time I came across one.
The honey and lime sauce sound really good and could probably be used in other dishes too. We love cilantro and lime! I 'm not sure about the swordfish since I do not eat fish but I thought it was one of the high mercury fishes.
ReplyDeleteIt very well could be. I don't eat fish, so I don't really pay attention to the mercury levels in seafood. Though one could swap out swordfish for mahi mahi which I believe is a safer alternative.
DeleteWell that's something I've never even seen served let alone tried. I didn't know one could have a gene that makes something taste like soap either lol
ReplyDeleteCan't ignore the coupon fairy.
We do love the coupon fairy!
DeleteGracias por la receta, Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by!
DeleteI bet he has fun with your Golden Blossom Recipes! I went grocery shopping with my oldest granddaughter recently and when I was looking at the Cilantro, she said, 'why are you looking at that soap?' LOLOL.
ReplyDeleteLOL even grand knows it's icky!
DeleteI haven't had sord fish in quite a while. This sounds good.
ReplyDeleteThanks Mary!
DeleteOh I LOVE swordfish. All sorts of fishes really, but among them swordfish. My favorite might be monkfish.
ReplyDeleteI have never had monkfish. I am not sure I've even seen it in our markets here. I'll have to look for it now!
DeleteI only ever saw it in restaurants here in the UK. In Italy I distinctly remember seeing swordfish in the fish section of supermarkets.
DeleteOops, I read swordfish instead of monkfish in your comment. I've only ever seen monkfish in restaurants here.
DeleteIt's not in restaurants here that I am aware of, but I have been checking our supermarkets for it when I venture out. I might have to see if our Asian markets have it since they tend to carry obscure items that aren't in the bigger chains here.
DeleteWe were boring and just had our usual Big Salad Sunday here. Had just returned home from a trip and I was exhausted.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing boring about a big salad, especially when you're tired and just want food on the table in a hurry.
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