Food column

[Mgarr]

Hi ladies,

I tried a new recipe the other night. My favorite kind - a quick nutritious dish.

1 can wild alaskan salmon
1 cup plain yogurt
1/2 c frozen peas
diced onions
dill weed (to your liking)
1 tsp. flour or cornstarch
1 tbsp. butter
brown or wild rice

melt butter saute onions. mix yogurt w/ with flour on low heat stir in yogurt , then salmon and peas. Add dill weed simmer for short time serve over rice.

[Joan M]

Thanks for the recipes.

I get home very late from work, so I'm always trying to prepare some meals for the week over the weekend or instead I cook something quick when I arrive home in the evening. I work from home on Tuesday, so that helps. (I don't work that late, generally leaving the office between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m., but I have a long commute and that's really the problem.)

I eat a lot of brown rice. I also broil or bake fish, such as salmon, flounder and sole.

I eat a lot of salad. I wash and cut up red tip lettuce, radicchio, and endive, for example, spin out the water and put the salad in a container in the refrigerator, which is easier than trying to make a salad when I come home late.

I also make a lot of stir-fried food, with fresh vegtables and sometimes boneless chicken breasts.

This is all very quick cooking.

On the weekends I make a large pot of tomato sauce, which I freeze in smaller containers. I use organic crushed tomatoes and organic tomato paste.

Sometimes when there's not much in the pantry, I slice and fry up a yellow platano, drain it, and make an omlette out of it. That's quick. I use organic canola oil and organic eggs.