halibut

Olive Oil Poached Halibut

Eating a diet rich in fish will put you on the fast track to good skin. Here’s a delicious recipe and deceptively easy recipe adapted from epicurious.com. 

Ingredients

  • ¼  cup capers, rinsed
  • 2 ½  lb (1-inch-thick) halibut fillets
  • 1 ½  large lemons, thinly sliced crosswise
  • ¼  cup fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • 2 cups extra-virgin olive oil

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 250°F.

2. Chop half of capers and pat fish dry.

3. Sprinkle fish with 1 ½  teaspoons salt and ½ teaspoon pepper.

4. Let stand 10 minutes at room temperature.

5. Arrange half of lemon slices in 1 layer in an 8-inch square glass baking dish and arrange fish in 1 layer over lemon.

6. Top with all of capers, remaining lemon slices, and 3 tablespoons parsley, then pour oil over fish.

7. Bake in middle of oven, uncovered, until fish just flakes and is cooked through, about 1 to 1 ¼  hours.

Serve fish with some of lemon slices, capers, and oil spooned over. Sprinkle with remaining tablespoon parsley. Bon appétit!

The Top 10 Super Foods

Of course, we know there are more than just 10 “super foods.” In fact, just about every brightly colored fruit and vegetable fits the category of a super food, as does cold water fish, nuts, beans and seeds and aromatic and brightly colored herbs and spices. The ten categories listed here are a great place to start!

  1. Wild Salmon
  2. Allium family of vegetables; onions, garlic, chives, leeks, shallots, scallions
  3. Old fashioned oatmeal
  4. Blueberries
  5. Ginger Root and Turmeric
  6. Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  7. Nuts and Seeds
  8. Rainbow Foods (brightly colored fruits and vegetables)
  9. Sprouts
  10. Yogurt and Kefir