Salmon

This is our favorite way to fix salmon.

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Coat bottom of glass baking dish with a small amount of olive oil
3. Sprinkle enough dill to cover the salmon. 
4. Cook salmon to your desired wellness. We prefer well done, so that takes close to 30 minutes

About 5 minutes before ready, cover salmon with Vidalia onion dressing

Another Ro*tel dish

I made this up, so you can only blame me if it doesn't work out for you.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 can Ro*tel or Hatch Original Chiles and Tomatoes
• sea salt
• black pepper
• cumin
• chili powder
• green onions

Directions:

1. Brown one pound ground beef. Add one can of Ro*tel Original chiles and tomatoes. Season to taste with sea salt, pepper, cumin and chili powder. Add sliced green onions.
2. Prepare your choice of a pasta. I use egg noodles, 3 cups. Cook per instructions.
3. Mix preparations well and serve with refried beans.

On the second night, I warmed the mixture in the oven with a cover of shredded 4-Cheese Mexican blend

Bourbon Sweet Potatoes

Adjust this recipe to fit your needs. For just the two of us, I only use one large organic sweet potato, cut into 1 inch wedges.

Ingredients:

• organic sweet potatoes, cut into 1 inch wedges
• 1/3 cup brown sugar
• 2 tbsp. bourbon
• sea salt
• black pepper

Directions:

1. Place the potatoes into a glass baking dish. 
2. Add 1/3 cup brown sugar and 2 tablespoons bourbon. 
3. Season with sea salt and black pepper and toss to coat all of the potato wedges. 
4. Bake on 400 until slightly tender and glazed - about 1 to 1-1/2 hours. 
5. Toss every 20-30 minutes to keep the bourbon and sugar coating even. 
6. If desired, you can stir in 2-3 tablespoons of room temperature butter when serving.

Grouper - or most any mild white fish

Ingredients:

• grouper, cod, tilapia, bass or whatever type of mild white fish you prefer
• 1 egg, beaten
• cornmeal
• flour
• salt
• pepper
• olive oil
• canola oil

Directions:

1. mix cornmeal and flour (enough to coat however many filets you are fixing) with the egg in a zip-lock baggie; 
2. add sea salt and black pepper; 
3. add the fish fillets no more than 2 at a time and toss about until the filets are totally coated; 
4. transfer to an electric skillet with pre-heated on medium high mixture of canola oil and olive oil; 
5. cook until golden brown

Hush Puppies

I mixed several recipes for this one and added some of my own ideas.

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1 large onion, diced
• 1 cup self-rising flour
• 1 coup cornmeal
• 1 quart oil (canola or peanut)
• diced jalapenos to taste

Directions:

1. Heat the oil in a deep fryer to 350 degrees.
2. Mix the eggs, sugar, jalapenos and onion, then blend in the flour and cornmeal.
3. If you don't have self-rising flour or self-rising cornmeal, add 2 tsp. baking powder.
4. Drop the batter into the fryer by rounded tablespoons (I like them larger than most - use a teaspoon if you want them smaller) after the oil reaches its full temperature. Do not crowd the fryer - cook only as many at a time as will float freely to the top without touching each other. 
5. Fry until golden brown (you may need to turn some over if they are cooking unevenly). 
6. Drain on paper towels and serve while hot.

These went great with grouper, but any other fish can accompany them.