Seafood

Pan-fried Breaded Smelt and Salad (Recipe Link)

Pan-fried, breaded, wild-caught lake smelt. Wow, like eating fish and chips in one dish… so yummy, so crispy! Romaine lettuce salad with red onion, red pepper, baby tomatoes, cucumbers, Ranch dressing. These are whole smelt; no need to clean them, you just eat the entire little fishies; you can’t even tell they have bones or…

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Potato and Sardine Hash

Sardine and potato hash, with three boiled eggs for extra protein. For those of you who need a lower carb count, I make something imilar with Konjak noodles which is really delicious, but much lower in carbs.

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Brisling Sardines (Sprats) are Delicious

Brisling sardines, also know as sprats, are small fishies that taste delicious. Milder than regular sardines and much smaller, they are a little more expensive, but well worth the price. According to millionairefish.com. “…brislings are less than half the size of other sardines. With a mild flavour and no noticeable scales, these silvery little fish…

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Brisling Sardines (Sprats) and Potato Hash

Brisling sardine hash with green onions, a small potato (I’m on maintenance and can afford a few extra carbs), ginger/garlic/chili paste, salt; Romaine lettuce salad with red onion, red peppers and salsa mayo. Delicious! However, this meal was low in protein (only 16 gm in the fishies), so I will likely need to eat something…

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Konjac Noodles, Tuna and Eggs

Konjac noodles, Rio Mare tuna in olive oil, three boiled eggs, minced shallot (I prefer green onions, but I didn’t have any), chili flakes. About 9 gm carbs. One of my favourite meals… and my first meal of 2023!

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Merry Christmas to Me!

After shopping for our upcoming family Christmas get-together, I splurged on my favourite bangers (English-style sausages) from Save-on-Foods and Rio Mare canned salmon from Safeway. Merry Christmas to me!

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