Plokkfiskur (Icelandic Fish Stew/Hash) – Iceland

Posted 1 CommentPosted in By Country, Easy to make, Fish, Iceland, International cuisine, Main dishes, Potatoes, Recipes, Stew / Soup

Plokkfiskur, also known as Icelandic Fish Hash or Fish Stew, is the quintissential Icelandic comfort food and was the absolute perfect meal to fill the belly and warm the soul on this fridged winter’s eve. Plokkfiskur, considred by some to be a stew and others to be a hash, is simple and familiar. It basically […]

Fish Yassa (Yassa Poisson) – The Gambia

Posted Leave a commentPosted in African recipes, By Country, Fish, Gambia (The), Healthy, International cuisine, Main dishes, Recipes, Seafood, Top 10

New top 10 alert for all 3 of us (and for our special guest). Yassa, made with an unforgetable tangy onion-lemon-mustard sauce is one of my absolute favorite dishes and super healthy. I first had it years ago in a teeny tiny Senegalese restaurant in Paris nestled in far reaches of the heavily African neighborhood […]

Triglie con Pinoli e Passerine (Mullet with Pine Nuts and Raisins) – Italy

Posted Leave a commentPosted in By Country, European recipes, Fish, Gluten Free, Healthy, Holiday, International cuisine, Jewish Recipes, Main dishes, Mediterranean, Recipes

What to make for Italy? So many scrumptious options. My Italian friends sent me recipes and tried to sway me. But for me, there was only one recipe to make: Triglie con Pinoli e Passerine (Mullet with Pine Nuts and Raisins) also known as triglie all’ebraica. I first had this dish about 20 years ago […]

Fish with Ginger from Benin

Poisson au gingembre (Fish with ginger) – Benin

Posted Leave a commentPosted in African recipes, Benin, By Country, Fish, Healthy, Seafood

The good, the bad and the ugly… So today was Benin. Scott was like…I’ve never even heard of that country, are you sure? Let him know it was a French speaking country. He looked it up right away. The good…the fish was excellent. Eva absolutely loved it and wanted to make sure she got the […]

Brazil - Moqueca Bajana (fish stew)

Moqueca Bajana (Fish stew) Brigadeiro (Brazilian fudge balls) Brazil

Posted Leave a commentPosted in Brazil, By Country, Desserts, Latin food, Main dishes, Moqueca Bajana, Recipes, Rice, South American food

So tonight was Brazil!!!! Shout out to my dear friend Luiza Kosminsky Scourred a bunch of Brazillian sites trying to figure out what sumptuous brazillian dish I could make that my non-red meat eating husband would eat and stumbled upon Moqueca Bajana, a fish stew. We all LOVED it. In fact, Scott, who is not […]

Costa Rica - Fish with a side of rice, tomatoes and oranges

Costa Rican Talapia with Orange & Tomato Rice and Beans – Costa Rica

Posted Leave a commentPosted in Beans, By Country, Central American food, Costa Rica, Fish, Gluten Free, Healthy, Latin food, Main dishes, Recipes, Rice, Side dishes, Top 10

Today’s culinary destination was Costa Rica. Tilapia on a bed of rice, beans, oranges and tomatoes. Funny because the fish itself was very much like how I generally make fish when I cook on my own and without recipes…I tend to marinate chicken or fish in garlic or onions, lemon or lime juice and sometimes […]

Cambodia Carmelized Fish with Pineapple

Trey Kho Manor (Carmezlied Fish with Pineapple) – Cambodia

Posted Leave a commentPosted in Asian recipes, By Country, Cambodia, Fish, Gluten Free, Healthy, Main dishes, Recipes, Rice, Seafood, Southeast Asia

C is also for Cambodia. I made Trey Kho Manor which is a carmelized fish and pineapple dish. We served it with rice which is commong. This dish is often made with whole fish, but I was unable to get a whole fish at the supermarket so I did the best I could. Apparently fish […]