Dinner Time!

Cod Loins

I have a delicious recipe for Cod Loins for you. It is healthy, low in sodium, tasty and filling.

You need just a few things. We are a small family so I usually cook just what we need for one meal (when I cook fish).

What you will need:

• Cod Loins
• Fresh Tomatoes ( I will use fresh frozen in the winter)
• Olive Oil
• Sea Salt
• Minced Garlic
  
• Greek Seasonings (We have a lot of Greek Restaurants here in this area and I have found that I really like the seasonings they use)
• If you have some fresh herbs on hand that are good with fish you can use them as well
• A stoneware or glass dish to cook the fish in
  

Place the cod loins into the cooking dish. You can do this while they are still frozen. (This is great to prepare earlier in the day and place in the oven 20-30 minutes before time to serve.) Drizzle with olive oil, sprinkle salt, seasonings and add your minced garlic.

Chop your tomatoes and place on top of the season cod. Preheat oven to 350 degrees f. Place in oven and cook 20-30 minutes. (Depends on how thawed out they are ;-) You can smell them when they are done.)

After removing from oven, serve on plate. Serve with a vegetable or salad and fruit or whole grain rice or potatoes.

My sweet husband made the salad and put the fish in the oven for me while I was off teaching a fitness class at a near by gym. If the meat is frozen, you can prepare it earlier in the day and just let it sit out and thaw until you are ready to cook it. 10 year olds like this too!

Protein Fruit Smoothie

I posted this smoothie recipe on my Health and Fitness Blog, but not sure if anyone who visits here ever goes there. Thought I would post it here as well. It is a very good smoothie. With the protein powder/yogurt it is a very healthy snack/meal.

Here is a list of the ingredients that you will need.

• Fresh Fruit in Season (You can also use frozen fruit if you do not have fresh fruit. Make sure the frozen fruit does not have any sugar added.)
• 1 Cup Plain Non Fat Yogurt
• 1 1/2 Teaspoons Vanilla Flavoring
• 4 Rounded Scoops of Whey Protein, Vanilla Flavored or Plain (if you can find it)
• Ice/water as needed
• A good blender or smoothie maker

Optional Ingredients: Almonds, almond flavoring any thing else that you like. I have found that sweetener is not necessary as long as you use a ripe banana. But if you do need a sweetener, artificial sweetener is fine and it tastes great with honey.

Make sure you have a speckled ripe banana to make it nice and tasty. As you can see in the photo there are several cups of chopped fruit in the smoothie maker. It needs to be about 1/2 - 3/4 full of fruit.

Add your protein, yogurt and vanilla flavoring. Add ice and water and blend until smooth.

Makes 4 large servings.

Enjoy!!!

Have a great day everyone. :-)

Please post and let me know how you like the smoothie recipe!