Sunday, July 10, 2011

Pesto Fish Recipe

I found this recipe & thought I'd try it. It turned out SUPER good! If you like white fish & pesto, try this recipe!

Ingredients

Heavy-duty foil
Nonstick cooking spray
Grated peel and juice from 1 lemon
1 container (7 ounces) BUITONI Refrigerated All Natural Pesto with Basil or All Natural Reduced Fat Pesto with Basil
1 bunch thin asparagus spears, trimmed into 2-inch pieces (about 2 1/2 cups total)
1 large yellow squash or zucchini, cut in half lengthwise, then sliced horizontally into 1/4-inch half-moons (about 1 1/2 cups total)
5 (4 to 5 ounces each) about 1-inch-thick white fish fillets (such as wild halibut, red snapper, orange roughy or talapia)
Course salt and ground black pepper
1 basket cherry tomatoes, halved (about 1 1/4 cups total)
2 tablespoons sliced green onion

Directions

PREHEAT oven to 450° F.

ARRANGE five 12 x 13-inch pieces of foil on work surface; coat lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Stir lemon peel into pesto. Divide asparagus and squash evenly down center of each foil sheet; spoon 1 tablespoon pesto mixture over vegetables. Place one fish fillet over pesto vegetables; sprinkle fish with salt and pepper. Spread each fish fillet with 1 tablespoon pesto mixture.

TOP each fish fillet evenly with tomato halves and green onion. Sprinkle with lemon juice. Bring up foil sides; double fold top and ends to seal each packet, leaving room for heat circulation inside. Place on 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan or rimmed baking sheet.

BAKE for 20 minutes or until fish is just opaque in center and vegetables are crisp-tender. Carefully open packets, allowing steam to escape away from you and let cool briefly. Using a spatula, gently push the fish and vegetables onto plate




I used the leftover pesto mixed with olive oil and just made some spaghetti to go with it!

Tuesday, July 5, 2011

4th of July Weekend in New Harmony

We went to New Harmony (near Cedar City) Utah for 4th of July weekend. My parents came up from California, and my brother came down from Provo. It was sooo much fun! My family is so fun to hang around, we always have a good time. Saturday morning we went to the lower resevior and shot guns. My mom and I got lost though on the way there and had a nice little quad ride by ourselves : ) I don't like shooting guns anyways. It was so unbelievably hot down there though, I could hardly stand it.

We went on a horse ride late afternoon Saturday. Bad idea. I was so hot, dehydrated, and I ALMOST DIED! No seriously, I almost got bucked off of my horse. We were on our way back to the ranch, and apparently my horses foot got stuck in the mud and it must have scared her. Next thing I know she is bucking and going in circles and I am hanging on to the side of the horse. My first instinct was to just let go and get away from the horse, but that would have been a bad idea because my foot was caught in the stirrup. So I used literally every muscle in my body and pulled myself up while she was still pitching. About the time I got back on the sadle she stopped and was just like "oh, okay I'm fine" dumb horse. My uncle got off his horse and brought me my shoe (which had fallen off during the craziness) I told him I wanted to get off the horse, and I just walked her the rest of the way. I was fine, just super shakey, it was pretty scary! The next day I was so sore I could hardly breathe, & I probably strained a muscle in my back.

Anyways... that night we went into town and went to dinner and a movie with my uncle Rod and aunt Rebecca, and my uncle Bob and his wife Susan. Monday was the 4th and we went to the little New Harmony parade, we went to Quail Lake for a few hours. Short trip, but we love going down to the ranch for the weekend!!




My Grandpa's chickens!













Horse ride



Me on the horse that almost killed me



Kevin & Uncle Rod





Kevin on the trail




Beautiful view of Zions




Shooting guns!






Mom & I after our quad ride :)





My aunt Rebecca had the cutest kittens! The first one looks like Oliver, I loved them!







Kevin & I at the 4th of July parade



Before dinner on Saturday night



Quail Lake