Weekend on the Rock

Take one short drive up Vancouver Island ...








Add in some strategic re-placement of treasured personal/ household goods ...







Mix with a healthy dose of celebratory seafood ...








and put your feet up!! Ahhhhhh. Life is good.

We hope everyone had a great Easter weekend.

Fishy Tortillas

Ingredients

Fish
shredded cabbage
seeds
red onion
salt
pepper
coriander
cumin
olive oil
spot prawn mayo

• Lightly oil one side of each tortilla
• Thinly shred cabbage and mix with pumpkin seeds, spicy spot prawn mayo and one quarter of the spice mix
• Oil the fish (tuna loin is yummy) and season with remaining spice mix
• Sear and slice fish
• Grill tortillas
• Slice/shred fish in one quarter inch slices and place three slices on the middle of each tortilla
• Add one quarter cup of cabbage mixture, and one heaping table spoon of onions on top of fish

Ingredients- for Spot Prawn Mayo

One half pound spot prawn (flash sear on high heat with canola oil, then add all ingredients except mayo to deglaze)
One half ounce canola oil
1 and a half ounces sriracha
1 ounce lime juice
1 ounce mirin
1 teaspoon Sea salt and pepper mix
2 cups mayonnaise

• Thoroughly food process all ingredients except the mayo then push through fine sieve into mayo and vigorously whip mixture.

Tortillas

Tortillas
Hanging out with Judith making her fresh tortillas with our newly minted tortilla press while preparing to head towards the rock in the morning for a weekend of activity and socializing!

Park Art

Just back from walking the Judy Jheung art installation in Beacon Hill Park. Very cool.

site sound touch: Composing You

Ducks @ Beacon Hill Park 2011

For Peanut.....

Halibut

"Fresh Halibut Everywhere"

I see the Halibut is rolling in, and thought I would share this recipe with you in case you needed some inspiration.

Fish Tacos Recipe:

• A bunch of cilantro
• Juice of 5 limes
• 1/3 cup of olive oil, plus 2 tablespoons for cooking
• 1 small white onion, roughly chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, smashed
• 1 jalapeño or 3 red fresno chili peppers, roughly chopped
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• Coarse salt
• 2 pounds halibut, finely diced
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 cup white wine

Combine the cilantro, lime juice, 1/3 cup olive oil, onion, garlic, chili, garlic powder, cumin and paprika together in a blender with a large pinch of salt and puree until thoroughly combined and smooth. Set the mixture aside.

Heat the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium-high heat in a large pot and add the halibut. Cook, stirring now and then, until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Add the white wine and cook until nearly evaporated, about 2 minutes.

Pour over the reserved cilantro mixture, stir gently just to combine and cook for just another minute to let all the flavors say hello.

Serve immediately in tortillas with whatever you like, such as avocado, tomatoes, cilantro, lime and onion.

Enjoy

Saturday

I love Saturdays. Recipe: take your Lavazza latte in a travel mug, the beach chairs and a croissant from fol epi (made with freshly ground wheat on the premises) and run down to the waterfront. Sit and enjoy! Ahhhh. Life is good.

Getting down to business

workstation two

New Workstations

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Judith's new workstation ...
Peter's new workstation ...