Avocado is a saturated fat; Salmon rocks

Cristi IMs me: “I’m going grocery shopping – want anything?”  I say “brand-name Q-tips – the cheap ones aren’t the same, and I’m in the mood to cook – buy ingredients for something you want to eat”

She suggests doing fish Tuesday, but since Alex dislikes fish, we decide to do it that day instead.

(NOTE: I just decided to not talk about the un-interesting parts of the meal like the steamed veggie, and add more of the life around the meal when I write).

She comes home with a lovely pound of salmon and an avocado, amongst other things – apparently she once made an avocado remalade – which is probably spelled less wrong – basically a blended avocado topping for the salmon. She also comes home with a story about having Dave try new foods when paired with something familiar – in this case, salmon with an avocado remalade (how do you spell that word) paired with Easy Mac.

I decide to run with the idea – I marinade the salmon in garlic powder, lemon zest, honey, lemon juice, soy sauce, salt, pepper, chili pepper until we decide we’re impatient and hungry and pan-grill it in my new cast-iron pan.  At the same time, the marinade gets microwaved to kill any bacteria and blended with the avocado, some green onion, and some more lemon juice and zest.

It turns out tasty – if/when I do this again, the salmon could be marinaded longer, and the marinade shouldn’t go into the avocado – the soy sauce browned the bright green of the avocado, making it less visually stunning.  And the whole thing could use a few dashes more chili powder.