Baked Fish and Vegetable Packages in Sake Sauce

Wohoo I am done with work for the week!! Today was a little tough--all of our kids are sick so there noses were running all week and they were pretty exhausted and cranky today. Poor things :(

I don't feel so hot right now and have a really scratchy throat. I am downing wellness pills and emergen-C  and just praying I don't sick. ugh.

Last night we had a very yummy dinner. We made baked cod with veggies and farro on the side. I LOVE farro. It is chewy and nutty and so filling. We made the fish using a recipe that we learned from a couples romantic cooking class we took a few years ago. We didn't have all of the ingredients on hand (mushrooms, cilantro), but it still turned out splendidly. I love baking fish in parchment packets because it comes out buttery soft and packed with flavor every single time.

Baked Salmon and Vegetable Packages in Sake Sauce

Ingredients
1 1/2 lbs. Salmon filet (or any white fish)
2 medium carrot, peeled and chopped or julienned
2 zucchini cut into half-medallions
1 cup mixed mushrooms, thinly sliced
1 Tbsp. Vegetable Oil
1 Tsp. Lime Juice
4 green onions, trimmed and cut into 2" lengths
2 Tsp. Cilantro
3 Tbsp. Sesame oil
1 Tbsp. chopped ginger
1 Tbsp. chopped garlic
4 Tsp. sake
Soy sauce to taste

Directions:
1. Cut four rounds or heart shaped pieces of parchment paper. Preheat oven to 375 degrees and place baking sheet into the center of the oven.
2. Slice the fish thinly and keep cold
3. Heat oil in a saute pan and when hot, add the mushrooms. Sprinkle with lime juice and continue to saute for 1 minute.
4. Add the carrots, zucchini, garlic, ginger, green onions, and soy sauce. Cover the pan and cook on medium heat for 5-6 minutes or until veggies are tender. Remove from pan and set aside to cool.
5. Cover one side of the parchment rounds with olive oil. Place equal amounts of vegetables on the rounds.
6. Cover the vegetables with slices of raw fish, slightly overlapping and covering the vegetables. Drizzle sake over the fish and season with salt and pepper. Top with cilantro.
7. Fold each parchment over to make a packet. Fold the edges to seal them tightly.
8. Place on the preheated sheet pan and bake about 5-7 minutes. Serve.

Tonight we are doing our favorite easy comfort meal--Annie's mac n'cheese with steamed broccolli. Today I had tofu, farro, and a ton of roasted veggies for lunch. So far this pescatarian thing is going really well!!

xx,
Pretty Penny