Salad Week - Day 4 - Umm....avocado and tomato salad?

I'm learning that cooking can be quick, easy, and delicious. This tuna takes about 10 minutes. Think you can handle that?

1 teaspoon of Japanese Seven Spice (enough to coat each side of the tuna)
1/4-1/2 teaspoon coarse salt (enough to give an even spread of salt on each side)

Heat a non-stick skillet with grape seed oil. FYI: grape seed oil is my new favorite thing. Once the oil is hot, drop the tuna in. I had a particularly thick piece of tuna, so I did 2 to 3 minutes per side. But for a really good piece of tuna, like sushi quality tuna, I'd only do it for 30 seconds to a minute.

I served this with a "salad" of diced avocado, heirloom tomato, red onion, and lemon juice. Let's pretend like this keeps with the theme, okay? Thanks.

Overall, delicious and way easy.

Back blog 2...Asian Stylin

So, I made this lovely Asian styled dinner. I've never really tried to do Asian inspired before. I thought the flavors came out great, but my plating was just AWFUL! And on top of that I poorly planned my menu because everything was really active, and all three pieces of my meal required the same pan. Dumb. But, lesson learned. I will pick my menu more carefully next time. At least everything tasted really fantastic! And, lets be honest, my table did look gorgeous before my ugly plating!


The menu:

Potstickers: www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/perfect-potstickers-recipe/index.html

Dipping Sauce for Potstickers: www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/honey-soy-dipping-sauce-for-dumplings-or-potstickers-recipe/index.html

Ahi Tuna Medallions: www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tuna-medallions-with-bacon-vinaigrette-pineapple-sauce-and-fresh-wasabi-recipe/index.html

Grilled Eggplant: www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/bbq-with-bobby-flay/grilled-eggplant-teriyaki-recipe/index.html

Fried Bananas:www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/paula-deen/thai-fried-bananas-recipe/index.html

Ugly plating. Boo.