December 15, 2007

Rate the Hate the I Could Get Used To This Edition

Once again, my nine year old cooked us dinner, and once again, he chose to make salmon. Dude, if my kid grows up to be a chef, I'm gonna be the happiest momma ever.

He made Salmon Piccata for us. It's crazy easy, and wonderful for dinner parties. You bake/grill/whatever you do to your salmon, sprinkled with just a little salt and pepper. Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan you cook 2 tbsp olive oil with 6 minced garlic cloves for about 2 minutes. To that, you add 1/2 cup fresh lemon juice and 1 1/2 cups chicken broth (or white wine for grown ups) and bring it to a boil. In a small bowl, mix 2 tbsp butter with 2 tbsp flour to make a roux, and then whisk that into the sauce, stirring it constantly until it thickens, about 2 more minutes. Add 2/3 c. capers and 1/2 cup fresh chopped parsley to that and season it to taste with salt and pepper. You can serve that over pasta, but I really like to serve it over steamed broccoli. Or both. Both is nice.But did they eat it? Well, 1of3 made it, so he loved it. 3of3 totally dug the broccoli. She likes broccoli. What can I say?And what did 2of3 think? Well, he thought he'd ask for Kraft Dinner. The kid hates fish. But he does like boogers.

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