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A whole month. That's the longest pause we have had around here. Fortunately I have 3 recipes that I will be posting the next few days so that won't happen again soon.

Fish. I have always found fish that is not fried to be pretty damn boring. And ever since I got really sick after Jenn and I made our own fried fish, I haven't really craved the stuff. When I was a kid my mom would make us red snapper all of the time and when we were in the store the other day I noticed that the snapper was on sale and Jenn said that she wanted to find a recipe that would feature our new, soon to be eaten, friend. Here is what she found.

Red Snapper Vera Cruz

4 Red Snapper fillets (4 ounces each)
1/4 cup fresh Lime juice
1 Tbsp. fresh Lemon juice
1 Tbsp. Chili powder
1 Plum Tomato, coarsely chopped
4 Green Onions chopped
1/2 cup chopped Red Bell Pepper
Cilantro for garnish
1/2 cup of chopped Anaheim Pepper (optional)

  1. Place red snapper in a shallow baking dish.
  2. Combine lime juice, lemon juice and chili powder in measuring cup. Pour over snapper and let it marinate for 10 minutes, turning once or twice.
  3. Sprinkle onions, tomato and peppers over snapper. Cover with aluminum foil. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or just until snapper flakes in center.
  4. Let stand, covered, 4 minutes before serving. Garnish with fresh cilantro.

I really enjoyed this. The vegetables that cooked on top of the fish really helped add a lot of flavor. Seems really easy to prepare as well. Lately I have been noticing how much I enjoy chili powder also. Seems to be an ingredient in a lot of dishes that I enjoy.

On a systems note, I'm am thinking of removing the commenting section of this here site. I have been getting a lot of spam lately and have tried a few ways to filter it that just aren't working well. I really don't want to have to ask people register at some site and I think that is my last option. I figure that just removing it is the easiest way to deal since there are hardly any comments as is and most of the people that do comment also have my e-mail address. Hope y'all don't mind.