Category Archives: Fish

Pantry special! Pasta with tuna, mushrooms, arugula and olives

It has been a weird week. The beginning of the week started out with a low fiber diet followed by two days of no food, followed by my birthday celebration. So it was either feast or famine. After my “procedure” … Continue reading

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Roasted sea bass

Finally something I can post on Dining Lite. Tonight in Ragusa we started with a vegetable soup with garbanzo beans and followed that up with a whole roasted sea bass. The chef brought out three fish for us to choose … Continue reading

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Tubettini con spada (Small tubular pasta with swordfish)

Along with a salad, this tubettini con spada was our lunch down at the very bottom of the heel of Italy. It was in a light sauce. The small tubes were like ditalini but were striated like penne rigate. John … Continue reading

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Acqa frisa

Acqa frisa, a cold Puglian soup, is a bowl of water in which are floating pieces of tomato, pepper, cucumber, and onion. Olive oil is added. You are then served a basket of stale bread and you let it soak … Continue reading

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Assorted (fried) seafood

One of the best ways to stay on a diet is to order something that you don’t want to eat. This was served after an antipasto of raw shrimp with heads, raw squid and assorted raw shellfish. Then there was … Continue reading

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Sea bream with a zucchini crust

This was dinner at the Cefalicchio Country House in Canosa di Puglia, Italy. After eating so low fat for so long, it is hard not to think everything that has a top dressing of olive oil is too greasy. I’ll … Continue reading

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Grilled swordfish on cauliflower puree with fennel, carrots and spinach

During our trip to Italy, I am going to post what I would consider good selections for dinner when eating out. We had this fish as our main course in Benevento, Italy. Because we were pretty exhausted after the long … Continue reading

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Fish tacos and black beans

The posts I’ve done this week were for the most part done in real time. The pictures are exactly my plate and what I am eating for dinner. Often people think it looks like a lot. Like, how can you … Continue reading

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Seared tuna, asparagus and farro with green onions

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