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    I usually have rice with fish; if you have fat left to spare, you can
    saute diced peppers and mushrooms and cook those into it.  Or look in a
    cookbook for other things to do with it.
    
    The Far East lentil pilaf is great, too.
    
    Add a steamed or microwaved vegetable, and you've got a great, balanced
    meal!
    
    Beverly
    

I also like cole slaw with fish.  My very simple recipie is to chop up
some cabbage, grate some carrotts, then throw them in a bowl, add some
low cal mayo, then a bit of garlic powder.

    re .1
    
    Sounds good.  Do you have any certain recipe you follow for the
    rice pilaf?
    
    re .2
    
    I forgot to mention, I do fix slaw for my husband,  but I don't
    really care for it, plus he likes sugar in it.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Virginia

    How about thinly sliced green beans with slivered almonds on top
    Yum!  We usually have rice too!

       In a non-stick pan, saute a sliced onion and a red pepper for
       about 10 minutes, until they have begun to wilt.  Put about half
       the cooked vegetables on the bottom of a baking dish, then put a
       piece of fish (schrod or haddock are excellent--and they are both
       low in calories and fat).  Season the fish with salt and pepper,
       then put the remainder of the vegetables on top and add a little
       water or white wine (about 1/2-inch) to the bottom of the pan. 
       
       Bake this in a 375� oven for about 15-25 minutes, depending on the
       thickness of the fish. 
       
       re .4:
       
       The green beans sound ok, but I would be extremely wary of the
       slivered almonds.  If you use just 1/2 cup of slivered almonds,
       you have added about 300 calories and the same amount of fat as in
       5 pats of butter. 
       
       --Mr Topaz

    Thanks for all the good suggestions.  I still miss my french fries
    and hush puppies, though  ;-)
    
    Virginia

    Try slicing potatoes very thinly and placing them on a *lightly* oiled
    cookie sheet. Cook in a hot oven -- 375, maybe for 8 to 10 minutes. 
    Not the same as french fries, but tasty nonetheless.
    
    

two of my favorite ideas:

Slice some carrots, celery, onions (if you like them), scallions, (and
just about any other similar kind of veggie that strikes your fancy). 
For each serving of this dish you are making, tear off a good sized piece
of aluminum foil. In the center of each piece, arrange the veggies. Then 
place a piece of fish on each. Sprinkle with some seasonings (I like 
garlic powder). Dab on a bit of weight watcher's margarine. (I do mean 
just a bit.) Wrap the foil around the whole thing and bake for, oh, 20-25 
minutes or so. (Depends on the kind of fish, the thickness of the fish,
and the size of the veggies...) Unrap and serve! YUM! (Haddock is my 
favorite kind of fish to fix this way...)

Thinly slice some zucchini and saute in a pan with butter-flavored Pam
(or whatever you use). Add a can of stewed tomatoes. (I suppose you 
could use regular tomatoes, onions, and some other seasonings just
as well). Place fish in a microwave dish with a little water and
microwave for approx. 5 minutes - until flaky. (Again, Haddock seems
to work best). Place fish on a plate and serve veggies over it. 
Again, YUM!

	-Amy.

In all my years of cooking dinners, I have never cooked real fish.  I have 
just one question about these yummy sounding fish recipes....

	Do they smell up your house for weeks, for a few days, a few hours or 
	not at all??

Now be honest!  I'd really like to try some of these after I'm off my fast, 
but not if I'm going to have to smell dinner in every room of the house!

I guess I have one more question...do you buy fresh fish, if so, where...
or do you buy frozen fish, if so, what brand and where?

Thanks for all your fishy advice...Susan

    My roomies always complain in the very humid weather.  But all in
    all it's not too bad.  I usually cook it on the grill (all year
    round)  which makes for no stench at all!!
    
    Chris

    What's a good fish that doesn't have a real strong odor?  I know
    Whiting will sure stink the place up!!
    
    

Susan -

Neither of the fish recipes I entered a few replies back will stink up your 
house for weeks. I use haddock, generally, which is not a real "fishy" fish. 
I don't care for fishy fish, either. In fact, for years, I swore I hated
fish because I only associated it with the real fishy stuff. I think it's
fresh water fish that's real fishy. Swordfish is also not fishy, along with
salmon and mako shark.

	-Amy.

    
      I believe she asked where you can buy fresh fish.  I have really good 
    luck at a place called Cowen's in Worcester.  As I don't know where you
    live, I don't know how much good that does you.  They have fresh fish
    haddock, cod, schrod, lobsters, clams, scallops, fresh chicken and
    meats cut to order.  There is only one problem with Cowen's they are
    only open to the public on Saturday morning from 8 - 12:30pm.  They are
    very inexpensive and very accomodating to your particular needs,
    however little you want or how much nothing is prepackaged, which is
    nice to me, as I'm not particular fond of supermarket meats and their
    mysteries.
    
       If you or anyone else would like the directions there or the address
    I'll be happy to give it.
    
    Patti
    

    I love to cook and I love my microwave.  I experiment on my housemate
    all the time and she seems to be a willing victim.  I improvise.  I
    have a great recipe that uses fish, scallions, fresh parsley, wine and
    grapes and I'll enter that later when I find the recipe (this is
    actually from a real recipe).
    
    The other night, I cooked some nice orange roughy.  Any fish filet will
    work and I usually buy whatever looks the freshest.  I took an orange
    and sliced it into small slices and placed it in the bottom of a pan. 
    I then put the fish on top of the oranges and added a small amount of
    white wine.  I sprinkled some fresh parsley over the fish then covered
    the pan with microwaveable plastic wrap.  I microwaved for 4.5 minutes
    on high (this could vary with thickness of fish).  I then served with a
    rice/vegetable combination.  The rice/veg was from the frozen case at
    the store and was 350 calories for the entire package.  So, we split
    giving us something under 100 calories for the fish and about 175
    calories for the side dish for a total of about 300 calories for the
    meal (the oranges tasted good too).  We had an ample amount of food
    too.

My friend (an avid Weight Watcher) fixed poached salmon for us recently -
and it was delicious!

All she did was to heat some water in a frying pan, and then dissolve
some vegetable boullion in it.  Add the fish and simmer till done throughout.
Easy!  and wonderfully tasty.

Rachel

    RE:  501.13
    
    "Where to buy fish ..."
    
    
    I understand that Cowan's is on Temple Street.  Could you give
    me directions to Temple Street from Rte. 290 or Rte. 9 in Worcester?
    
    Thanks.
    
    Carolyn