Feeding Becky (and then Nicky)

I got to cook for the infamous Summyr Tyler aka Becky aka her real undisclosed name, because honestly, does anyone really even know her name?  Well I do, but you don't.

We played guinea pig and tried basa, a fish comparable to flounder or sole, apparently.  I made (and hopefully taught Becks how to) Lemon Almond Butter Fish.

Here is the catch.  I made it two days in a row, once for Becky last night and then with some minor changes tonight for Nicky.

You will need....

1 lb or two fillets of basa
3 tablespoons of butter +
half a lemon (cut into thirds)
1/2 cup of almonds
1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
2 garlic cloves (optional)
salt and pepper (optional)

Melt a tablespoon and half in the frying pan and add the almonds (and the sugar and garlic if you'd like) on medium, so they can get nice and crispy and brown but before they reach that point, squeeze a lemon over the nuts.  A minute or two later add the rest of the butter and when its melted, the two fillets.  Salt and pepper at this point if you would like.  Cook on each side for 3-5 minutes each. 

Becky and I had a caprese salad and oven roasted potatoes (not pictured). 

Nick and I had asparagus with the fishy.

The beauty of this is that one pound of basa was $2.99. Two fillets were not even a pound!!  It came to $2.63.  To top it all off, it was (as Nick called it) hearty, it was not very fishy.  Overall - surpassed satisfiedness!