Blackened Tilapia

24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. 

25 Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. 

26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.  - Psalm 73:24-26

Fresh Tilapia (I got mine at Costco)

Blackened Seasoning 

1/2 stick of Butter

1/2 Lemon, cut in wedges

Olive oil

Tarter sauce

Mayo and sweet pickle relish

Pour blackened seasoning on a plate, set aside.

Melt butter in non stick skillet.

Take fish and swish around in butter.

Lay filets on the blackened seasoning. 

Return to plate. 

Add a splash of olive oil to butter, heat and sauté fish.

Fry 2-3 minutes until crust sets, flip and repeat.

If fish starts to burn, remove fish and wipe out the pan, add fish back and continue cooking until fish is flaky. 

Squeeze lemon on the fish and add tarter sauce.

Limoncello Steak Diane Mascarpone Sliders

Therefore you are great, O LORD God. For there is none like you, and there is no God besides you, according to all that we have heard with our ears. - 2 Samuel 7:22

Left over Steak Diane and sauce

1 Onion, sliced and cut in half 

Dash of olive oil

Mascarpone 

Fresh tomatoes

Slider buns

Add oil to skillet and sauté onions.

Thin slice steak and add to cooked onions.

Next add the sauce and turn off heat.

Stir around to incorporate.

Warm bun and spread mascarpone on bun, add onions, steak and tomato slice.

Delicious!!!

Oven Baked Green Beans Fries

Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who alone does wondrous things.  - Psalm 72:18

1/2 bag of fresh Green beans ( I got mine at Costco)

Chicken stock 

Bring stock to boil, add beans and cook 2-3 minutes until the beans turn bright green.

Shock in ice water bath.

Dry on paper towels.

Flour, add 1/2 t Onion powder and 1/2 t Seasoned salt ( if you like it spicy add cayenne pepper  

Beaten egg

1 c Panko

Dip beans in flour then egg then panko.

Place a piece of parchment on a cookie sheet.

Bake in a 400 degree preheated oven until crisp, around 15 minutes.

Dip in ranch dressing.

Note*

I think next time I'll mist olive oil on them. 

Limoncello Steak Diane

And you are my sheep, human sheep of my pasture, and I am your God, declares the Lord GOD." - Ezekiel 34:31

For searing steaks:

2 Filets, seasoned and seared( I used Butt Rub with a pinch of sugar)

1 T Butter

1/2 t Olive oil

Sauce:

1 Leek, chopped

2 T Chives, chopped

1/4 c Half and half

1/4 c Limoncello 

1 t Butter

1 T Dijon Mustard 

1 T Worcestershire sauce

Slurry of cornstarch and cold water.

Sear steaks in oil and butter, remove and set aside.

In the same skillet, add the rest of the butter, leeks, chives and sauté for 1 minute.

Add limoncello, Worcestershire sauce and mustard, sauté 1 minute.

Add half and half and sauté a couple of minutes until it's reduced by a third.

Add slurry and whisk until slightly thickened.

Place sauce in a bowl.

Slice steak and return to skillet along with chives.

Brown slightly.

To serve drizzle with sauce. Yum!!!

Pear Mango Skillet Pie

31 This God his way is perfect; the word of the LORD proves true; he is a shield for all those who take refuge in him. 

32 "For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God?  - 2 Samuel 22:31-32

6 medium pears, sliced

1 mango, sliced

1 c water

1/2 c sugar

1/8 t each of pumpkin pie spice, allspice, ginger, nutmeg

1/2 t vanilla 

2 T butter

Juice of 1/2 lemon

For crust

1/2 c brown sugar

3 T butter

Melt butter in skillet and add brown sugar.

Add pie crust round.

Set aside.

1 T Cornstarch and 1/2 c water for thickening

1 unfrozen pie shell

Cut a circle the size of skillet bottom, save scraps.

Set aside.

Cook fruit in water with the seasonings, juice and sugar until fruit is tender.

This usually takes 15 minutes.

Add vanilla.

Spoon fruit over skillet crust.

Cut the crust scraps into strips and cover the top of fruit.

Sprinkle brown sugar over the top.

Bake in a preheated 375 degree oven for 30 minutes.

Serve with ice cream.