Holiday Seafood Dinner

Holiday dinners take time to prepare and make. If you like to serve seafood during the holidays, you might like this recipe. This recipe is simple and quick to make. Also, it is a meal your family will enjoy eating. This recipe has sunflower seeds and mandarins which are in season.

 

Consuming sunflower seeds will nourish the body with potassium, magnesium, vitamin E, and iron. Sunflower seeds are good for the cardiovascular system and the immune system. Adding mandarins to your salad will give you vitamin C, vitamin A, and fiber. Eating mandarins help the skin, bones, and immune system. Here is the recipe for this holiday seafood meal.

 

Ingredients:

 

Basil leaves

Lemon and pepper

Curry

Tajin classic seasoning with lime

Ginger

3 Lemons

Garlic cloves

Bell peppers

Yellow onion

Swai fish

Eggplant

Italian sauce

Spinach salad:

Radishes

Tomatoes

Avocado

Sunflower seeds

Mandarins 

Italian salad dressing

Extra virgin olive oil

Tartar sauce (optional)

Preparation and Cooking Time (Swai Fish):

In one skillet, add sliced bell peppers and onions in water or in cooking oil. Then, add the spices: Ginger, Tajin, Curry, and Lemon, and Pepper to the fish. After that add the fish with the bell peppers and onions. Use a garlic crusher to crush the garlic. Add the garlic to the fish. Then, pour lemon juice and add the basil leaves. Continue cooking the fish. 

Wait a few minutes until the fish is soft and flaky. 

Salad Preparation: 

Wash and rinse the spinach, radishes, tomatoes, and mandarins. In one bowl, add spinach leaves. Slice the radishes and tomatoes. Add the radishes and tomatoes to the spinach. Then, slice an avocado and add lemon juice. 

Add the avocado slices to the salad. Peel one seedless mandarin and put the slices inside the salad. Then, use salad dressing and sunflower seeds. Mix everything. 

Eggplant Preparation and Cooking Time : 

Wash and slice one eggplant. Remove the seeds of the eggplant. In one pot, boil the eggplant in water. Cook the eggplant until it is soft. Remove the eggplant from the boiling water into another pot with Italian sauce. Mix the eggplant with the sauce. 

Serve the fish, salad, and eggplant. This recipe serves two or three people. Add a few slices and tartar sauce to the side of the plate. Here are the links about the health benefits of mandarins and sunflower seeds. Happy Holidays! 

 

Health Benefits of Sunflower Seeds:

https://www.webmd.com/diet/health-benefits-sunflower-seeds

Sunflower Seeds:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/sunflower-seeds

What are the Benefits of Mandarin Oranges: 

https://www.livestrong.com/article/257429-what-are-the-benefits-of-mandarin-oranges/

Mandarin Orange-Healthline:

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/mandarin-orange

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