For those who think military wives are anything less then fiercely
independent, look at the dinner my girlfriends not only cooked last night, but
reeled in from the ocean just a few hours earlier!

The original plan for girls’ dinner was bring-your-own
brown-bag. But there were late-breaking
instructions to leave our leftovers at home.
Two of my friends (a special education teacher on fall break and a
stay-at-home mom) went out for a day of sea fishing, and came back with…dinner.

It was delicious. SO
good. The fish was a 20+ pound ulua, also known as
trevally. Its naturally rich taste was absolutely
perfect butter-
and ginger- seared with a minted passion-orange vinagrette and mashed
Okinawan sweet potatoes,
Caesar salad, and rice on the side. If
you don’t happen to have skilled fisherwomen friends like I do, you can
substitute store-bought jackfish, pompano, snapper, or grouper for the ulua.

P.S.,

I just bookmarked Roy’s
Fish and Seafood cookbook. It seems
almost wrong that the whole thing is available online, but I’ll be taking full
advantage. These recipes look fantastic.