Calamari and moonfish

Last weekend started off with Friday evening cocktails and
calamari steak from one of our favorite relaxing spots, Buzz’s on Kailua Beach.

calamari

Things got a little less chic on Saturday and Sunday because
the fair was in town. Let’s just say no healthful carnival food choices
were made, but we did (narrowly) avoid fried Twinkies. So it could have been worse. Monday night we were back on track with delicious
macadamia
nut crusted opah
(also known as moonfish) and roasted
cauliflower
.

opah assembly line

moonfish

The only glitch I had with this recipe is that in the
skillet the macadamia nut crust was cooking (approaching burning) much quicker
than the fish. So I moved the whole
operation to the oven for literally 1.5 minutes to cook the middle
through. Problem solved.

We’re entertaining both tonight and Thursday, so the
remainder of our Supper Plan this week is going to be especially delicious!




Monday

Macadamia nut crusted opah with citrus-olive oil

Tuesday

Girls’ dinner – Tapas: Sherried mushrooms; Serrano ham with crusty tomato bread; Manchego with quince paste; Hot pepper and garlic shrimp; Spanish rice pudding


Wednesday

Leftovers

Thursday

Grilled red-chile steak with sweet plantains, red onion
and chipotle salsa
; grilled corn on the cob

Friday

Out to eat