Monday, 4/4/2011

We had long grain & wild rice, grilled asparagus, and marinated mahi mahi for our dinner tonight.  The meal started to come together when I saw beautiful, cheap asparagus as MetropolitanMarket this morning.  I usually don't shop there because the food is fantastic and the prices are outrageous.  I was there to pick up a few things for a potluck tomorrow and couldn't resist the asparagus at $1.49/pound.  The stalks, tossed in olive oil, salt, and pepper, were grilled for 8 minutes on Direct Medium heat.  

My next stop was Costco.  I usually keep beer battered halibut in the freezer, but opted for marinated mahi mahi today.  The cost of the halibut was $19.99 and the mahi mahi was only $12.99.  I'm glad I let cost drive my decision.  The mahi mahi had tons of flavor and no carbohydrates.  Ben and I each had one fillet, and Katie had half of one. I am pleased that I was able to come up with a meal on the fly that ended up being very balanced and delicious.