Rosie's home alone today.
It's a Monday.
Mr. Hawthorne is at work.
It's lunch time and I'm hungry.
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Can you tell what this is?
It's broccoli on the left,
tuna in the middle,
and some garden greens on the right.
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We'd picked up two tuna filets at the Teeter.
I'm using one for lunch.
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Here's my lunch-to-be:
broccoli,
lemon,
tuna.
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I always peel my broccoli stems.
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Just a few grinds of pepper and salt on the tuna.
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Melt unsalted butter in pan over medium high.
Add in oil - any kind -
to lower the smoke point.
OK. Not motor oil.
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Place filet in hot butter and oil.
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If you'd like to brown your butter,
even better.
Be careful.
Brown can go to burn in a heartbeat.
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I cooked my tuna steak,
a little over an inch thick,
for 1 1/2 minutes each side.
Monday morning quarterbacking:
I would have gone less heat or less time
for a bit rarer.
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I thought it was great right here
when I took it off the heat.
Dang it all.
I gotta follow my own advice with shrimp.
TAKE IT OFF BEFORE
you think it's ready!
I forgot to take pictures of the broccoli,
but I had the steamer going
and put the broccoli in for 1 1/2 minutes.
I like mine crisp/tender.
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For the sauce,
I melted butter and added lemon juice
and ...
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... some capers.
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Pour the lemon butter caper sauce over the tuna.
This was a most excellent meal.
Sometimes I just like to treat myself
to something simple, easy, and plain wonderful.
Because I'm worth it.
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Lightly steamed broccoli with butter and lemon juice,
seared tuna with a lemon butter caper sauce,
and greens with buttah and vinegar.
MY lunch which I made for ME.
You are important.
Celebrate yourself.
Make breakfast, lunch, or dinner for yourself.
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Tuna tastes like steak to me.
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Please don't cook the life out of your broccoli.
You want your broccoli crisp/tender and bright green,
not mush olive drab as I've been served so many times.
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Mixed greens with vinegar and butter.
Now, you do want these mixed greens
mush olive drab.
You have to know how to be a Southerner.
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Here's my tuna.
Dang it all.
I overcooked it.
But it was still good.
Stay tuned for my next post about
properly cooked tuna.
2 comments:
I like that the melted butter is in the rough shape of the United States.
Lovely lunch.
What kicked the crap outta Florida?
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