Side Dish Recipes
Parmesan Baked Halibut
This one’s not for the heart-healthy set, but it sure does taste good! It’s better with a good quality freshly grated Parmesan cheese, but the pre-shredded stuff will do. Cherry tomatoes or tomatillos work well for this too.
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Grilled Salmon with Dijon Mustard Barbecue Glaze
Sweet and tangy, this honey dijon barbecue sauce recipe is perfect when you feel like a tasty break from the usual tomato-based barbecue sauce recipes. This dijon BBQ sauce can be used as a pre-grilling marinade on chicken wings but it would taste great on grilled chicken breasts as well.
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Cayley’s Balsamic Orange Venison Backstrap
I love balsamic vinegar. I marinate things in it, make reduction sauces out of it ( for salmon, halibut, etc), use it in dressings, heck, I would probably drink it, if it were a high enough quality. I ran out of my “good” balsamic, so I’m using a cheaper one from the local grocery store,…
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Roger Sager’s Bonito Tips
When I was young I fished the Malibu pier. My dad was a school teacher so we had lots of time during the summer. When we could afford to we fished from the barge and occasionally the 1/2 day boat. We caught a lot of bonito. Back then I was more a catcher than an…
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Sauteed Trout with Garlic-Chive Compound Butter
The beauty of this butter is you can make it anything you want. Why not try limes and chiles, lemon and mint, rosemary, thyme and sage? Anything goes when you are in the kitchen. Use needle-nosed tweezers to remove all the bones from the trout.
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Smoked Wild Turkey Salad
If you don’t have a smoker or any smoked wild turkey meat on hand, substitute any cooked upland game bird meat. Leave the turkey whole in legs or wings, like in the picture, for a different method of serving. Try making your own dressing too – it tastes much better than store bought.
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Onion, Jalapeno and Cranberry Relish
Serve this at your holiday gatherings instead of your usual cranberry relish. Most people won’t believe how well jalapeño and cranberries go together. But you know, because you read this. Works on any game meat.
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Smoked Fish Pate
Whip up this quick and easy fish dip in your food processor, but I love this as an appetizer in the summer. Pair it with a sweeter wine before dinner, like one of Michael David Winery’s white wines. Enjoy surrounded by friends and family!
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Pan Seared Salmon with Thai Cucumber Salad
For best results, make the cucumber salad part a day before or even the morning of and let it sit in the fridge for the flavors to combine. Any fish will work for this recipe, I am using salmon in the picture. Sriracha sauce has quickly become popular lately and people use it in anything –…
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