Brown Paper Packages Not Tied Up With String

The Hubs and I need more fish in our diet. I don't dispute the idea, it's just that I've got some issues. For one thing, we don't have a super efficient vent-fan over our stove and I can't stand the lingering scent of yesterday's fish dinner clinging to the interior of our house... and don't even think about coming near my cast iron pans with that fishy fillet.

But still, we need more fish in our diet. My normal solution to this predicament would be to fill our dietary seafood needs at a restaurant. Our budget doesn't currently allow that option however. Enter one of my favorite things... fish cooked en papillote*. It's one of those magical preparation methods that look so very fancy, yet are unbelievably simple. And clean up is, in a word (my favorite word), effortless. Do I love this salmon recipe because it's so tasty, or because it's so tidy? Not sure. Maybe I'd better make it again just to see.

Sustainable Seafood

We are told that we should eat more fish in our diets because it is super healthy and also because it's environmentally responsible (cows are getting a pretty bad rap these days)... but then you find out that the only fish that you really like (and would consider eating a lot of) are on the list of fish not to eat. Confused? Bummed? Me too. Here's some info on the situation...

• Sustainable seafood guide from nrdc.org
• A great article from "All You Can Eat"/Seattle Times food writer Nancy Leson on this very subject

*Photo by Marta, who informs me that this is a photo of fish eating, not fish for eating. Just to clarify. What can I say? It was the only photo I had of fish.