Mediterranean Fish Casserole

Here's an easy recipe that we found in Family Circle magazine (Feb 09). It takes a little longer to than most of the other recipes I do, due to the roasting step.

Ingredients:

4 Roastint potatoes cut into 1 inch pieces
1 Red Pepper or Italian frying peppers cut into strips
4 or 5 cloves of garlic, chopped.
2 3/4 inch cod or halibut fillets, between 5-6 oz each.
1/4 cup of pitted and chopped kalamata olives
2 plum tomatoes seeded and cut into quarters
1 lemon
Parsley

Heat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a casserole dish with olive oil. Spread potatoes and peppers over bottom of dish. Season the veggies with salt and toss to cover with oil. Roast for about 45 minutes or until potatoes are tender. Stir occasionally.

Scatter garlic over potatoes and peppers. Season fish with salt and pepper and place on top of the potatoes. Scatter olives and tomatoes over the casserole. Drizzle with lemon juice and oil. Sprinkle with Parsley.

Roast for 25 minutes or until the fish flakes easily.

From Tails of the Cocktail 2010: Aukland Summer Punch

This kiwi-vodka drink was Kat's favorite...

• 1 ripe kiwi
• 2 oz Sauvignon Blanc
• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 1 oz Square One Cucumber
• 1/2 oz Dry Sake
  
• juice of 1/2 lemon
  
• kiwi for garnish
  
• lemon peel for aromatic

Muddle kiwifruit wine and simple syrup. Add remaining ingredients, stir and chill. Double strain into a rocks glass. Garnish with half moon slices of kiwi and lemon peel.

FromTails of the Cocktail 2010: Martini Bianco and Soda

Simple mixed drink, thought it was refreshing:

Equal parts of Martini Bianco and soda with a squeeze of lemon. Use a big lemon rind as an aromatic.