Salt crusted fish- This looked cool. You take a whole fish and make a salt crust around it and then bake it. After baking you remove the salt crust and eat the fish. It looks fun, but I can't see my family finishing a whole fish and the thought of handling a whole fish is just...not for me.
Cedar plank salmon with maple glaze- Another cool recipe that I will most probably never make. You bake the salmon that has been marinated in a yummy sounding maple syrup/soy sauce/honey glaze (OMG the SUGAR!!) on soaked cedar planks.
Walnut crusted salmon- salmon brushed with dijon mustard and topped with a breadcrumb/walnuts mixture. Looks easy and tasty. (Daphna Rabinovitch)
Oven fried fish- turbo/sole/halibut dipped in egg/mayo and then breadcrumbs and baked
Simple sesame glazed fish- Arctic Char with a sweet teriyaki glaze
8. The Main Course (I guess this means meat/chicken?)- One thing I REALLY like in this section is that many of the recipes do not use some sort of sweetener as a main ingredient. I feel that our food already contains so much sugar and that sweeteners should be minimized as much as possible and only used for desserts (I have the same issue with salad dressings).
Grilled chicken breasts with chimmichuri sauce- chicken breast marinated in soy sauce/balsamic vinegar/garlic/evoo and topped with a chimmichuri sauce (parsley/garlic/evoo/red wine vinegar). Quick, easy and not sweet.
Capons with vegetable stuffing- This is a very simple chicken recipe. Chicken capons (or you can use thighs and stuff under the skin) are stuffed with onion/carrrot/celery/mushrooms/zucchini). It is topped with duck sauce, which does add a whole load of sweetener to the dish. It's pretty and elegant. The veggie stuffing does take a little bit of time (shredding in the food processor and then cooking) and does dirty a few dishes. It may be a nice idea for Shabbos or Yom Tov.
Maple roast- This roast recipe is on my wish list. The roast is brushed with dijon mustard and a soy sauce/maple syrup glaze is poured over. Even though this recipe does call for a lot of sugar, I love the sound of the flavor profile and wouldn't have a issue making it once in a while.
Spanish Chicken with herbs and peppers- A one pot dish!! Chicken cooked with peppers and jalapenos (leave out if it's too spicey for your kids), garlic, tomato paste/tomatoes, white wine, sugar (I would try to half the sugar), capers/olives, herbs and chicken stock. It looks like a simple and tasty dish that basically uses healthy ingredients.
Best burgers ever (also featured in the Best of the Family Table grrrr)- standard burgers get an upgrade with the addition of grounded portabella mushrooms and some herbs.
Hickory hamburgers- a ground chicken/beef burgers gets a smokey flavor with the addition of smoked paprika (this spice is awesome!!).
New meatloaf- meatloaf is upgraded with ground pastrami, dill and a shallot instead of the standard onion. It's brushed with duck sauce. The recipe is pretty simple, but you will need you good processor to grind the pastrami mixture.
Spicy meat sauce for a crowd- I love this recipe because it makes a huge amounts and cooks up in a crockpot. Estee says it freezes well. I don't love that the sauce calls for hot dogs, but you can use spicy sausages instead. You need to saute the onion/garlic/peppers first, but if you throw it in the crockpot raw it should come out fine. You also add ground beef/hot dogs or spicy sausages and tomato products/chicken stock/wine/bit of brown sugar/herbs and spices. I need to try this one day.
Savory honey glazed chicken- a whole chicken is rubbed with a dry spice rub, grilled and then brushed with a honey glaze. The glaze is sweet so I would only make this occasionally- maybe a good idea for Rosh Hashana?
Fruity Moroccan Chicken- chicken pieces that are rubbed with a spicy mixture are skewered with dried prunes and apricot and grilled. Nice for Tu B'shbat. No sugar although it is probably plenty sweet from the fruit.
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