Baked Rainbow Trout w/ Roasted Asparagus, Mini Carrots, and Whole Grain Bread

Dinner Tonight: Baked Rainbow Trout w/ Roasted Asparagus, Mini Carrots, and Whole Grain Bread



Hit the Kroger Store bright and early this morning and ran into some nice buys. A lot of Buy One Get One

free Items, like Ground Round I picked up for my Mom and Honeysuckle White 1 LB Extra Lean 99/1 Ground Turkey. I also purchased a beautiful Rainbow Trout Fillet which is what I'm having for dinner. I prepared a Baked Rainbow Trout w/ Roasted Asparagus, Mini Carrots, along with Aunt Millie's Light Whole Grain Bread.



To prepare the Trout I preheated the oven to 400 degrees. I then seasoned it with McCormick Grinder Sea Salt and Black Peppercorn, Parsley, and Zatarains Creole Seasoning. I then baked until it was fork tender around 12 minutes. I enjoy all Fish for dinner anytime but this Rainbow Trout came out delicious! It was a big fillet so after cutting one portion for dinner I froze the rest.




To go with my Trout I prepared Roasted Asparagus, boiled Mini Carrots, and Aunt Millie's Light Whole Grain Bread. To prepare the Asparagus I just needed Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Cloves Garlic, minced, Sea Salt, Freshly grated Black Pepper, Lemon Juice, and Shredded Parmesan Cheese. The complete recipe and instructions are at the end of the post. For dessert later a slice of Pillsbury Nut Quick Bread topped with a scoop of Breyer's Carb Smart Vanilla Ice Cream.
 



Roasted Asparagus

INGREDIENTS
1 lb asparagus spears (thick spears are best for roasting)
1-2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
2 Cloves Garlic, minced
Sea Salt
Freshly grated Black Pepper
Lemon Juice

METHOD
1 Preheat oven to 400°F. Rinse clean the asparagus. Break the tough ends off of the asparagus and discard.
2 Lay the asparagus spears out in a single layer in a baking dish or a foil-covered roasting pan. Drizzle olive oil over the spears, roll the asparagus back and forth until they are all covered with a thin layer of olive oil. (Alternatively you can put the asparagus and oil in a plastic bag, and rub the bag so that the oil gets evenly distributed.) Sprinkle with minced garlic, salt, and pepper. Rub over the asparagus so that they are evenly distributed.
3 Place pan in oven and cook for approximately 8-10 minutes, depending on how thick your asparagus spears are, until lightly browned and tender when pierced with a fork. Drizzle with a little fresh lemon juice and shredded Parm Cheese before serving.
Yield: Serves 4.