Well today ladies and gentlemen, I cooked.  I didn’t even make anything that required hours of preparation.  I stopped at Whole Foods on my way back from the gym to pick up a couple of items to make Pizza Rustica (Italian meat/cheese pie made for Easter…post will come eventually on that) and decided I should make dinner tonight.  Furthermore, I was emptying my wallet and treating myself to Chilean Sea Bass.

Now I can provide guidance for what I had, but to be honest, nothing was measured since this was an ad hoc recipe.

First, the cous cous.  I love cous cous.  Just saying the name, cous cous is fun.  (See what I did there…got you to say cous cous three, make that four times).  Cooked according to package directions and then added some toasted pine nuts and feta cheese.  Since I went all fancy for the fish, I figured I should spruce up the grain as well with the plating….

Second the seabass.  Seriously, I only added a bit of salt, peper and olive oil and shoved it in the oven.  End of story.  Third, the bell pepper.  I sauteed them in a pan for a while and then added some balsamic vinegar and made a nice reduction…yum.

Finally, the assembly.  Sea ball on the cous cous.  Bell peppers next and then the balsamic glaze.  Easy, delicious and not too terrible to look at.  It’s like a was at a fancy restaurant…except I was sporting my slippers and had to serve myself!