Category — Fish

Growing up, I hated fish. Thankfully, my taste buds have come around nicely. I’m still pretty selective, but the fish I like, I REALLY like!

I love salmon, trout, orange roughy and…. (drum roll please…) white roughy!

The thing I like about white roughy is that it’s a very forgiving fish. You can season it with just about anything because it’s very mild flavored. You can also cook it until it’s just shy of charcoal, and it will still have a nice texture. (This is good for me because I’m paranoid about undercooked meats of any kind. So I tend to cook all meat until you could take somebody’s eye out with it.)

This recipe is really simple and quick to throw together on a busy week night. Just 5 minutes to prepare, and you’ve got a great fish dish in the oven. Can’t beat that with a stick!

Just a quick side note about my photos below:
The “chunks” of lemon you see are from the frozen lemon juice cubes I keep on hand. If you’d like to read more about harvesting lemons, here’s the post on that. I highly recommend it if you know anybody with a lemon tree!

Also, this recipe is perfectly accompanied by my recipe for Clean Eating Caramelized Dill Carrots.

Update: I was just reminded by a reader of an article I read on White Roughy. Apparently, there is no such fish. It’s labeled that way in the stores, but it’s actually called Basa.

“The basa fish is a type of catfish found in rivers in Vietnam and Thailand while roughies like the Orange Roughy are a deep-sea fish belonging to the Trachichthyidae family.”

Good to know for anyone with seafood allergies!

Clean Eating Lemon Dill White Roughy

Ingredients
White roughy (frozen)
Lemon juice
Dill

Directions

Step 1 – Place the frozen fish on a cookie sheet that has been lightly sprayed with olive oil. Top with lemon juice and then sprinkle with dill.

Step 2 – Place in oven at 350 degrees F. for about 45 minutes, or until the fish reaches about 150 degrees. (Some folks think that’s overdone, but I have a thing about undercooked meat of any kind. So cook to your liking.)

Step 3 – Look at that sexy piece of fish! Now just add salt and pepper to taste!

Eat and Enjoy!

Munchkin Helpers:

If you have little ones, here’s how they can help (With close supervision, of course).

This one is easy. Kids of any age can help take the fish out of the package, sprinkle on the lemon juice and the dill, and even put it in the oven if they are older. This is a very simple recipe to teach older kids. (Just be sure they wash their hands after handling the fish or any other raw meats, frozen or not.)

Note: Nutrition data is not available for this recipe.

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