Grilled Tuna

This is my dad, offshore fishing. As you can see, he's reeling in something very big.


This is also my dad, dockside. As you can see, he reeled in something very big.


A tuna!!!! Yay! Fortunately for me, this was the beginning of April, so when we saw each other in NY for my Grammy's service we swapped freezer goodies. I'd brought him some corned beef briskets that were on major sale here in March. The corned beef went into his cooler and out came tuna steaks, which promptly landed in my now corned beef-barren cooler.

I had such amazing results with my almond butter marinade from a few weeks ago, I decided to duplicate it with the tuna. I grabbed two steaks from the freezer, thawed them in a water bath, and let them hang out in the marinade for a few hours. I was going to grill the tuna, the same as the steaks, but when I got the little hibachi and charcoal to set up it started raining! I quickly switched it up and put them on a rack over a foil-lined broiler pan and broiled them for about 5 minutes each side. It came out deliciously flakey!

I used a Knorr's pasta side, but beefed it up by adding 1/4 of a yellow onion, 1/2 of a green pepper, 1 stalk of celery, and 1 small carrot during the cooking process.

Now, for a couple of piled up things I need to announce. (I even made a cheat sheet so I wouldn't forget!)

Alisa at One Frugal Foodie is having an organic cookie give-away here!

Cyndi at So Much More Than a Mom is having Joolwe.com jewelry give-away here!

BSI entries are due Saturday night to Leah at Simply Fabulous and she chose cherries!

Biz's manifesto post and amazing results from sticking to her plan finally lit a fire under me. (Took long enough!) Last night I printed out a calendar like she had for Jillian's 30 day shred and made an exercise schedule using my favorite work-out DVDs. It's still pretty near the beginning of May, so I'm going to start by taking measurements, weight, and pictures for "before." On the 31st I'll check in again and re-measure, weight, and take another pic for "after." Along the way, I'll add extra exercise DVDs as my stamina improves and weather permitting, walks with the dog and rides on the bike.

This is the last day to print this coupon for a 100% FREE KFC meal to try their new "un-fried" chicken. You get 2 pieces of chicken, 2 sides, and a biscuit.

My work, Oodles of Doodles, is going to be closing the storefront May 31st, but we'll be continuing with online sales. There's a new ad to the right to click over and shop. We sell craft kits, crafts projects, birthday parties in boxes, etc. and everything will be shipped to you with all the supplies needed to complete the included activities and crafts. Through June 30th you'll get a FREE 8" plush doll of our mascot with any order! They're great ideas for gifts, parties, school activities, travel entertainment, or just to keep your kids having creative fun! Please take a minute to look around if you have kids, or pass the site onto others you think might be interested! I really appreciate it!

And finally...

Boy, oh boy, have I been in a major food rut! I haven't been in the mood for anything, and every recipe I think to make just seems so tired and boring. I've exhausted go-to recipes and ingredients and don't know where to turn. It seems like regular recipe sites and e-mail newsletters I get inspiration from have just been on the opposite spectrum the past two weeks.

Do you have a go-to meal suggestion or interesting recipes you think I should make?! It's so bad I don't even know how to plan the grocery list because literally nothing sounds good to me right now! Who else could help me out, besides the food blogger community!?