The Feast of the 7 Fishes

It is 8pm, and our bellies are full.  We made it through 5 of the fishes, and were too full for 6 and 7!  The scallops and shrimp will have to wait until Tuesday night.

I loved this day.  I started cooking at around 2pm and we nibbled antipasto until around 7pm.  The food was very easy to prepare. The key is just cook enough for everyone to have a few bites.  Even doing this, we filled up fast.

Steaming the clams

Steaming the clams 

Eating clammies

Mmmmm

Snacking on steamed clams 

Digging into the clams 

Clam shell 

Clams are yummy

Clams devoured

Steamed clams 

Preparing St. Nick fish in foil

Mia helped by finishing off the olives 

Preparing the St. Nick fish 

Fish in foil

Fish in foil for St. Nicholas 

Mia and Cody REALLY enjoyed this dish, cancha tell?

St. Nick fish 

Actually, they ate it up.  It was the most flavor packed, tender fish I have ever had.  Oregano, garlic, sea salt, cracked pepper, a slice of lime and olive oil on top of the fish, and then all closed up in a tent of foil and cooked at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.

Raw oysters (Bill also fried some)

Raw oysters 

Some of the ingredients

Some of the ingredients 

Fresh oregano 

Now, off to bed or Santa won’t come!

Happy Christmas Eve to everyone!

(Christmas Eve photo set is up at Flickr here)