Ah, the wonders of the Trader Joe’s frozen fish section. I give you turbot — $3.90 worth of turbot. Woo! That’s two meal-sized fillets for under $4. Now that’s cheap…er economical. What’s turbot? Yeah, I didn’t know either. Thank you, wikipedia! And it even gets a good rating from the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Excellent.

Now, the frozen turbot from TJ’s comes with some paprika already sprinkled on it. So, I decided to work with that and have the fish with a tomato-olive-caper salsa. Brown rice (with diced roasted carrots and garlic) and braised Brussels sprouts round out the meal.

If you can’t find turbot, tilipia would probably work just fine!

Turbot with Tomato-Olive-Caper Salsa
2 turbot fillets
2 tbsp olive oil
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 tsp dried oregano
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
2 vine-ripened tomatos, diced
4-5 cherry tomatoes, quartered (You can also use fancy tomatoes — I found some green, purple and yellow cherry tomatoes and I used those, plain old red cherry tomatoes will work fine too)
1 tbsp finely diced red onion
1 tbsp capers
1 tbsp chopped kalamata olives
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 tbsp fresh orange juice
1 tbsp olive oil
a couple of basil leaves, torn
salt and pepper to taste

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