Have you noticed how when the sun is shining and the wind is a gentle breeze and the trees start to bud and flowers bloom and the playground is filled with children’s voices and lawn mowers hum in the background that all of a sudden, things come alive. And I mean A.L.I.V.E! I just love spring. It’s not here yet, but the signs are so telling and oh so welcoming. So not to miss out on the fun outdoors, I whipped this easy yummy fish dish in no time. Some things, like taste, can’t be compromised. And I’m off….to enjoy the rest of the sun, of course!

Ingredients:

2 swai fillets - washed and cut into 2 (total of 4 pieces), dry wth paper towel
1/8 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp butter
1 clove garlic - lightly smashed
1 tsp of thyme - remove leaves from stem
1 tbsp of Italian parsley - chopped
1/2 onion - sliced
salt and pepper

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 325F.
2. Cut 4 pieces aluminium foil and grease it with some butter.



3. Season the fish with pepper and salt to taste.



4. In a saucepan, melt the butter and garlic on low heat. Leave the garlic for a few minutes in the melted butter until the you smell the garlic’s aroma. It shouldn’t brown and the butter should not turn brown either.



5. Discard the garlic. Add the lemon juice, thyme and parsley and a dash of black pepper. Stir and remove from heat.



6. Place each slice of fish on an aluminium foil. Divide the butter mixture equally and pour on the fish slices.



7. Put sliced onions on the fish and then fold the aluminium foil.



8. Put the foil packets on a baking tray and bake for 10 minutes or until the fish flakes easily.
9. Serve with rice.