I just realized that I should have taken a picture of the beautiful plate of food I made last night for dinner ala CityMama, but I was too hungry and couldn't be bothered. I was too busy thinking wow. I made this? I can't wait to EAT IT.
I don't usually write about food because I'm not a fantastic cook. Most of what I make must be able to be prepared in 15 minutes or less or be a one-pot wonder. But this? This was easy and FABULOUS and if I ever have a dinner party (ha, fat chance) I will totally make this and people will think I can whip up an amazing dinner and not break a sweat or the bank. Ready? Here it goes..
Sesame Crusted Ahi Tuna with whole wheat pasta, green beans and cherry tomatoes
Ingredients:
Vegetable oil
Sesame Seeds
Ahi Tuna steaks (@ 1/2 pound fillet per person)
Whole Wheat pasta
Cherry tomatoes
Green Beans (frozen will do but fresh is better)
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Teriyaki sauce (I use Soy Vay)
I bought a grill pan recently, Calphon, $25, nothing fancy. I used that to cook the tuna steaks but I would imagine a frying pan would work just as well.
1. Take your tuna steaks, dredge them in the vegetable oil and sesame seeds. Place them on a hot grill pan. Cook 4-5 minutes each side or until your desired level of doneness. (Mine were bright pink in the middle. Oh so yummy).
2. Prepare whole wheat pasta according to package. Drain. Cut your cherry tomatoes in half, toss with pasta adding olive oil, salt and pepper.
3. Bring green beans to a boil in salted water. Cook for 2-3 minutes or until color is bright green. Drain then rinse in cold water.
Plate your pasta, lay the tuna on top, drizzle with teriyaki and place green beans on the side. Voila!
(This is not my tuna but this post just needed a pic. That's what my tuna looked like but mine was prettier surrounded with the red tomatoes and the green beans. No offense to 3.bp.blogpot.com who originally posted this pic.)
