Day 13- Lucas's Kitchen Adventures

Every once in a while, Lucas decides to cook dinner. I'm hesitant to allow him such free reign over what is normally MY domain, particularly because his "creations" are quite hit-or-miss. More frequently, the latter. But, he's been on a roll lately so I allowed him this rare opportunity to impress not only myself but also my ever-faithful readers. My fabulous uncle filled our freezer with lots of goodies from his hunting and fishing excursions, so tonight Lucas is making trout with his favorite cooking tool, the cast-iron skilled with ridges. He soaked the trout in buttermilk to release some of the "gamey" flavor. Then he seasoned the trout with salt and pepper. He coated the skillet with butter and threw the fish on medium high heat. He cooked them half-way through, took the fish off and lined the bottom of the skillet with thin slices of lime and put the fish on top of the limes and covered the skillet with a pot lid and returned to the heat to finish cooking. Then he made a lemon-butter sauce to top the fish when serving. He also tossed up a salad with the leftover Red Quinoa from the other night, sliced cherry tomatoes, feta cheese, lemon juice, lime juice, salt, and pepper. He also threw in chopped up leftover grilled eggplant and artichoke with a dash of balsamic vinegar. And that was dinner a la Lucas!