baked fish yummy--less than 30 minutes!

the previous owner of our house gave us some tuna he caught himself off the coast of san diego…so i tried this recipe and liked it lots.

juice of one lemon
1 garlic clove, minced
2 oz fresh fish (ahi tuna, salmon, mahi-mahi), cut 1 ½ inches thick
½ tbsp ground pepper
1 tbsp butter
1 tsp fresh basil, chopped
1 tbsp honey
¼ tsp salt
½ tsp (or more) worcestershire sauce
1 scallion, chopped
1 tsp spicy mustard

heat oven to 375. melt butter and sauté garlic 1 minute. add honey, Worcestershire and mustard and cook another minute. add lemon juice and pepper and let sauce cool 10 minutes to thicken. put fish in a greased baking dish. pour sauce over fish, then salt, the basil and scallions. bake 10-15 minutes (depending on how rare you would like the fish).

p.s. and if you just happen to have WAY too much fish to eat and it's the second night of tuna steak and you don't think you can do one more (even though it was yummy), but you don't want to waste it, you can make the following tuna casserole and be really worried you'll have to feed it to the dog, but then be pleasantly surprised when it's actually quite tasty:

(sorry i don't have precise measurements because i just sort of threw everything in and hoped for the best)

3/4 package egg noodles, cooked til nearly done
1 celery stalk, sauteed in cooking spray
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1/2 - 3/4 can of milk (using the dirty mushroom soup can)
a handful of canned mushrooms
a handful of shredded cheddar cheese
3 slices of whole wheat bread made into crumbs
1ish tbsp butter, melted
oh yeah, the tuna--cut it up and put in whatever amount looks good

mix everything together except bread crumbs and butter. mix together bread crumbs and butter. put the tuna mixture in a greased baking dish. top with bread crumb mixture and bake @ 375 for about 20 minutes. not bad for the not-so-great reputation the tuna casserole has been given. our girls ate it up!