Feast of Seven Fishes

We now have seven fishes for Christmas Eve:

1. Mussels
2. Scallops
3. Shrimp
4. Tilapia
5. Cod
6. Lobster
7. Either tuna salad from a can, seared tuna steak or smoked salmon.
   

Here’s what I plan to do:

Mussels: Vince likes these. I do not. They are in a butter garlic sauce, frozen, from Aldi. There aren’t many in the box so Vince will eat those. I’ll have one so I can say I had 7 fishes!

Scallops: I’ll air fry these. There aren’t too many in the package. Also frozen from Aldi.

Tilapia: There are two small pieces in a the package. I’ll remove one and defrost it and keep the other frozen for later. I’ll make Garlic Butter Baked Tilapia.

Shrimp: I’ll make shrimp fettuccine. I’ll defrost a pound of shrimp, make a small pot of shrimp fettuccine and the make a larger pot to go with our Christmas dinner when Chad, Nicole and Addie will be here.

Cod: I’ll make Lemon Butter Cod. The fish pieces are frozen so I’ll probably take 2 small or 1 larger piece out and only cook a small bit of it.

Lobster: We bought two frozen tails from Aldi. Not the best but the best we can get here without spending an arm and a leg.

Tuna Salad: I’m leaning towards tuna salad from a can because I can serve that over lettuce with sliced cucumbers, black olives, green olive, cherry tomatoes and celery sticks. Left over tuna salad might be great for dinner with a few crackers on Christmas night after having had a big meal for lunch.

Coming up with “7 fishes” seemed almost impossible when I first thought about doing it but it ended up being quite easy!