Cooking with Your Kids: Macadamia Cod with Nectarine Salsa

Here's another fun and easy recipe to make with your kids from What's Cooking's Michelle Stern. She's recently launched What's Cooking Weekly, a subscription service that offers five healthy meals ideas for your family every week, including easy recipes, shopping lists, nutrition information, and tips on how to get children involved in the kitchen. Click on the title link above for a version that's easier to print out.


Macadamia Cod with Nectarine Salsa
   
4 nectarines (small and ripe), pitted and diced  
1/2 cup red bell pepper, finely diced  
4 Tbs scallions, thinly sliced  
4 Tbs limejuice  
1 jalapeno pepper (ribs and seeds removed), finely chopped  
1/2 tsp salt  
4 cod fillets, 6 ounces each  
1/2 cup macadamia nuts  
1/2 tsp paprika  
 
1 Preheat oven to 400.
2 For salsa, combine nectarines, bell pepper, scallions, limej uice, jalapeno pepper, and salt in a small bowl; mix well.
3 For cod fillets, chop macadamia nuts using Food Chopper.
4 Combine nuts and paprika in small bowl, and then mix well.
5 Arrange fillets on oven-safe cooking pan.
6 Carefully sprinkle nut mixture over tops of fillets, forming and even layer.
7 Bake 12-15 minutes, or until cod flakes easily with a fork. Remove fillets from oven; serve with salsa.
 
Servings: 4
  
CALL THE KIDS:
Slice nectarines into pieces.
Juice lime.
Mix salsa ingredients.
Chop nuts with the Food Chopper
  
Nutrition (per serving): 310.0 calories; 34% calories from fat; 12.0g total fat; 75.0mg cholesterol; 410.0mg sodium; 19.0g carbohydrates; 5.0g fiber; 14.0g net carbs; 33.0g protein.
  
Source: What's Cooking Weekly, an online subscription service for Healthy and Seasonal Family Menus: www.whatscookingweekly.com