Tonight's dinner:

Tonight's dinner:
1. Flounder, pan seared with that honey-lemon-dijon sauce I've done before.
2. Fresh peas with fresh mint in butter.
3. Baked Sweet Dumpling squash with nothin' on it because it is that sweet straight out of the oven. Yes, it's pretty much the same color as the sauce on the fish.

This time, I measured so I could tell you more accurately how I got the honey-lemon-dijon glaze. I ended up with 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice, 1/2 tablespoon + 1/2 tsp dijon mustard, 1 full tablespoon honey.  I like being able to get a fair kick of the mustard, which is why the extra 1/2 tsp, which I added after tasting it. Otherwise, it was present but very honey-forward. If you like it more honey and just a hint of mustard, you might not want the extra bit. Also, I was using a fairly light honey (sage blossom - because it's what we had). Different honey would affect how you wanted to balance the flavors, as well. I shook it all up in a jar, making sure the honey was dissolved. As before, started the fish (seasoned) and poured it over toward the end and covered the pan to finish the fish and the sauce together.

Other thoughts:
1. This was supposed to be fresh, wild-caught fish. I know that what is sold as flounder is really whatever flat, both eyes on the same side of its head fish they catch (because time of year and where they fish). However, I've never had a strongly fishy tasting one before. Now I want to know what it was, so I never get it again. Fish should not taste fishy.

2. The fresh peas were from one of our local grocery stores. Trader Joe's fresh peas are better and sweeter. These tasted like they maybe had been around a few days, iykwim. Butter sauce and fresh mint on fresh peas, though, is a classic for good reason.

3. Sweet Dumpling is not considered a terribly attractive squash. It's flesh is that sort of dull yellow/mustard color that many people find unappealing, which is probably why people keep trying to hybridize it. Don't care. It still tastes better than any of the hybrids. It's also small. One squash is enough for 1-2 people. The small size is a plus for those of us not feeding large crowds, too. I like naturally individual portion sized food. It's cute.