Fish n Chips...well, not really

So in an effort to eat healthier, my husband and I decided we are going to try and eat fish at least once a week. We were a little bit anxious about buying fish from Aldi, but when talking to a family friend who manufactures coffee drinks for them, we found out that Aldi has incredibly high standards for the products they have in their store. So we figured we may as well give it a shot.

I found they had frozen flounder fillets for $3.99 a package (4-5 fillets). To go along with it, we also had some frozen asparagus ($2.19 for 4 servings) and decided to roast up some potatoes ($2.50 for a 10 lb bag).




I had the fish marinate in a combo of olive oil, lemon juice, lemon zest, garlic and seasoned salt.




I did a similar prep for the potatoes and asparagus. They were tossed in olive oil, lemon juice, garlic powder and seasoned salt.



The veggies roasted for 30 minutes on 400 degrees. The fish was only 15 minutes at 350 degrees. Also, I always roast everything on a foil lined pan because it saves SO much time in cleaning up. Once they were done, we had a sauce made of mayo, mustard, relish, lemon juice and a little bit of Old Bay seasoning. The final meal was really satisfying and very healthy.



Total cost for the meal (minus seasonings and sauce):
Fish (1/2 of bag)-$2
Potatoes-approx $.50
Asparagus (we ate it all)-$2.19

So altogether, the entire meal cost us less than $5. Again, this doesn't include the olive oil, the seasoned salt, garlic, etc. So I'd say let's round it up to $6.

A few things to remember; Frozen fish has a lot of water content. Make sure that once it is defrosted that you make sure it is as dry as possible. I like to let it defrost on a paper towel lined plate. Also, the fish will sort of shrink when you cook it (due to the water drying out) so take that into consideration with serving size.

We have concluded we will continue trying frozen fish from Aldi. Hopefully it all turns out just as great.

I'd say that's pretty good...