Spiked Monkfish Over Couscous (mf)

But Pastor, doesn’t the verse teach that I am to love myself? Doesn’t it say to love your neighbor “as yourself?” Yes it does. So shouldn’t we then teach, as many secularists do that we cannot love others until we learn to first love ourselves? Answer: no. Because everything about the Christian faith is a death to self. 1 Corinthians 13:5, “Love “does not seek its own.” There is nothing supernatural about loving yourself. Jesus Christ did not deny Himself and give up Himself to make us learn to love ourselves more. He died because we already love ourselves too much! We are experts at putting ourselves first. Ephesians 5:29, “For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it.” So this is not a command for self-love. This is an assumption that we already love ourselves (not of which all is evil) and the way we love ourselves already is to be the example of how we are to love others.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Seafood		Dishes, Main	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Olive oil
1		Onion, finely chopped
2		Green bell peppers, finely
		chopped
4		Carrots, thinly sliced
14	oz	Plum tomatoes, chopped with
		juice
1/2	t	Ground cumin
1/2	t	Crumbled saffron
1/2	t	Hot red pepper
1 1/2	lb	Skinless monkfish fillet
		3/4-inch chunks
2	c	Fish stock or clam juice
10	oz	Plain couscous, 1 3/4 cups
2	T	Unsalted butter
		Salt and pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Heat the olive oil in a large skillet. Add onions and peppers and
saute for about a minute. Cover and cook until onions are tender,
about 5 minutes. Add the carrots, tomatoes and their juices, cumin,
saffron and crushed pepper. Cover and cook until carrots are tender,
about 5 minutes  Add chick peas and monkfish. Cover and simmer until
fish is cooked  through, about 10 minutes  While fish is cooking, bring
fish stock to a boil. Add couscous and  immediately remove from heat.
Let couscous steep about 5 minutes.  Remove from heat and add butter;
season to taste with salt and  pepper. Ladle couscous in a bowl and
ladle soupy monkfish stew over  the top.  Yield: 4 servings Copyright,
1997, TV FOOD NETWORK, G.P., All Rights  Reserved MC Format by Gail
Shermeyer, 4paws@netrax.net  Recipe by: PASTA MONDAY TO FRIDAY SHOW
PS6525  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #495 by 4paws@netrax.net
(Shermeyer-Gail) on Mar 02, 1997.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 418 Calories From Fat: 208 Total Fat: 23.5g Cholesterol: 69.7mg Sodium: 277.2mg Potassium: 1493.2mg Carbohydrates: 17.8g Fiber: 6.1g Sugar: 7.6g Protein: 35.7g