About Josee Lanzi

Happy!I enjoy making people happy good food makes people happy it's my way to show love for family, friends, co workers, neighbors, I just love it! You have to eat to live right? I was born in Quebec, Canada the biggest French part of Canada. My parents had a restaurant when I grew up and grandma was a great teacher too!I also have a second passion and that is fishing I have been fishing since the age of 4 first in the rivers in Canada but then moved to Florida when I was 10 years old and fell in love with Saltwater fishing, If you don't see me in the kitchen cooking you will see me out on my boat catching fish to create yet another fresh catch of the day dish! It just doesn't get better than that and that is what I mean about simplicity at its best! Off the hook, on the plate! Sometime Off the hook is really off the hook but sometimes it's an off the hook dish I just whipped up with a few simple on hand ingredients!! Got to love that!! Doing things you love and that lets' you enjoy others and makes others happy what else could you ask for really? Every day is a new day you never know what it will bring! Making the best of everyday is what I'm all about!

In between fishing seasons my friends I am creating Off the Hook recipes!

Hey my off the hook on the plate fans! You know me and fish and seafood! Well I entered these smoked salmon tropical bites and Yes I won! Yippee try them you are going to love these!! 😉 http://phyllo.com/recipes/the-dolphins-tropical-smoked-salmon-bites/#.UGyh6-d0tgE.facebook
Ingredients:
1.9 oz Athens mini fillo shells
6 oz cream cheese with onion & chives
3 oz sliced smoked wild lox salmon
½ cup mango chopped
1 tablespoon cilantro chopped

Instructions:
Remove shell from package and set aside.
In a mixing bowl add cream cheese and microwave for 15 second to soften. Chopped smoked salmon add to the cream cheese and mix well. Fill each shell with cream cheese & salmon mixture about a teaspoon in each.
In a separate mixing bowl mix mango & cilantro together well. Top each filled mini fillo cups with a few pieces of mango and cilantro. Bon Appétit!

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Smoked King Fish
1 ½ lb king fish
2 tablespoons sea salt
1 1/2 tablespoons garlic powder
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup dark rum
Water
Place fish in a shallow dish top with the next four ingredients and add water until the fish is fully covered. Cover and refrigerate 24 hours. Drain all of the liquid and pat dry the fish. Add to your smoker and follow cooking instructions your smoker come with. Serve warm with lemon wedges or make into a smoked fish spread.

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Trigger fish with lemon & herbs sauce
4 trigger filets with skin on (you can substitute with Snapper)
1 teaspoon sea salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon butter
½ cup cream
¼ cup lemon juice & zest of one lemon
¼ cup cilantro
Pinch of salt & pepper
Season fish filets with sea salt. Preheat a frying pan on medium high heat add 1 tablespoon olive oil and fish filet skin side down first and cook 4 minutes turn and cook an additional 3 minutes.
In small sauce pan melt butter on medium high heat add crème, lemon, zest and cilantro season with salt & pepper. Whisk until warm through. Place fish filets on a platter and top with lemon & herbs sauce serve immediately. Bon appétit!

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Trout with vegetables
1 large trout beheaded and gutted
1 lb sliced mushrooms
4 green onions chopped including the white part
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 lemon juiced
2 tablespoons cilantro chopped fine
Pinch sea salt & pepper
Preheat oven at 400 degrees. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray.
On medium high heat in a frying pan coated with 2 tablespoons of olive oil sauté mushrooms for 3 minutes. Next add green onions and cook an additional 2 minutes do not overcook as the dish will finish cooking in the oven.
In a small bowl add 2 tablespoons of oil, lemon juice, cilantro and sea salt & pepper whisk until well incorporated. Brush trout with marinate inside and on outside both sides to coat the trout well. Place the trout in greased oven proof casserole, place the vegetables around the trout and bake in oven for 25 to 30 minutes.