Swordfish, anyone?

last Sat morning, i went over to The Fresh Market to grab some "fresh" groceries, including some fresh ground turkey.  after all, the price was the same as the prepackaged ones at other grocery stores (yay!).  Well, i came home to drop off the goods and had to run out again for something so my husband put everything in the fridge.

when i came back, i started to prep for dinner - ground turkey, check. buns - check. lettuce - check.  swordfish loin - wait, what?

there, in our refrigerator, was rather a decent-sized cut of a swordfish loin, priced at over $10.  it must have been the previous person's purchase that got tucked away @ The Fresh Market and sent over with my groceries. oops.

so here we were, with a surplus of a swordfish loin.  never have i ever ordered swordfish at a restaurant, nor know what what i can do with it; neither has my husband.

so it's been a week since we've been staring at it in the refrigerator, not knowing what to do with it. 

on Sunday morning, as we were staring into our rather empty refrigerator, my husband goes outside and turns on the grill.  "i'm going to grill some swordfish steak!" he said.  We kept it simple - olive oil, salt, pepper... and grilled to perfection.  the texture of swordfish steak was similar to tuna, except it was juicier (cooked well-done) whereas tuna tends to be a little dry when cooked all the way.  yum!

as we're eating it, my hubs turns to me and says, "you need to eat all of the swordfish steak.  somebody had to pay a lot of money for it. SOMEbody..."  hahaha.

so to whoever paid for that swordfish and never got your fancy dinner-for-two's main ingredient, we thank you.  :)

** apparently, swordfish is similar to tuna steak and can be eaten rare.  not for us this time, we opted for fully cooked since it was in our refrigerator for a week... but maybe next time we get a free swordfish filet again, we'll try it... haha **

Recipe:  Grilled Swordfish Loin Steak

Ingredients:
swordfish loin
kosher salt
freshly ground pepper
olive oil
fresh lemon or lime (if available)

Prepare the fish by rubbing some olive oil
Season the filet by generously putting salt & pepper
Grill - or cook over the stovetop
Squeeze some lemon or lime over the filet