Baked Cream Dory with Spinach

For Catholics in this part of the world, today marks the start of the lenten season.  And for a “cooking Mama” like myself, this also means more non-meat dishes to prepare – especially during Mondays and Wednesdays (equivalent to the lenten Wednesdays and Fridays in the Catholic calendar ).

One yummy dish I recently prepared is Baked Cream Dory with Spinach (apparently, the white fish fillets so popularly known as “hammour” here is also the same Cream Dory I’ve always loved in Manila – found this out largely by chance while looking at the itemized receipt from our local fish vendor!).

I largely followed the recipe I googled from Pinoy Cook with a few revisions as follows:

• took out fish/vegetable broth entirely
• replaced tarragon with dried oregano
• replaced pimientos with 1/2 cup of prepared mild salsa

Here’s how the set-up looked like…

While here’s the finished product…

Fresh from the oven and ready for some “lip-smackin’ lovin’!” I agree – the aroma of the cooked fish is enough to whet one’s appetite.

Finally, here’s how the dish looked plated.  Its perfect complement? Why, steamed jasmine rice, of course!

Definitely a light and healthy yet very satisfying meal that the whole family loved!  And yes, it’s “lenten-friendly” too! Now what more could we ask for, right? 

PS If I had to do this again, however, I think I would take out the salsa entirely and replace it with freshly chopped tomatoes – since we now realize that we aren’t huge fans of the store-bought blend.