Simple and Deli Recipes for Friday dinner: Fresh Seafood and Veggies 星期五晚菜谱：有鱼有贝有蔬菜，好吃又简单

TGIF! Friday night is the happiest night of the entire week, no work for two days and time for the family! For dinner tonight I prepared seafood of the season: boiled clam with wine, steamed fish with green unions, plus stir-fried veggies. The procedures are all very simple, minimum seasonings are required, and three dishes can be finished within only half an hour.

一个星期之中如果要选最幸福的晚上，那就是星期五晚上，就连星期五下午买菜的步子都格外的轻快~~~中带着汗水。连续下了2个星期雨（外加冰雹）后该来的终于来了，没有35度以上怎么好意思叫做上海的夏天呢~~~既然夏天来了就简单点，来点开胃的海鲜（河鲜）吧~

1. Steam fish with green unions. I prefer whole fresh fish, but thawed fish fillet from frozen will also do. Ginger is necessary to remove the fishy smell especially for whole fish as I find it somehow more smelly...Green unions is to add aroma same use of parsley.
   蒸鱼是个很讲究方法的活，但是只要方法对还是超级简单的，葱姜是必不可少的，除非能忍受鱼腥味。。。
   

Chop ginger and green unions into slices and place it around the fish, leave half of green unions for seasoning sauce.
把准备好的葱姜码在鱼上面，留一部分最后用

Steam the fish for 10 minutes and at the same prepare the seasoning sauce: green unions, about 2 table spoons of soy sauce, 2 table spoons of water, and 2 table spoons of oil. Boil the sauce.
蒸鱼的同时开始准备蒸鱼的灵魂：葱酱油。葱，两大勺酱油两大勺水两大勺油加热到开。

10 minutes passed! Transfer the fish onto the place and serve with seasoning. This way to cook fish will present all the original taste, and of course the original look of fish:)

蒸10分钟后把鱼捞出来，浇上葱酱油。其实更准确的办法是把生的葱和酱油先加到鱼上，然后把油烧到冒烟直接滚烫的浇上去，但是我因为讨厌油烟，就用这种简单的办法。

Boiled Clam with wine. Use beer or wine instead of water to boil seafood is always a good idea. First wash the clam:
炒花蛤，夏天大排档必不可少，不过自己做我觉得比外面的还好吃，因为舍得放好酒去炒：）

Prepare some ginger and green unions
葱姜，没有就万万不可。。。

Add all of above, wine, salt or soy sauce and boil for about 5 minutes is enough and done!
花蛤，葱姜，红酒，盐或者酱油，炒到汁干了就差不多了~

Stir-fried veggies. Today I have local celery and sweet peppers. Local celery has stronger flavor and leaves are sweet and tender, a good appetizer for summer.
甜椒芹菜。夏天的水芹菜很嫩，比西芹好吃，有股香味。

Drop into pieces:
切好：

Start to stir-fry. Sequences are important and peppers should go first as it takes longer time to cook, and then add celery and stir-fry for about 3-5 minutes. Finish with a pinch of salt ( for me I add 1/8 teaspoon)
炒的时候先要放甜椒，然后放芹菜，最后出锅的时候放盐，水芹菜很嫩，其实稍微炒一下叶子变软就可以了

Ready to serve!
超-级-简-单！