Grilled Fish with Cilantro Bean Salad Over Parm Pasta

 {the beautiful hotel we swam at this weekend by pretending to be rich Japanese.. though we are clearly neither}

Since living on this beautiful little island, I have totally rediscovered my love for cooking and creating new dishes. I always loved watching my Mom humming along in the kitchen, hearing her happily tell how she was making dinner, eating her glorious feasts, and admiring beautiful presentations of good food.

Cooking is an art. And my gosh do I have so much to learn about it.

Just like there are endless possibilities of naturally grown ingredients, colors, textures and flavors ~ from spices to herbs to veggies to fruits to breads to meats ~ there are endless possibilities for creating meals. It never has to be boring and I don't think it ever should! We were made with the ability to create art and that's exactly how meals can be.. to enrich the lives around us.

This was actually really easy to make!
First, mix together the ingredients below for the bean salad. It takes about two minutes to do so and can be prepared earlier in the day to allow the flavors to marinate even more.
The red onion & cilantro add a nice pop of flavor and it's so yummy that I sometimes eat it by itself for lunch with a piece of french bread.

Then, prepare the angel hair pasta al dente.  It only takes 4 minutes to cook in boiling salted water. Once drained, add 2 cups of parmesan/asiago cheese and a generous amount of olive oil and toss until the cheese begins to melt. Set aside.
  Grill the fish - I kept it simple with just a pinch of sea salt and squeeze of lemon to cook in.

Pile some pasta on a plate, a tuna steak next, and top the whole thing with the cilantro bean salad.
And there's our dinner from tonight! Each of the simple flavors came together DELICIOUSLY.