Random Creativity Produces Great Meal

It was the last night of a 2 week stay on our boat. Dinner was approaching and I wanted to use what I had in the galley which was 3 frozen flounder fillets, one yellow pepper and several onions. I also had a box of couscous, available for just this type of situation.

Flounder, a flaky fish, is not good for grilling and it was definitely too hot for me to light the oven. I really didn't want to use the stove for that matter. So what did I do? I acquiesced, lit the stove, and sauteed the pepper and onion (with garlic) in some olive oil with salt and pepper. I defrosted the flounder in some lite Caesar salad dressing. It was so hot outside that the flounder defrosted and marinated quite quickly. Preparing the couscous was a snap.

I made 3 aluminum foil pockets each with one fish fillet and some pepper/onion mixture on top. There was enough oil in the vegetables and the dressing that I did not have to add any more to the foil pocket. After sealing the pockets, my husband put them on a preheated grill for 7-10
minutes.

I plated the couscous and brought the plates to the cockpit where we planned to open the pockets. But as soon as we sat down we noticed that our dock mate was having difficulty getting his 40+ foot Carver into his slip so we jumped off our boat to help him tie up. After the boat was successfully docked, we returned to our meals and noticed that our dog had helped himself to one plate of couscous! Fortunately we had extra, so we washed off the plate and started again.
The fish was outstanding! It was hot, flaky, well seasoned and was one of the best meals we had prepared on the boat.

There are a zillion ways to prepare food in foil pockets. We all have had situations where we had leftover food that just didn't seem to go together or be enough for a meal. But some of our best meals come from random creativity and trusting our instincts.