Lobster Tails w/ Ginger Dipping Sauce

When we went shopping Sunday (and I recommend Sunday mornings because they are quiet and everything is stocked), Sunflower Farmers Market had farm-raised lobster tails on sale for only $5 each! Yeah, you don't pass that up. Since slathering lobster in butter is counterproductive to healthy eating, we went with a less traditional recipe (thanks to Cooking Light!):

Roasted Lobster Tails with Ginger Dipping Sauce

Sauce:

3/4 teaspoon dry mustard

1/2 teaspoon water

3 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce

1 tablespoon plum sauce

1 tablespoon dry sherry

3/4 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger

Lobster:

2 (8-ounce) frozen lobster tails, thawed

Cooking spray

1 teaspoon vegetable oil

1/4 teaspoon dark sesame oil

1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Sliced green onions (optional)

 

Preparation:

Preheat oven to 425°.

To prepare sauce, combine mustard and water in a small bowl; stir well with a whisk. Stir in soy sauce, plum sauce, sherry, and ginger; set aside.

To prepare lobster, make a lengthwise cut through the top of each lobster shell using kitchen shears, cutting to, but not through, lobster meat; press shell open. Place the lobster tails, cut sides up, in a shallow roasting pan coated with cooking spray. Combine the oils and pepper, and spoon over the lobster meat.

Bake at 425° for 13 minutes or until the lobster meat turns opaque. Serve lobster with sauce, and garnish with onions, if desired.

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Now, I know those cheddar garlic biscuits at Red Lobster shore do taste good, but here's what's in 'em:

Cheddar Bay Biscuit (each) 150 Calories 8 Grams FAT 2.5 of it SATURATED and 250mg sodium! That's from their very own website. Of course they won't list the ingredients, but you know they are full of trans fats.

 

My point is that there are much MUCH healther side dishes, such as the one we had:

 

Sesame Steamed Broccoli

 

1 (12-ounce) package broccoli florets (about 4 1/2 cups)

1 1/2 teaspoons dark sesame oil

2 tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce

1/8 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

2 teaspoons sesame seeds, toasted

 

Steam broccoli, covered, 6 minutes or until crisp-tender. Combine oil and remaining 4 ingredients. Pour oil mixture over broccoli; toss.

 

54 calories per serving!

 

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Oh yes, I really need to vent on this post. Please learn a lesson from me: WASH YOUR VEGETABLES CAREFULLY!

 

While eating the broccoli, I had a piece that just tasted like poison. My mouth even went sorta numb for several minutes. I'm pretty sure it was pesticide. I won't be buying veggies at H-Mart anytime soon. Food poisoning set in within a couple hours and I was up until midnight with it. Yeah, yeah, I lost 4 pounds, but what a waste of lobster!