Seafood

(Provençal Tuna and Vegetable Sandwich)

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less, but requires additional unattended time.

Here's a delicious new take on smoked salmon.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Companion recipe to Smoked Fish Trio .

This makes a delicious luncheon entrée with a salad.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

Here's an easy but impressive dish from the Admiral's Inn in St. John's Antigua. When ordering the whole snapper from the fish market, have them clean and scale it. If you cannot find whole red snapper, use fillets and bake them about 25 minutes.

Here, turkey stands in for the traditional veal in a do-ahead entré. Have your butcher bone, roll and tie the turkey breast.

Crisp baby radishes, blanched snow peas and mini rice cakes make a light starter. The salad tastes even better with cold Asian beer to wash it down. For dessert, crumble coconut macaroons over orange sorbet. Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

For the opener, spread butter and prepared horseradish on thin baguette rounds, and top them with bay shrimp. Boil small red potatoes and green beans to have alongside the seafood.

Can be prepared in 45 minutes or less.

This starter gets a double dose of cayenne — in the cornmeal coating for the shrimp and in the garlicky mayonnaise dip.

A simple but elegant cold dish. The sauce can be made a day in advance.