My OOB Inspired Dinner

The week following the crazy Bachelorette Weekend, I had a craving for some more tuna.

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Inspired by my meal at Yellowfin's in Old Orchard Beach, I decided to try creating my own at home version of the sesame encrusted tuna.

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The tuna in the grocery store looked and smelled alright...

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so I went for it and picked up this tuna steak.

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I sliced the steak into three strips...
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...and coated them with sesame seeds. Now I am not sure of the actual process, anyone else know if the sesame seeds are supposed to go on before you cook or after?!?! I figured since I was using un-toasted seeds, it couldn't hurt to do it first and then they could pick up the nutty toasted flavor while cooking.
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My parents had picked up this can of wasabi powder for me a while back. I decided for an accompanying sauce to mix some up in soy sauce.

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I cooked the tuna in a nonstick pan and ended up varying degrees of doneness. Oops! I think this was mostly the pan's hot spots, since the fish was cut into pretty even chunks. A plus to having such a variety of donenesses is that it allowed me to determine just how well I like my tuna cooked at home ;)

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For some reason snow peas seemed like the perfect side for this dinner, so I cooked some up in garlic, toasted sesame oil, soy sauce and pepper.

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I was actually very impressed by this creation. It not only tasted great, it left me feeling satisfied and not overly stuffed!

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The single tuna steak proved to be too much for one person, so I saved the rarest pieces to eat the next day for lunch. I simply microwaved for 30 seconds to remove the chill and enjoyed for the second time!

Looks like I've got another successful fish dish to add to the 'can do' list haha!!