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Dalmatian Garlic Fish & Blitva Potatoes

Name: Dalmatian Garlic Fish & Blitva Potatoes
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Croatia
Ingredients: 500 g boneless white fish fillets, cut into 4 pieces; 500 g pre-cooked potatoes, diced; 4 cups Swiss chard or baby spinach, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 lemon; 2 tablespoons chopped parsley; Black pepper to taste

Light, savoury fish with lemony greens and potatoes inspired by Croatia's Dalmatian coast.

15 minTotal time

4Servings

Gluten freeBy design

Casein freeBy design

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The Family Kitchen · Portions are a guide; appetite and needs vary.

Pan-seared white fish with garlic, potatoes, Swiss chard and lemon in a Dalmatian-inspired plate — Serving illustration

For 4 servings

What you’ll need

500 g boneless white fish fillets, cut into 4 pieces
500 g pre-cooked potatoes, diced
4 cups Swiss chard or baby spinach, chopped
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
1 lemon
2 tablespoons chopped parsley
Black pepper to taste

Allergens and labels
Fish. Use plain fish with no breading or seasoning mix.

One step at a time

Let’s make it

Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a wide pan and cook the fish for about 3 minutes per side until opaque and flaky; remove to a plate.
Add remaining oil, garlic and potatoes to the same pan and cook 3 minutes. Add chard or spinach and cook another 2 minutes.
Return fish to the pan, squeeze over lemon and finish with parsley and black pepper.

Times are estimates. Use the doneness checks in the method.

Make the texture work

Serve the fish, potatoes and greens as three separate components; keep lemon off the child's portion if sourness is difficult.

Season it properly

The listed recipe uses gentle family flavours. Keep optional pepper, lemon, herbs or fermented foods separate when that feels more comfortable.

Simple swaps

Keep a familiar food alongside the meal and serve components separately when preferred. Check every substituted packaged ingredient for gluten and casein.

Keep it safely

Cool leftovers promptly, refrigerate, and reheat once until steaming hot throughout. Follow ingredient-pack instructions and local food-safety advice.

Food education

What the ingredients bring

These are practical food-group notes, not a laboratory nutrition analysis. Portions and brands change the numbers.

Potatoes and leafy greens add plant fibre while fish supplies protein in a simple family meal.

European Kitchen: Croatia-inspired 15-minute family food. This recipe is gluten-free and casein-free by design; check packaged-food labels carefully.

Before serving: adapt the size and texture to your child’s chewing skills, then let the meal be a relaxed family moment.

Useful next steps

Food support beyond the recipe

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Dalmatian Garlic Fish & Blitva Potatoes

What you’ll need

Let’s make it

Make the texture work

Season it properly

Simple swaps

Keep it safely

What the ingredients bring

Food support beyond the recipe

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