Triumphs in the Kitchen

Tonight I tried cooking fish for the first time :) It was a total success, so I thought I'd spread my recipe!

I call it Cajun Baked Tilapia :)

Ingredients you'll need:

4 Tilapia Filets
Cajun Seasoning
Lemon & Pepper Seasoning
Spinach
Red pepper
Yellow Pepper
Sweet Onion
Whole Grain Rice
Veggie of your choice
Smart Balance Omega 3 Butter Spread


Preheat oven to 400 degrees
Bread 4 Tilapia filets in organic whole wheat flour
Sprinkle Lemon & Pepper and Cajun Seasonings over filets
Melt 4 tbsp of Smart Balance Omega 3 Butter spread and pour into baking dish
Place Tilapia into baking dish and heat in the oven for 10 minutes

In the meantime...
Bring 1 cup of water and 1/2 cup of whole grain rice to a boil
Cut 1/3 of a red pepper and 1/3 of a yellow into thin slices
Cut and even amount of sweet onion into thin slices
Start heating a vegetable of your choice as a side item (green beans are great!)
After the water in the rice has nearly boiled away, turn down the heat to a simmer and cover
Keep and eye on the rice and once water is completely absorbed turn off the heat and keep covered

Check the Tilapia after ten minutes
Flip each filet and sprinkle both seasonings on this side
Continue baking for 10-15 minutes

Melt 1 tbsp of Smart Balance spread in a medium skillet
Heat sliced peppers and onion on high, stirring regularly
Season lightly with lemon & pepper seasoning

Once the Tilapia is done take out of the oven
Place 2 fist fulls of fresh spinach in the skillet with the peppers
Stir for one minute and remove from heat

Now that the hard part is done...let's dress the dish!

Place a large spoonful of rice on a plate and tilapia over the rice
Peppers, onions, and spinach is piled on top of tilapia
Veggies on the side!!

Enjoy!! :)

The Boring Diet

Today Paul told me that a friend of ours, Talya, had mentioned how great I was looking. She asked him if I was on an organic diet and he quickly returned with, "No. She's on the boring diet with me. Eggs, tuna, turkey, chicken and rice." When he told me this, I was a little turned off since I am typically the cook in the house, always spicing up a good meal for him. I almost never make the same dinner two nights in a row and he never complains, however it is usually the same equation: Chicken, whole grain rice, with either vegetables or peppers and onions and whatever spice I feel like using that night. He must not be able to taste the difference between curry and cajun. Oh well! I don't find it boring...

The truth is, that yes, my diet consists of 1/3 organic, 1/3 all natural, and the other 1/3 healthy normal stuff :) I love it because I do get a ton of variety in my daily eating in between the smaller portioned breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I guess to a guy, who's in between meals are always a protein shake, his diet would seem a bit boring and monotonous. Sucks for him! lol

**The picture above is a delicious concoction of mine. If I remember correctly it is cajun roasted red peppers and onions with grilled chicken and pineapple over whole grain rice. The chicken was marinated in a mango salsa. The same salsa was drizzled over the dish after preparation. Boring? I think not!