oh sister, you're spoiled!
i started by throwing a bit of olive oil, chopped garlic, and the juice of half a lemon in a hot pan. i tossed in the piece of tilapia, and as the tilapia cooked, i added the juice of the other half of the lemon and dill. (dill... one of my faves!) i use the chopped up herb paste in the tubes (it's cheating, i know, but it's easy and the herbs don't spoil. they're a miracle!) i will say, i cooked this piece of tilapia perfectly!
woot!
as for the side, i suppose you could call it at tapenade?
who knows!
i cook down some sweet onions, (the more the better, in my opinion!) add diced tomatoes, chopped up kalamatas, and a roasted red pepper. or two. i cook the onions until they start to brown, add the peppers, and then add the tomatoes. i like to cook that mixture on super high, in order to cook out most of the moisture. once the mixture has cooked down, and finally i add the olives.
oh god, i love kalamata olives.
together, the fish and the tapenade work perfectly. the richness of the cooked down vegetables and the light taste of the fish compliment each other so well.
i will say, i was looking forward to this dinner all week, and it was so worth it.
easy and delicious!
just like your mom!
wow, that looks really good. I've never made tilapia (probably because we had a small one in our fish tank growing up) but also cause I have no idea what to do with it! I think I might try this (the olives won me over, I would only eat kalamata olives and feta cheese if I could)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you mentioned something about those herb paste things, I've always wondered about those and considered buying some pasty cilantro since I always end up throwing away so much after I make guacamole (perhaps you have some good cilantro recipes???) I'm actually starting to grow my own, but we shall see how that works out.
Awesome blog, keep it up ( absolutely love the name by the way!!!) <3