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Sunday, January 2, 2011

Tilapia served with peppers, onions and olives






















Ingredients-

2 Tbsp Olive oil
4 6-ounce Tilapia fillets
sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
2 red bell peppers, sliced thin
1 onion, sliced thin
1/2 cup pitted green olives
1/2 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped
2 Tbsp fresh lime juice

Directions:

1. Heat 1 Tbsp olive oil in a large non stick skillet over medium high heat.

2.  Season the fish with salt and pepper on each side. Cook until opaque (about 4 minutes per side)

3. Meanwhile, in a second skillet, heat the remaining oil over medium high heat.  Cook the onion and the peppers, stirring often, until tender.  About 8 minutes.

4.  Stir the olives, parsley, lime juice, salt and pepper to taste into the cooked onions and red peppers. Serve the vegetables over top the cooked Tilapia.

7 comments:

  1. I do something similar to this with all the above, plus a little tomato and smoked paprika. If you wanna Spanish it up a bit more. :-)

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  2. sounds even better! don't tell anyone, but this meal is high protein, low fat and low calorie. ssshhhhhh

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  3. Tonight's the night. Keep your fingers crossed.

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  4. oh dear! let me know how you like it! not a terribly challenging meal flavor wise so I can't see how you wouldn't! :)

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  5. Two thumbs up. Even LaVona cleaned her plate. I added a side of plain brown rice because I may have to shovel sidewalks tomorrow morning. This is fun.

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  6. yay! you two are officially on a diet with me now. teehee

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  7. omg this is such a great blog I wish I could eat the things you post at the same moment!

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