It’s Tasty Tuesday!!!!
The key to living a healthy lifestyle consistently is to ENJOY the foods you’re eating and the activities that you’re doing to stay active. If we are never going back, we have to honestly like the new way!!!
The recipe below is one of my go-to dinners because it’s easy and tastes just as good reheated as it does when it comes out of the oven. That’s super important for me, because I’m of the “Cook once, eat off what I’ve made for the rest of the week” mindset. I love tilapia!! I promise you’ll be very full! If you’d rather substitute boneless, skinless chicken breast or lean pork chops, you could easily do that too.
Baked Tilapia & Veggies with Red Potatoes
Yields 3 Servings or Individual Meals
Baked Tilapia & Veggies, Just Out Of The Oven
-1 pound of fresh tilapia, which from Meijer, yielded 3 full filets. (Btw–you could use frozen and Aldi has awesome frozen tilapia.)
-Spritz 9×13 inch baking dish with olive oil Pam.
-Sprinkle fresh garlic (I use the kind in a jar packed in water) and onion sliced on bottom of baking dish.
-Lay out the tilapia filets over the garlic & onion
–Sprinkle tilapia with any spices you like. I used dill & lemon pepper this time.
– Add your favorite veggies. I like grape tomatoes halved, asparagus spears (I buy ’em already cut and ready) and thick sliced mushrooms. I add green olives too and they’re DELISH!!
-Pour a little lemon juice on top of everything and more seasoning for the veggies. A bit of sea salt & ground pepper does the trick for me, but be more creative, if you’d like!
Ready to go into the oven! I baked some extra asparagus to go along with it!!
-Bake the whole thing at 350* til done. I like it well done, so I leave mine in 25 minutes.
-While it’s baking, boil 4 Cups of red potatoes in fat free chicken broth. I simply count out 12 small red potatoes.
When both the fish & the potatoes are done, I like to use glass containers to portion out my meals. Each portion gets 1/3 of the tilapia & veggies along with 4 small red potatoes. As you can see, this makes 3 large, filling meals!! I put light ranch on my potatoes, which is SO yummy!!
Everyone have a HAPPY Tuesday and let me know what you think of this food idea by posting a comment for everyone to read!!
All is Well❤️
Terra😄
This is great news! Making some today!
I calculated the SP in the chili today and came up with <1 SP per cup. Nothing in the recipe had points except the turkey and beans. I'm curious to know if anyone else has calculated it, and if I'm right I'll just go whole hog and have two cups of it!
Awesome news, Marsha!! Thanks for figuring out the Smart Points for the chili! I suspected it was as low as it was before our lower, but I have been too busy to go back and check yet. I did check lean ground beef and it’s only 1 SP per ounce, so I am sure you calculations are correct. Enjoy your 2 cups of chili for 1 SP!!!!!
Terra, have you figured out the Smart Points for your “one” point chili? I love that recipe!
This looks great, Terra!
Can’t wait to make this, sounds delicious! And easy… Love easy!
I love tilapia but am concerned about food safety. I’ve read that one should avoid that which comes from Latin American or Asian countries. Tilapia raised in the US or Canada is considered safe, but is hard to find. Does anyone know where to buy US or Canadian tilapia?
I bought Tilapia just this morning, prior to reading your post, for dinner tonight. I’m not a huge fan of asparagus, and don’t have any on hand. However, I do have fresh green beans that I will substitute always a good feeling to know what’s for dinner; b e f o r e the dinner hour. Thanks Terra!
Looks great Terra…you Rock!!!
Have a wonderful day Mint Sistuh!
Thanks, Terra! This sounds great – please keep ’em coming 🙂 These easy, yummy recipes really help me navigate the new program.
Thank you Terra, this is what I need…simple, but good recipes! Have a great day!