Tonight I made a DELICIOUS dinner, completely by accident. I was out walking, doing some errands, and decided to indulge in a trip to Whole Foods, my grocery store heaven. I spent over an hour browsing the aisles, and picked out food as it struck me. I love Whole Foods because it’s so nicely laid out – everything is very visually appealing, and they have a ton of stuff that I’d normally never think of getting. It’s awesome.
When I was in the fish section, I saw some pre-breaded Lemon tilapia patties, and decided that rather than buying them pre-made, I would attempt to make them myself, without a recipe! I bought the tilapia filets and a lemon, and used what I had at home for the rest of the ingredients, which included:
Key Ingredients:
- fresh tilapia filets
- lemon
- green onions
- garlic
- asparagus
- breadcrumbs
- fresh and dried oregano, salt and pepper
- olive oil
I chopped the fresh oregano, a clove of garlic, and a green onion very finely and mixed them in with about a cup of breadcrumbs, and shook in some dried oregano (didn’t have enough fresh), salt, and freshly ground pepper. I then squeezed a couple slices of lemon into the mix, and took some of the flesh out and put it in the bowl and mixed it really well.
I rubbed the filets with a tiny bit of olive oil and breaded them with the mixture. I put them in a pan lightly covered with olive oil, and squeezed on more lemon for flavor. I had preheated the oven to 350 degrees F, and popped them in there.
While they baked, I washed the asparagus and broke off the ends. I lightly drizzled olive oil over them, cracked some salt and pepper, and then sprinkled some left-over garlic and green onion over the top. And then I squeezed some lemon over it all (keeping with my theme for the night)! I put those in the oven as well, shaking them around a bit every once in a while, until I could stick them with a fork and they were tender.
After about 17 minutes, the tilapia filets flaked and pulled apart nicely when stuck with a fork, so they were done as well!
DELISH.
Happy Eating!
Ashley
