Mediterranean Tilapia with Tomato Basil Pasta
This New Year we made a recipe resolution – a commitment to find new, good, healthy recipes to add to our repertoire.
Our meal criteria is that it has to be healthy and nutritious, but it absolutely has to taste good.
This Mediterranean Tilapia recipe is my variation of a recipe that we got from our neighborhood Publix – from their Apron’s program. I tweak almost every recipe that I get – adding, deleting, and making it fit to our tastes and to what I have on hand.
It’s easy. It cooks in just a few minutes, and it’s really very good. I’ve served it to my 6 year old and to my parents, and they have all enjoyed it.
I like to serve this with one of two sides – during the winter months, I served it with Greek Quinoa. Now that the weather is warmer, I’ve started serving it with a cool Tomato Basil Pasta. (Both of those recipes are also available by clicking on the links included here.) Honestly, both the quinoa and the pasta are very good. Just choose whichever sounds best to you at the time and then try the other sometime too – they are both very simple, very good recipes.
Mediterranean Tilapia – Ingredients:
- Tilapia filets
- Olive Oil
- Kalamata Olives, sliced
- Artichoke Hearts (I like the quartered, marinated artichokes)
- Capers
- Fresh Tomatoes, diced (I like to use either the sweet grape tomatoes or campari tomatoes)
- Fresh Baby Spinach
- Garlic Salt
- Greek Seasoning (I use Cavender’s)
- Feta Cheese (optional)
Directions:
- In a large skillet, heat approx 1-2 TBSP olive oil on Medium heat.
- Place Tilapia filets in the oil and brown on both sides.
- Sprinkle fish with garlic salt and greek seasoning to taste (I honestly don’t know exactly how much I use, I just sprinkle a little of both over one side of the fish).
- Add diced fresh tomatoes, kalamata olives, artichokes, capers, and fresh spinach. (Again, I don’t have exact amounts. I just eyeball it – adding some of each ingredient. What you want the result to be is that the ingredients help to flavor the fish, but that they don’t overpower it.)
- Cover and let simmer for 10 minutes.
I like to serve this with either Greek Quinoa or Tomato Basil Pasta. It would probably also be good with couscous.
Enjoy! And let us know in the comments what you think.
