Easy fish

As I've already mentioned, I'm not much of a fan of fish. But I am learning, and this is a good recipe - easy and covers up the fishy taste that I don't really like.  Recipe from Diabetes and Heart Healthy Cookbook - this book has lots of good from-scratch recipes that aren't very difficult.

Baked Fish Fillets with Thyme-Dijon Topping


Vegetable oil spray
4 mild fish fillets, about 4 oz each (we use tilapia or flounder)
3 Tbsp light tub butter or margarine
2 Tbsp finely snipped fresh parsley
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1/4 tsp dried thyme, crumbled
1/4 tsp red hot-pepper sauce
1/8 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly spray a nonstick baking sheet with vegetable oil spray. Rinse the fish and pat dry with paper towels. Place fish on the baking sheet.

Bake for 18-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

Meanwhile in a small bowl, stir together the remaining ingredients.

To serve, place the fish on a platter.  Spoon the margarine mixture over the fish. Spread to coat the surface.

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There is another recipe in that same book  for pan-friend catfish with fresh veggie relish. I decided to make the mustard sauce for the tilapia, but the veggie relish is a nice accompaniment for fish, and so we had that also:

Fresh Veggie Relish


Combine the following:

1 medium red bell pepper, very finely chopped
1 cup very finely chopped carrots
2 Tbsp very finely chopped red onion
2 Tbsp lemon juice
1/2 Tbsp sugar (or sugar substitute)
3/4 tsp grated peeled gingerroot (or 1/4 tsp ground ginger)

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We added a salad (from a bag) and green beans and had a meal.

We tend to buy our veggies in large amounts, and then have variations on those veggies (different sauce, steamed vs. roasted, etc) for much of the week.  This week, it has been green beans and broccoli. I'm ready to move on to another veggie, but we are trying to finish these first.