Thursday, September 04, 2008

Fast Fish: Tilapia with Tomatoes and Olives

I was cleaning up some magazines a few weeks ago and found this recipe in Cooking Light. Not only did it work out perfectly for The Pantry Plan but it was healthy and ready for dinner in a flash. It is also South Beach Diet Phase 1 friendly. I served it with a side salad.

I used grape tomatoes from my garden for the tomatoes and substituted basil from my garden for the parsley the original recipe called for along with fresh rosemary from the garden.

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Tilapia with Tomatoes and Olives
adapted from Cooking Light

4 (6-ounce) tilapia fillets
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Cooking spray
1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
3/4 cup pitted green olives, coarsely chopped
3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
3 garlic cloves, minced

Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper and arrange in a single layer in the center of a jelly-roll pan lightly coated with cooking spray. Combine tomatoes and remaining ingredients and arrange tomato mixture around fish on baking sheet.

Bake at 375° for 20 minutes or until fish flakesnor until desired degree of doneness. Place one fillet on a plate and top with about 1/4 cup tomato mixture.

calories: 207; fat 6.3g carbohydrates 3.6g; sodium 572mg; protein 34.9g; fiber 1.3g