Friday, February 28, 2014

We often buy Talapia in bulk at Costco and cook it quite often. I've started to get bored with it lately and stopped cooking it for dinner. Tonight, I looked in my fridge and saw a bulk bag of chicken breasts from Costco and a bulk bag of Talapia from Costco. Both are so boring as that's all we eat anymore. I decided it was time to spice it up a bit and try to get rid of some of the fresh veggies we have sitting in our fridge. So on the fly, here is what I came up with.




2 Talapia Loins
1/3 Cup Quinoa
2/3 Water
1 TBSP Dill
1/4 cup Feta Cheese
Salt
Pepper
1 TBSP Butter
Dash Cayenne Pepper
1 Persian Cucumber (Trader Joe's) diced
1 TBSP Lemon Oil (Or 1 tsp lemon juice and 1 tsp olive oil mixed)

1. Combine the quinoa and water in a rice cooker. Or get it started on the stove per the instructions on the packaging.


2. Set out the Talapia loins and cover both sides with cayenne pepper, salt, and pepper.
3. When quinoa is about 10 minutes from being ready, fire up the butter in a frying pan. Place the fish on the pan and fry each side a couple of minutes until the fish is cooked through.


4. Take the finished, cooked quinoa, place in a bowl and top it with the Dill, Feta, Cucumbers, dash of salt and pepper and mix it up while still hot.

5. Place the cucumber quinoa salad on a plate and lay the cooked fish on top.
6. Serve and enjoy!


And of course, for the final question. Does the husband approve? Let me know!






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