Friday, July 30, 2010

RECIPE OF THE DAY! VEGETABLE & TILAPIA PACKETS

This healthy low calorie easy to make dish is so full of so many wonderful flavors. Here is a great way to make your taste buds happy. This Vegetable and tilapia Packet has every thing to do that, I love this dish. Am sure you will too... ENJOY!

Makes 4 packets

Active Time: 10 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes


Ingredients

4 cups baby spinach

4 tilapia fillets (6 to 7 oz each)

8 tsp extra-virgin olive oil

8 oz thin asparagus, trimmed and cut into lengths about 2 in. long

4 tsp each capers and minced shallots

2 tsp fresh thyme leaves

1 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

8 to 12 thin slices lemon

Preparation

1. Place oven rack in center of oven. Heat oven to 425ºF. You’ll need a rimmed baking pan and 4 pieces of parchment paper or nonstick foil (each about 16 in. long).

2. To make each packet: Place 1 cup spinach in center of parchment. Top with a tilapia fillet. Brush fish with 1 tsp of the olive oil. Scatter 1/2 cup of the asparagus on and around fish. Scatter 1 tsp each of the shallots and capers, and 1/2 tsp of the thyme over top. Drizzle with another tsp of the oil; sprinkle with 1⁄4 tsp of the salt and 1/8 tsp of the pepper. Top fish with 2 or 3 slices of the lemon.

3. Bring long ends of paper together and fold down 3 times to make a seam. Place on baking pan and tuck ends underneath. Repeat with remaining ingredients to make 4 packets.

4. Bake 15 minutes until packets are puffed. Open 1 packet to test doneness. If fish isn’t opaque at center, reseal packet and return to oven. Check again after 5 minutes.

284 Calories Per Serving

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