Nov 07

Parmesan Tilapia with Roasted Caprese Salsa

Welcome to our weekly Foodie Friday link up! I’m linking up with Montana from Pretty Lil Mudder, Annmarie from the Fit Foodie Mama, Emily from Whatever Floats Your Oats, Esther from Chocolate Runner Girl, and Cassandra from Powered By Bling, to create awesome healthy recipes each week!

Today’s theme = Seafood! Make sure you hop around to check out all the amazing recipes in this link up and feel free to add your recipes as well!

Seeing as how the only seafood I can eat = fish, what else would I be sharing with you today? ;] I was working on a baking project of sorts, and had extra grape tomatoes and mozzarella, so I figured I’d add in a side as well (also because the grilled fish on its own wasn’t lookin’ too pretty).

I was originally going to be strutting around in a swimsuit tonight and somewhat banking on winning people’s hearts so that I could earn a chunk of change to throw towards my student loans, but as luck would have it, the event got cancelled because there weren’t enough fighters (sigh). I’m pretty bummed out because I think I had a very decent shot at winning first place this year since I gained a decent fan base last year, but as this is yet another situation out of my control, I’m going to look on the bright side instead.

Not being in said competition means that I’ll have more time to spend/volunteer at Please Save A Cat and Friends For Life (you can read more about both of these right over here!), more time to hang out with my church friends, and more time to study. It also means that I won’t have just 3 hours to learn how to do my makeup and hair, since that’s no longer necessary. Silver linings, amIright?

Parmesan Tilapia with Roasted Caprese Salsa

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 Ingredients:
(Tilapia)

  • 2 tbsp ground flax seed
  • 1/4 cup rice milk (or your choice of milk)
  • 3 tilapia fillets
  • pinch of salt
  • freshly ground black pepper, to taste
  • garlic powder, to taste
  • 2-3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese

(Roasted Caprese Salsa)

  • 6 oz. grape tomatoes
  • 2 tsp EVOO
  • pinch of salt
  • pinch of brown sugar
  • 1-2 oz. fresh mozzarella, cubed
  • 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Instructions:

  1. (Roasted Caprese Salsa) Preheat toaster oven to 400 degrees. Toss the grape tomatoes in the olive oil, salt and sugar, then spread them in a single layer on a tray and cook for 20 minutes. Let them cool off a bit and toss them with the mozzarella, basil, pepper and balsamic vinegar.
  2. (Parmesan Tilapia) While that cooks, add flax seed, salt, and rice milk into a bowl and drench the tilapia fillets in it. Put onto Foreman grill for ~4 minutes. Sprinkle with garlic powder, black pepper and Parmesan cheese. Flip (season again if desired) and cook for another ~2-3 minutes.

Alternatively, you can also use a little extra virgin olive oil (EVOO) and cook it on the stove!


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  1. Love the idea to add a pinch of brown sugar. I’ve never tried that before!
    Susie @ SuzLyfe recently posted…Fleet Feet Chicago Fall Fashion Show #SeeandBeSeenMy Profile

    1. I had some hanging out in my cabinet that I thought I should do something with, haha. I’m glad it turned out well! :P

  2. This looks amazing!! I love tilapia and am obsessed with caprese salad so the salsa must be amazing as well!

    1. Thanks! Same here with the caprese salad! It’s probably one of my favorite salads ever! :P

  3. YUM!!!

    1. :]!

  4. Mmmm I love tilapia! I think the last time I made parmesan tilapia though was when I was in college and I set the oven on fire…clearly my cooking skills weren’t as polished as they are now, haha!
    Annmarie recently posted…Foodie Friday: Italian Seafood SaladMy Profile

    1. Aww, my friend has had a similar experience with corn. :x She forgot she put it in the oven and went back to studying. It was not a pleasant surprise when she remembered what happened. :x

  5. Way to stay positive and look for the silver linings! This looks delicious!
    Emily@WhateverFloatsYourOats recently posted…ENERGYbits Product Review, Product Discount and GIVEAWAY!My Profile

    1. Thank you! I was definitely bummed about it, but as there’s honestly nothing I can do about it, I figured there wasn’t much of a use to getting upset over it. :O

  6. Tilapia is a weekly go-to for me!
    Rebecca @ Strength and Sunshine recently posted…Friday Finisher 11/7/14My Profile

    1. Same here! It’s way more affordable than my favorite (salmon), haha. :P

  7. Um…you had me at parmesan and tilapia! Two of my favorite things! I’m currently obsessed with fish tacos right now (as I posted on my blog) so I would probably put all this on a taco and see how it tasted lol! Get creative with dinner right?

    I love how you find the positive in so many things! And your humor- your posts always make me laugh :-) Save a Cat sounds awesome but I don’t know how you find time to volunteer with medical school!!
    Montana Ross recently posted…Foodie Friday: Smoked Paprika Fish TacosMy Profile

    1. Yeahhhh fish tacos! I love those too! :] I think it’d probably taste pretty amazing in a taco! :D

      haha, thanks! :] I love it there! (Currently staying at the shelter this weekend! :P ) I can’t volunteer nearly as much as I used to anymore because my rotation site’s 3 hours away from here, but I find excuses to come back whenever I can. The lady who runs this place is such an amazing person! <3

  8. Omg I never even thought of “roasting” a caprese salad. It looks soo freaking good. I’m already planning supper for tonight, but I kinda want to make this one tomorrow!
    Nancy recently posted…Pom Friday . 3My Profile

    1. Hope you like it if you try it out! :D!

  9. This looks delicious! Two of my favorite meals combined into one! Have a great weekend :)
    Elizabeth @ Enjoy Every Bite recently posted…Why Our Manners Are Making Us FatMy Profile

    1. Thank you! :] The caprese salsa actually came about because I felt like the tilapia didn’t look all that pretty on its own, haha. :P

      Hope you have a great weekend as well! :]

  10. This looks amazing!!
    Kailey recently posted…Must Haves and Favorites for FallMy Profile

    1. Thank you! :]

  11. I love seafood. I had salmon last week, but I haven’t had tilapia in a while. Definitely need to rectify that one soon :D
    GiselleR @ Diary of an ExSloth recently posted…5 Habits of Caribbean People that help them Relieve StressMy Profile

    1. Salmonnnnn! I haven’t had that in a while, but I think I’m getting sushi with my friend tonight (hooray hooray!)! Can’t wait! :P

  12. I just saw parmesan crusted tilapia on a menu not too long ago but went with something else… now I can try your version, yay!
    Cassie recently posted…Now Trending – Best Links Week of 11.3My Profile

    1. haha, yay! I meant to use egg with it to make everything stick to the tilapia better, but found out rather belatedly that I was all out of em’, so I tried to sub with flax seed meal and water. It worked better than I thought it would! :O

  13. Looks amazing!! Thank you so much for linking up at Tasty Tuesday! Your recipe has been pinned to the Tasty Tuesday Pinterest board! Please join us again this week!
    Stephanie recently posted…Germs & GiantsMy Profile

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