Foil Baked Tilapia

I finally have a healthy recipe for you!  I love fish.  I'm not sure why we don't eat it more, well yes I am........we live in the Midwest and fish is pricey here and not always the best quality.  My hubs and I grew up on the West coast in CA, so we were super-spoiled during our childhood when it comes to seafood.

I had some frozen tilapia in my freezer as well as several bell peppers we picked up at the farmer's market, so I decided to try my hand at creating a new recipe. This recipe was SO easy and a great one for a beginning cook.  My husband commented on how good this was more than twice, so I know this recipe is a winner!!

Foil Baked Tilapia

Ingredients:

4 tilapia fillets, fresh or thawed from frozen

2 bell peppers, sliced (I used one green and one yellow - red would be great too)

2 green onions, sliced thin

1 garlic clove, finely chopped

Dried cajun seasoning

Butter or olive oil

Freshly ground pepper, to taste 

4 sheets of foil

  

Directions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees.

Slice two bell peppers into thin strips.

 Slice green onions.  

Place four pieces of foil onto a large baking sheet.  Place 1/8th of the sliced bell peppers in the middle of each piece of foil.  Place tilapia on top of bell peppers.

Moderately season tilapia with dried cajun seasoning.  My seasoning is from The Spice House - they are amazing - check out their website! 

Place 1/4 of the garlic and green onions on top of fish as well as the remaining bell peppers.  Drizzle with olive oil or add a small pat of butter.  Add freshly ground pepper, to taste.

Fold up each piece of foil around the fish and pepper mixture.  Place in oven and bake for 20 minutes.

Fish is done when it flakes easily with a fork.

Serve fish on top of whole grain wild rice.  Make sure to pour all of the remaining juice from the foil packets over the fish.  Enjoy! 

Cottage Mama's Note:  Uncle Ben's Ready Rice would make this dish even quicker (only takes 90 seconds to cook).  If you don't think you can cook, you can make this dish - I promise!  Give it a try and let me know what you think!