Did you know that I used to hate fish? Before I met my husband, I swore I would never eat it. Of course, with his love for fish, I eventually found myself trying a light, white fish in Malibu, CA and completely loved it. I was immediately fascinated with the many ways one could decorate fish – herbs, garlic, lemon, tomatoes, nuts – it seemed endless. One of my favorite fish to experiment with is tilapia, because the flavor is not very fishy. This allows you to add almost anything you want and it will always come out great! This weekend I made lemon rosemary tilapia with garlic and slivered almonds on the top (I learned garnishing something with almonds is called “amandine” – isn’t that a pretty word?). I love that this recipe is so easy and fast to make, it is perfect for any night of the week! I like to serve this tilapia dish with a side of vegetables and potato wedges or jasmine rice.
This morning I woke up to many of my neighbors leaving at an early hour, including my husband, to go watch the annual San Francisco “Bay to Breakers” race/celebration. Apparently it gets pretty crazy here, but I had enough of that during my college years so I preferred to sleep in on my Sunday 🙂 Does that make me sounds old? I think it does!
What are you plans for the day?
- 2 tilapia fillets, defrosted
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- ½ lemon
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 tbsp fresh rosemary, chopped
- ¼ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp pepper
- 2 tbsp slivered almonds
- Preheat a toaster oven or oven to 325 degrees F.
- Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and grease with olive oil, using a brush or your fingers.
- Place the two tilapia fillets on the baking sheet.
- In a small bowl, add the juice from ½ lemon, freshly grated lemon zest from the ½ lemon, olive oil, minced garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper. Stir well.
- Evenly distribute between the two fillets, using a brush to completely cover them with the lemon mixture on one side.
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes, then quickly remove and top each fillet with 1 tbsp slivered almonds.
- Set the oven to broil, and broil for a few minutes - make sure to watch carefully because you want the almonds to be slightly browned but not burnt!
- Garnish with lemon slices and fresh rosemary on top, then serve immediately.
Sleeping late is always OK in my book! I like most fish, and you can prepare it in so many different ways. This look terrific – thanks.
I don’t often sleep late as I get filled with the “guilts” for not getting more done. Maybe I’ll say to heck with it tomorrow and sleep in just to see how it feels.
Your tilapia sounds great and I’m one who doesn’t do fish well. 🙂
I haven’t slept in for 20 years because of the kids but I was never any good at it anyway. I’ve always woken early and once awake, always awake. Your fish looks very good with lovely clean, fresh flavours xx
Ex-fish hater or not, you have made this beautifully 😀
Love the flavour!
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
I love sleeping in and do it every weekend mwahahah hehe.
Love the look of this beautiful recipe and the sound of the flavours all together! Gorgeous photos too!
Sounds great! Will have to try for dinner very soon. Uncle Bill would love this! 🙂 <3
Yum so simple yet delicious. I love that you use rosemary! It is so under used in anything that is not lamb. I also love that you use frozen fish, perfect for someone on a uni budget 😉
Thanks Brooke, I know I never use it myself so it was great to finally do so.
Light, refreshing, AND pretty?! Love this.