dinner for one

I am solo for dinner tonight  the Fatkid went to see his new baby niece and I have to study for my summer school finals so I stayed home with Havoc and Tyson (he took Emma). Trying to make the best of being along, I made something I wanted to make for myself before I made for the Fatkid, for the sole reason that he is picky. Especially when it comes to fish. He can’t even smell it – which is why I basically only cook tilapia and usually it is hidden in something (stuffed peppers). I made a clean fried tilapia tonight and I think it will pass his test when he gets home. It took me 10 minutes from start to finish.

Ingredients:

1 tilapia filet, 5oz (I buy them individually frozen and vacuum sealed from Costco) defrosted

1 tbsp non fat greek yogurt

2 tbsp almond meal –> note this is the coarsely ground bulk almond meal from Whole Foods, not the flour-like almond meal. (pictured below)

seasoning of your choice – I used:

one lime, chili powder, garlic powder

Directions:

Heat a non-stick pan over medium on the stove.

Whisk together the greek yogurt with your seasonings, I used the juice of 1/2 a lime, 1 shake of garlic. powder and a few shakes of chili powder.

Pour onto a plate.

Pour almond meal onto a separate plate.

Coat the tilapia on both sides by laying it on the greek yogurt.

Do the same with tilapia in the almond meal.

Put into pan and cook for a few minutes on each side until the tilapia is flaky.

I think topped both my fish and my sauteed veggies with the juice from the other half of the lime.

The fish has:

226 calories

4g carbs

10g fat

33g protein

Pretty good for a ten minute meal now I am going to put some baked goods in the oven which hopefully I can share with you tomorrow and study for the rest of the night.