Mom-Approved

This recipe is 100% Mom-approved.  And by mom, I mean MY mom, not just any mom.  So that's saying something.

This really came about as I looked at the random assortment of fruits/veggies/other meal items I had just purchased without a plan and saying "what can I make with this?" It was a grab-bag style dinner.

Fortunately, it worked out.  Doesn't always happen that way, but it worked out.  I realized that I had the makings of a pretty awesome fruity salsa, which led to the decision to thaw out some fish - they go hand in hand, am I right?  I glanced over a few different fish recipes and then decided to wing it.  This is what I came up with:

It's not complicated and takes very little time, though the recipe seems long.  The coconut taste is prominent, but not overbearing - which I thought worked out well since Tilapia really has very little flavor on its own.  The fresh fruit in the salsa was so ripe and PERFECT for this recipe... it couldn't have come together any better had I actually planned it.

Which just goes to show you that the best results are sometimes simply happy accidents - even in the kitchen!  
My personal recipes certainly don't always turn out this well, but I'm fairly proud of this one.  Go on and try it and tell me what you think!

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Fishy, Fishy, Fishy...

It's been a millennia since I posted a yummy Monday recipe, and I warn you, this was a meal I made months ago, back before the sun came out for the summer.  Which is to say, the pics are pretty dark and don't do the dinner justice.  BUT overlooking that fact, this is a PERFECT summer dinner that reeks of tropical deliciousness.  Maybe reeks isn't the right word?  Well, it does.

I admit that this dinner was so long ago, I don't really have any stories to go with it.  My memory doesn't last that long, I guess.

What I DO remember is how easy it seemed to make.  The recipe sounds a bit complex, but it really wasn't at all.  And the result was so delicious it seemed deceptive.  

I think cutting up the mango and pineapple took longer than actually making the fish.

As far as the rice goes, I used minute rice (because that made dinner even easier) and I'm sure you could make some kind of delicious jasmine/saffron/long grain something or other, but I jazzed up my minute rice like this:

Instead of boiling water, I used mostly chicken brother with a smidge of water.  Once it was boiling, I popped in the rice, covered it, let it steam, and then I added drained crushed pineapple.  It was much better than plain old rice and easy to boot.  You could do the same kind of thing adding cilantro or canned green chilies after.  

Mmmmm.  Taste of the tropics.  

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