Recipe: Lemon-Garlic Tilapia and Spinach

Time: 20 minutes to prep, about 30 minutes to cook

Ingredients

• 4 tilapia fillets
• 5-8 cloves of garlic, sliced
• 2 tablespoons butter, separated
• 4 cups fresh spinach
• half of one lemon
• Salt and pepper to taste

Procedure

1. Clean the fillets and pat dry. Lightly season with salt and pepper.
2. Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a saute pan over medium heat. Saute half of garlic for about 3-4 minutes. Add fillets to pan and cook for about 3 minutes on each side. Set aside in oven at warm temperature
3. Melt second tablespoon of butter in saucepan and saute rest of garlic to desired crispiness. Add spinach and salt and pepper. Saute until wilted.
4. Squeeze lemon juice over both spinach and tilapia. Serve tilapia atop spinach.

Verdict

This is one of the few dishes I make that I don’t need a recipe for. It’s very simple to make. I allowed extra time for prep and cooking, but it shouldn’t take more than an hour to prepare this. I love it because it’s light, it’s delicious and it takes no time to prepare. I serve it with brown rice.

Tags: fish, Recipes, spinach, tilapia