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Cilantro Garlic Tilapia & Spiced Zucchini

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So quick and so tasty, made with mostly ingredients you’ll probably (hopefully?) have on hand.

Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons Coconut Oil
  • 4 ounces, weight Tilapia Fillets (4)
  • 6 cloves Garlic
  • 2 teaspoons Sea Salt
  • ¼ cups Fresh Squeezed Lemon Juice
  • ¼ cups Fresh Chopped Cilantro
  • ½ teaspoons Ground Black Pepper
  • ¼ teaspoons Red Pepper Flakes
  • ¼ teaspoons Cumin
  • 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 4 whole Zucchini
  • ¼ teaspoons Coriander

Preparation

Tilapia Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

2. Use a little coconut oil to grease the bottom of a baking pan, then lay the Tilapia fillets out nice and pretty.

3. Sprinkle a few dashes of sea salt on the Tilapia. This is not specified in the ingredients list, but it’s pretty necessary.

4. Mince the garlic cloves and transfer to a bowl. My husband and I are a garlic loving clan. Kind of a go big or go home situation. Feel free to cut back to 4 – even only 2 – cloves of garlic. You know, if you’re into kissing or anything like that.

5. Add to the bowl of garlic: 1 tsp. salt, 1/4 cup lemon juice (if you can, use real lemons and squeeze them – trust me), 1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro, and 1/4 tsp. each of ground black pepper, red pepper flakes, and cumin.

5. Mix until all ingredients are well-acquainted.

6. Spoon mixture over the Tilapia fillets. Be sure to dump any extra juices over the whole business as well – we don’t waste here.

7. Pop the fish in the oven and bake for about 15 minutes. Tilapia is fast, fresh, and easy. (At least, that’s her reputation. Har har har.)

While the Tilapia is cooking…

Zucchini Instructions

(Yes, both of my first recipes on here include zucchini. No I’m not embarrassed. Not that much. What? I like zucchini.)

1. Melt 1 Tbsp. coconut oil in a saute pan over medium-low heat.

2. Slice up the zucchini. If you’re feeling fancy, do it diagonally. (I could not be bothered with fanciness tonight when I made the meal shown in the picture above.)

3. Place zucchini in pan with melted coconut oil, add 1 tsp. sea salt, 1/4 tsp. ground black pepper and 1/4 tsp. coriander.

4. Do some stirring.

5. Cook the zucchini until just slightly transparent. Don’t let it get mushy, because heaven knows nobody likes mushy zucchini. However, if one or two pieces get a little mushy in the sauteing process (like that top one in my photo), don’t stress out. No one will judge you.

Serve these two dishes together – the flavors compliment each other really well.

Or serve separately.

Experiment – it’s the best part of cooking!

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debsdiner on 4.14.2011

I made this tonite and it was very good, the only thing I would change for next time is a little less garlic. We love garlic and cilantro so it was a great change of pace in how to fix the tilapia, thank for the recipe :-)

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Allison on 11.30.2009

I LOVED this! I only gave it 4 mitts because my husband thought it was just OK. I reduced the garlic dramatically because I’m not a garlic person but I am a cilantro person and that’s probably why I loved this dish. Thanks for the great recipe!

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sarahpennebaker on 9.17.2009

This is a GREAT dish. I’ve made it for my husband twice and he loves it…which is a feat because he’s a self-proclaimed fish hater. Super easy and very delicious. Thanks for sharing!!

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jevans on 1.18.2011

Full of flavor! I made the fish, not the zucchini since I didn’t have any, and I didn’t have coconut oil so I used olive oil. I bet it’d be even better with coconut oil! Thank you!

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mojobubbles on 8.17.2010

Wow! I followed this recipe to the letter and the fish is great! This one’s a keeper.

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Allison on 5.28.2010

I LOVED this! I only gave it 4 mitts because my husband thought it was just OK. I reduced the garlic dramatically because I’m not a garlic person but I am a cilantro person and that’s probably why I loved this dish. Thanks for the great recipe!

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