Garlic Butter Tilapia

Cooking fish for the first time can be a little intimidating; I’d probably been on my own a few years before I tried any sort of fish recipe. This garlic butter tilapia is an easy, flavorful recipe that can be used on a weeknight for a quick dinner or a special dinner. Tilapia is a very mild fish and not very fishy tasting.

Total time – 25 minutes (10 min Prep + 15 bake)

  1. Preheat oven to 450.
  2. Melt butter in small sauce pan. Add garlic & sauté for 1-2 min on low.
  3. Add white wine & 1 TBSP lemon juice. Stir to combine and remove from heat.
  4. Spray pan with cooking spray & drizzle with lemon juice.
  5. Arrange fish in pan. Sprinkle with Italian seasonings, add salt & pepper to taste. I prefer to use freshly ground pepper & coarse sea salt.
  6. Drizzle garlic butter over fish & into the pan.
  7. Bake 15 min or until done. As soon as you pull the fish out of the oven sprinkle with a bit of Parmesan cheese.
  8. Serve with brown rice and a vegetable.

Garlic Butter Tilapia

  • 3-4 Tilapia filets
  • 2 1/2 TBSP Butter
  • 8 cloves minced garlic
  • 1 TBSP Lemon Juice + juice for drizzling
  • 1 TBSP White Wine
  • 1 TBSP Italian Seasonings
  • Salt & Pepper to taste
  • Parmesan cheese

Pesto Chicken Pizza

Who doesn’t love pizza for dinner? While searching Pinterest one night for dinner inspiration, I came across a pesto pizza recipe. The problem, I didn’t have half of the 20+ ingredient list. A few nights later, I made this pizza and never went back to the Pinterest one.

A few months later, my brother was in town and I made it for him. He even said it was good. Even better, he called later and asked for the recipe!

Preheat Oven to 400

Prep time – 20 min (includes prebake & microwave time for bacon)

Bake time – 10 min

  1. Roll out pizza crust & sprinkle with Italian seasoning. Prebake for 8 min.
  2. Spread pesto on crust. I use the back of a spoon.
  3. Layer on bacon, chicken & cheese.
  4. Bake for 6-10 min.

Chicken Pesto Pizza

1 Refrigerated Pizza Crust (I like thin crust)

Italtion Seasonings to taste

1 cup prepared Pesto

1 cup cooked chicken (I buy precooked)

1-2 cups pizza cheese

Chopped red onion (optional)