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Grilled Tilapia with
mayo- mustard sauce on a bun
Roma tomatoes with mayo*
black and white pepper
Waldorf Salad
INGREDIENTS
Fresh apples
Walnuts
Mayo
Brown sugar
Spicy brown mustard
Tilapia filets, bought
frozen, quick thawed in water in the sink
Roma tomatoes
Potato bread hot dog bun
Black pepper
White pepper Salt to taste
Lemonade Sweet tea or unsweet tea
Tonight
was a late night for me. I teach a Bible
study on the Gospel of John via ZOOM. After that, I returned a call to my youngest
daughter.
I called my son as I grilled the Tilapia.
I responded to a text with a FaceTime
call to a long- time friend: it was quicker to call her back than to text my
reply.
So, when
it was all done, I was late to dinner and starving. I had grilled the Tilapia
while I FaceTimed with my son. When my last call was completed, I took the
following steps to complete dinner prep:
The
apples had been peeled and quartered earlier in the day.
I took the thick sliced
apples and chopped each slice into four pieces.
I added coarse
organic brown sugar, golden raisins, chopped prunes, walnuts, and mayo to the apples. I stirred the mixture coat the entire mixture
with mayo and brown sugar.
I sliced
and halved the Roma tomatoes, added a dollop of mayo, then I sprinkled them with
white and black pepper, salt to taste.
The quick-thawed
Tilapia was pan grilled on the stove top .
I sprayed the pan with nonstick
spray , adding about a tablespoon of olive oil, just enough to cover the bottom of
the pan.
I put the filets into the warmed pan sprinkled
white pepper, black pepper, and a little salt on to the top surface of the filets.
When browned on the first side, I peppered and salted the other side.
This took just a few
minutes.
I placed
the Grilled Tilapia filets on the open-faced hot dog bun. I generously spooned
mayo mustard sauce onto the open-faced Grilled Tilapia on a bun.
With the
apples quartered and peeled ahead of time, the Waldorf salad prep took maybe 4
minutes. I have tiny plastic bags of walnuts, pecans, raisins, chopped prunes,
in a bowl on my counter as quick grab healthy snacks.
Nuts
were of course already shelled—bought that way. I broke them into somewhat
smaller pieces and added the raisins and prunes to the super quick Waldorf
salad.
The mustard
sauce is too easy: mayo plus spicy brown mustard. Mix and serve over the Tilapia.
As my
beverage, one gallon of unsweet and a large bottle of Simply Lemonade. I mixed
them, not exactly half and half and I was able to pour the prepared
lemonade-tea over ice and voila!
Often, I take pictures of the food as I am preparing
it and when I plate it. But tonight, I was starving .
So, just as I was about to devour my meal served
on a paper plate and an everyday china bowl, I snapped a quick photo before
inhaling my food.
Then, I came to my laptop to share this recipe with
you. It is now 12:05 a.m.
