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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.