Tag Archives: rice pilaf

Tilapia with San Marzano Tomatoes

24 Feb

Usually I find tilapia quite… bland.  So to give it some pop, I decided to throw some San Marzano tomatoes on top with some basil.

Now if you haven’t heard of San Marzano tomatoes, let me open up your world for a moment… I was reading some blogs singing the praises of these special tomatoes for a while and my mom was a fan.  In my perpetual childhood need to deny that anything my mother likes could possibly be good… I was anti for a while.  But then I tried them.  WOW! They’re like the best, ripest, juiciest tomatoes you’ve ever had and they come out of a CAN! (A very expensive can… but worth it)


The parm on top was just perfect (we kept one off for a non-cheese eater).

And yes… again with the rice pilaf.  What can I say? I love them!  Too bad they aren’t too good for you… but they’re not THAT bad for you… right? 🙂


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The simple dinner: LAMB!

22 Feb

I have blogged about this recipe before, however, every time I make lamb I am reminded about how incredibly easy and FAST it is.  I was always quite intimidated by lamb (especially a huge rack of it!) but it’s just so easy.  The only thing I forgot was to moisten the corn meal so it stayed a bit dry (and I added all the mustard this time rather than halfing it… which was upsetting to me as a mustard hater but Mikey liked it)


We paired it with a rice pilaf that is always delicious and easy.

And I had some leftover butternut squash soup. But I wanted a veggie…


So what is that? It’s canned peas with shredded cheese. DELISH! (and sooo easy)

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