Recipe Recap: Mustard Crusted Tilapia

The McHusband and I planned to have a home-cooked meal last night. I went straight to the park by our old house to run after work, and he hit the grocery store on the way home then was going to work out. I knew I'd be home early - around 6:00 - so I could actually make dinner on a weeknight, and I was looking forward to it. The McHusband suggested fish so I looked up some recipes and decided on one that kept the grocery list fairly short - all we needed was the actual tilapia. And, lucky us, it was on sale at Harris Teeter: we got two 6-oz filets for $5.59.

I chose the Mustard Crusted Tilapia even though the name leaves something to be desired. For some reason, "crusted" just doesn't sound all that appealing. Since this is a food post, I won't go into the things that word conjured up for me.

Here's all we needed:













{What, you don't bake your fish in a pie plate?}

After the fish baked for 10 minutes, I pulled it out and spread the paste over the two filets. And, in my recently rebellious fashion, I doubled the paste because after making it, I knew it wouldn't be enough for fish-tolerators like the McHusband and me.













I nuked some Steamfresh corn and some Uncle Ben's minute-and-a-half rice, and we had a nutritious, yummy, easy (if not very colorful) weeknight meal. I definitely see more tilapia in our near future.













My review of this recipe: I loved how easy and inexpensive it was. Taste-wise, I think I'd cut back on the lemon juice. I'm not a big fan of lemon-flavored food (real food like chicken and pasta; I love lemon desserts) so I might be biased, but I thought the lemon taste was a little strong. I think we'll make this again and I'd still double the recipe, but I'd stick with the original amount of lemon juice. All in all, it was definitely a hit for us.