Easy and Healthy Recipe: Tilapia & Vegetables

Number of servings:  4 Oven:  400°F

Ingredients

Quantity	Ingredient
4 tbsp	Olive oil
1 lb	Potatoes, your choice – washed, not peeled, thinly sliced
1	Medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
4 cloves	Garlic, thinly sliced
2-3 sprigs each	Thyme, Rosemary
4	Fillets – tilapia (5-6 oz)
2	Thinly sliced lemons
1 cup	Dry white wine
4	Medium tomatoes, diced
½ cup	Kalamata olives (or other black olives)
4 tbsp	Chopped parsley
1	Lemon – juice

Method

1. Heat olive oil in an oven-safe pan over a medium heat.
2. Add the potatoes, cover and cook until tender.
3. Add onions, garlic, herbs and season with salt and pepper.
4. Cover and cook until the vegetables are tender – about 5 minutes.
5. Lightly season fish with salt and pepper, place on top of potato and onion mixture and top fish with lemon slices.
6. Increase heat to medium high, add wine and cook it until reduced by about 1/2 – no more than 2 minutes.
7. Cover and place in oven to bake for 8 minutes.
8. Transfer fish and vegetables to plates, saving the sauce in the pan.
9. Place the pan on the stove at high temperature – reduce the broth 1-2 minutes.
10. Add the tomatoes, olives, parsley and lemon juice to the pan.
11. Cook until sauce thickens – about 10 minutes.
12. Drizzle sauce over fish and serve.

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