Talapia

Whole Foods date nights are a lot of fun. Rather than going to a restaurant, we'll go to a nice market and pick up ingredients that are a little pricier than we may choose normally. We found a coconut lime marinade, decided to pair it with some talapia.

We marinated the fish in the fridge for one hour and then lightly sprinkled it with plain bread crumbs. . We baked it at 400 degrees for 13 minutes

The fish was light creamy and yummy. We still have plenty of the marinade for more dinners. We served the fish over some plain white rice and with a small salad. What a yummy date night!

Wasabi Encrusted Salmon

Keith and I received a number of Harry and David gift baskets for Christmas. One of the sets included two pretzel dips: honey mustard and wasabi mustard. Honey mustard pecan encrusted salmon is one of my favorite dishes to make, but I decided to try a variation to take advantage of this wasabi mustard.

I will admit that I'm not the greatest wasabi fan, but I figured that the mustard would help mellow out the spiciness. I spread the mustard over the salmon, sprinkled on Italian seasoned bread crumbs, and then baked at 400 degrees F until it was cooked through.

Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of the final product (I guess I was too hungry). I assure you that it was so delicious that I cannot wait to make it again!

Fried Onion Baked Chicken

I'm not great at baking meats, but it is something that I want to put more effort into. I'm just not good at planning out the timing of it all.

I wrapped two sweet potatoes in foil and stuck them in the oven, too. I figured it was worth a shot to see if the timing works out well. I'll cut to the end and say that the timing did not work well, and that we ate the potato the next day.

Ingredients

• half container of onion pieces
• 1 egg
• 2 chicken breasts

Recipe

• Beat the egg (one medium sized egg)
  
• Don't bother crushing onions
• dip chicken breast into eggs then roll in onion pieces (put remaining on in baking pan.) place ocvered breasts on pre-sprayed pan
• preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• start timer at 30 min!!! 30-45 min (or until cooked)

The onion pieces didn't stick to the chicken super well, so I sprinkled some on top before I placed the chicken in the oven.

This chicken was so moist and had a nice crunchy crust. Too bad the fried onion pieces aren't very healthy, otherwise I'd start making this all the time! I hope you enjoy the French Onion Baked Chicken as much as Keith and I did.

Yum!

I served the chicken with some salad dressed with sugar free Balsamic dressing. It's a bit sweet for my taste, but I love the fact that it is low calorie!