Mrs. Paul's Fish Dinner

Mrs. Paul's Roasted Garlic Tilapia

Husband, hesitantly, trying not to start any trouble even though he knows what he's about to say easily could: I like having fish for dinner, but I just don't want to get burned-out.


Wife, perplexed: When we have it cooked differently every time, how are you going to get tired of it?


Husband, treading lightly: I don't know, but you're feeding it to me every Friday. I just don't want to eat so much of it that I don't want to eat fish anymore.


Wife, knowing exactly what he's getting at: Do you want to have fish sticks while I have baked fish?


Husband, suddenly enthusiastic: Yes! That sounds good. Let's have fish for dinner.

Blackened Tilapia (Inspired by Cooking Light)

Blackened Tilapia and Southwestern Corn

I'm skeptical. It's true I'm a strong believer everything happens for a reason, but I also have a hard time believing things that just plain sound too good to be true. Tonight's dinner was exactly one of those instances. I had absolutely no faith our dinner would be ready in less than 15 minutes. Thank you for proving me wrong, Cooking Light! You helped me see I really need to let this skepticism go a little bit.

The husband and I planned to take the big brown dog and little brown dog to the park tonight, so we really needed a dinner that would come together quickly. After eating pounds of pulled pork last weekend, I still don't have much interest in meat just yet. Lucky for me the husband was up for fish tonight. Just for him, I thought I'd try out a blackened fish recipe.