Day 41

What's on the menu:

Pan grilled tilapia
Pear salad
Baked beans

Tilapia

On a flat griddle put about 2 TB extra virgin olive oil and 1 TB butter and heat to medium high heat.
Sprinkle each side of the fish with salt, pepper and old bay seasoning and place on hot griddle.
You want to cook each side until very brown and then turn over and cook the other side very brown.
You are not blackening the fish but get it very brown.
Yes you will make a mess on your stove top but it is worth it.

Food Lion had their tilapia today, buy one bag and get one free. I do love those specials. I love how each fillet come individually wrapped and you can take out the amount you want.

When you take the fish up and put on platter there will be no grease.
On top of platter with fish, drizzle 1/4 butter (melted) and juice of one lemon.
Then put fresh chopped parsley over top of everything. ( I still have lots of stuff still growing in my herb garden)

I got this recipe off the back of a large pack of tilapia at Sam's Club. Theirs is the best but Food Lion's is good too.

Pear salad

Place a bed of green leaf lettuce on plate, add pear halves.
On top of each pear half, dollop about a tsp of mayonnaise
On top of mayonnaise add one maraschino cherry
On top of place sprinkle graded cheddar cheese
Sprinkle pecan halves all around outside of plate (optional)

I'm generous with pecans as we have so many in our pecan orchard on the farm.

Baked beans

1-28oz can of Bush's homestyle bake beans
Pour in greased dish.
Add 1 medium green pepper chopped
Add about 1/4 cup brown sugar
Add about 1/4 real bacon pieces ( in the bag)

Stir all together and bake at 350 degrees until done, about 45 min.

Sorry I'm running late tonight; had choir practice.