Dinner Last Night: Fish, Green Beans, etc

Ok, dinner last night was a hit, so I thought I would share. Reagan even loved it! If you don't have the time to do Rachel's yummy fried tilapia, this one is much less work and mess. Plus, it isn't too bad for you! I kinda made it up, so I will write what I did and you can improvise as you wish. I've also been looking for a way to make fresh green beans yummy, and this worked!

Parmesean Tilapia:
5 tilapia filets (thawed)
1/2 c. italian bread crumbs
1 tsp paprika
1 Tbsp garlic salt
1 tsp pepper
grated parmesean
olive oil

Grease baking pan. Combine bread crumbs, paprika, garlic salt, pepper on a plate... kinda flattened out. Brush both sides of fish filets with olive oil, then lay down on bread crumb mixture, turn over coating both sides but not too heavily. Place filets in single layer in baking dish. Sprinkle tops with parmesean. Bake at 450 for 15 minutes or until flaky with a fork.

Green Beans:
bunch of fresh green beans (washed and ends snapped 0ff)
5-6 cloves fresh garlic
3-4 Tbsp olive oil
salt and pepper generously

Chop or press the garlic cloves. Place garlic and olive oil in large skillet. Sautee garlic for a few minutes on medium heat until just starting to turn brown. Add green beans, salt and pepper. Stir and sautee the green beans in the oil on medium heat until tender. This takes WAY longer than you think it should, but go with it! Don't have to stir constantly, but just turn it over every few minutes while doing other stuff in kitchen (I got my dishwasher unloaded and fish prepared!). We like ours really tender, but they can be crispy if you desire. The garlic turns nearly black the way I did it.

I cooked some brown minute rice to go with... and had a really healthy easy meal! Enjoy!

Seasoned Fried Tilapia

Disclaimer: This recipe is not healthy, easy, or neat. Well, it's not hard, but frying for me is always a challenge, trying to get the breading just right without it falling off or getting burned. But this tastes so good!

Ingredients:

• 3-4 tilapia or other fish fillet (Usually I buy the frozen tilapia filets at Wal-mart, but I've used fresh bass)
• 2 tablespoons fish seasoning, such as a combination of dried herbs like oregano, basil, thyme, and paprika
• 1/2 cup flour seasoned with a little sea salt (or regular salt)
• 1 egg, beaten
• olive oil - enough to cover the bottom of your skillet
• 2 cloves garlic, minced (you can use more if you like garlic)
• 1 small shallot or other onion, finely minced

Directions:
Season the fish pieces on all sides very well with the fish seasonings. Then dip into the flour, and then into the beaten egg, and then back into the flour. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add the garlic and shallot and cook for just a minute. Quickly add the coated fish and cook for 3-4 minutes on each side. The onion and garlic will stick to the breading of the fish, and it is SO TASTY!

Note: If possible, use a big enough skillet to fry all of the fish at once. If you have to do it in batches, the onions and garlic that stay in the pan get overdone and turn black.
Serves 2-3