Quick and Easy Weekday Meal

Cooking is not something I like to do after work- I am usually too tired and don't like to think that hard but when I came across a new recipe yesterday I knew I wanted to try it. I have gotten in the habit of making a few dishes on Sunday and putting them into one serving containers to take to school or eat for dinner. Even so, I have trouble cooking for just two people because the leftovers usually last us so long that they go bad before we can eat them all. I hate wasting food but this recipe is perfect for two and makes enough food that we ate it all up! So I present to you my new favorite dish adapted from the WW website- Toaster Oven Tilapia.

You Will Need:
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp table salt, or to taste
1/4 tsp black pepper, or to taste
3 tbsp grated Parmesan cheese
2 tbsp Panko bread crumbs
1 tsp chives, fresh, minced
2 tsp reduced-calorie mayonnaise
8 oz tilapia, two 4-oz fillets
1/4 medium lemon(s), cut into 2 wedges
1 small zucchini
1 small yellow squash
1/2 cup onions

• Preheat toaster oven to 450ºF. Coat a shallow 9-inch round or rectangular baking dish with cooking spray.
  
  
• On a dinner plate, combine cheese and bread crumbs; season with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, combine chives and mayonnaise. Lightly brush one side of each fillet with mayonnaise mixture; press that side of fish into cheese mixture. Place fish, coated-side up, on other half of prepared baking dish.
  
  
• Bake until fish is cooked through, about 13 to 16 minutes. Remove to plates and squeeze with fresh lemon juice.
  
  
• While fish is baking in the toaster, preheat a small amount of olive oil in a saute pan and cook onions until they are almost transparent on medium heat.
  
  
• Add zucchini and squash, salt and pepper to taste, and continue cooking over medium heat for about seven minutes- or until tender.

We ate this delicious meal with a side of leftover Macaroni Salad I had made last week. It was amazing! The chive mayo really makes the whole thing so juicy and flavorful and the veggies are a nice light side for this fish. The whole process only took me about 20 minutes. I hope you try this out and let me know what you think!!