OMG it was so good! Smack my lips good!! I made Tilapia!

Tonight I ventured off the path, so to speak and I am REALLY glad I did.

I brought Scott home some tuna salad with potato salad from Meals on Wheels today ( for those that forgot, I work there) . So when I went to Mariano's  (the grocery store)  for some salad stuff, I thought to pick up some fish for me and the cat.

I got 1 Tilapia. I never tried to make it before, I usually stick with salmon, halibut, Lake Superior White Fish. But the price was right and I remember I had seen a recipe for Tilapia. so i was good to go.

I got home and found my printout of the recipe. So I tried it. The recipe was simple..

3 Tilapia fillets
1/2 cup of Parmesan cheese
1/4 cup of melted butter
3 TBS of Mayo or Miracle Whip
plus season to taste.. with some basil, pepper, salt, and onion powder.

I don't have real butter in the house, so I used Smart Balance original flavor. I dug it out and put it in the microwave to melt. I preheated the broiler, lined my broiler pan with foil, popping out the holes. I started on the fish sauce.

The cat at this point was jumping up and down, doing her best to look cute and very hungry.
She seemed to convey " i am hungry, you don't need to heat up my fish. I like it "natural". Plain, no sauce just raw and ready for me to eat. YUM!" then she looked at me with her head tilted and maintained her begging pose. Needless to say, I shared!

After I gave the cat some raw fish, I  put the plain fish in the broiler for 3 minutes on each side.

I mixed the stuff..sort of.. in the bowl I put:

The Parmesan cheese I had was grated and came in a jar, to get 1/2 cup was easy. Plop..
The butter substitute was melted in the microwave, and I added that.
The 3 TBS of mayo was not as simple. I started to pour it out, and nothing came! I shook, patted, etc but nothing happened.  So i took of the easy pour top, shook and got some in the TBS. But it wasn't coming out. Pulled out my knife and added some mayo.. How much did I add?? Beats me!! It just plopped out.. could be more than 3 TBS or less?? I really had no idea. Since I like mayo,  i added a bit more, another swipe of the knife around the rim of the mayo jar.

Mixed the ingredients, it was a light yellow color. Having never made this before,  had no idea if it was too stiff, too watery, or just right!

So I assumed it was just right.

After 3 minutes per side, I pulled out the broiler pan and covered the fish with the sauce. I used the whole thing on my 1 Tilapia. Overkill but .... ( she smiles sheepishly)

I then put the fish back in the broiler for about 3 more minutes.

It really started to bake, and make all sorts of cooking noises.

When i took it out, the sauce was now a golden color, some of the butter had melted some more and surrounded the fish, the edges were golden brown, the top was fluffy and was golden with some golden brown parts..

It looked good! Rich but good! And it tasted divine! Mmmmmm

BTW i did find the recipe online..my copy didn't have a url or any identify mark. So I googled the gluten free Tilapia recipes and found it. It came from Gluten Free Mom at http://conqueringcelic.blogspot.com..