Frisky Fish

This post is dedicated to all of you that will observe Lent and eat fish tomorrow.

I decided to make this simple recipe for dinner:

20 oz Tilapia
2 tomatoes diced
1 clove garlic minced
4 tbls bread crumbs
4 tsp Parmesan grated
2 tsp margarine
2 tsp lemon juice

Pre heat oven to 350 degrees.  Place fish in non-stick dish.  Combine ingredients.  Divide onto each fillet.  Bake for 15 minutes.

My mother has been making this delicious dish for years and I have seen her prepare it a zillion times, but I just did not inherit her cooking gene.

Today's cooking catastrophe started with dicing the tomatoes while talking on the phone.  After ALMOST slicing my finger, I decided it was a good idea to end the conversation. Disaster avoided and onto the the next...

Premade bread crumbs do not exist in my home.  The previous chef  dried his own bread in order to make the homemade version.  Thankfully, there is a chop chop tool thing that you put the bread  under and after a few hits it makes crumbs.  However, I would not recommend doing this by an open window with a breeze. The bread crumbs (as I learned today) easily blow off the counter and onto the floor. I will let you use your imagine to determine whether or not I made new ones. 

Another fancy tool in the kitchen is a cheese grater with a handle just like in an upscale restaurant.  I did not have grated cheese in the fridge, so this came in handy.  It really should come with instructions. FYI:  do not put the cheese into the hole.  In there, it does not grate.  You need to open the handle and put the cheese next to the blades, then it will snow out of the hole. This act lead me to sampling the Parmesan out of frustration.  Thank you to my friend for giving it to me as a birthday gift.  My birthday was last month...was that cheese still good?

Success of the Day:  Realizing that I took my husband's culinary skills for granted and telling him he is appreciated

Pink Inspiration: My pink bottle of Hello Kitty perfume: just because you cook fish does not mean you need to smell like one