AHHHH! life is absolutely insane right now. between the regular job stresses, trying to buy our 1st place and oh yeah put together a wedding (plus deal with 2 additional "after parties") i haven't had much time to snap any pictures of fun foods, much less write about the whole event. BUT, today i made the most tasty dinner for myself and i was so over-whelmed with self pride (is that called ego?) i had to show it off. tilapia was on sale for like 5 cents a lb, so i got 2 pieces and called it a date (for two days later).
i grabed the first thing in the pantry (bulgar wheat) and the eldest of the herbs i "borrowed" last time i was at the farm (thyme). oh and did i mention the year old open bottle of capers i had in the frig - yeah grabbed that too. and got to work. YUM!
TASTEY THYME AND CAPERS TILAPIA
2 4-6oz fillets of Tilapia
kosher salt
fresh ground pepper
1 tbs fresh thyme leaves
2tbs olive oil
1 tbs caper (non-parrel)
1/2c bulgar wheat
1 cup water
1/4 tsp salt
*bring water to boil, add salt and bulgar. turn heat to low and simmer, covered 20 minutes to fluffy
*in a large skillet heat the oil over medium high heat
*sprinkle fillets with salt and pepper
*add fillets to hot skillet, sprinkle thyme evenly over fish
*cook about 2-3 minutes, gently flip over and cook another 2 minutes until flakes easily and opaque
*turn heat off and add capers to hot skillet
*plate the cooked bulgar and lay fillet on top, drizzle any access oils over top.
