{"id":24863,"date":"2015-03-10T00:30:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T04:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/?p=24863"},"modified":"2015-03-09T22:06:02","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T02:06:02","slug":"lemon-y-garlic-y-tilapia-avocado-salsa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/2015\/03\/10\/lemon-y-garlic-y-tilapia-avocado-salsa\/","title":{"rendered":"Lemon-y, Garlic-y Tilapia with Avocado Salsa"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oh…it is getting close! For some of you, spring has already sprung. Here in Upstate NY, the daylight is increasing, the temps are warmer, the piles of snow are beginning to melt! And <slowly…> the fruits and veggies are getting increasingly more tempting in the produce department of our grocery stores. This past week, I could actually smell the fragrance of the ripe strawberries as I shopped my list! And so, two packages of them were added to our shopping cart!<\/p>\n

One thing that I determined to prepare was a fruity avocado salsa…so easy-peasy! And so good for us (you, too!). And fits perfectly into our healthy but oh-so-yummy POV! We all are aware of the benefits of eating fresh fruits…loaded with vitamin and fiber. And avocados\u2014such a great addition to your healthy eating plan! Here is some info on the benefits and the nutrition<\/a> received from eating avocados.<\/p>\n

We had this cauliflower rice dish <\/a>alongside. \u00a0This salsa would be delish on quite a variety of seafood…from fillets to shrimp to scallops! What\u2019s your favorite?<\/p>\n

Lemony<\/span>–Garlicky<\/span> Tilapia with Avocado<\/span> Salsa<\/span><\/h3>\n

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ingredients<\/span>:
\nsalsa<\/strong>:
\n1 mango, peeled and cut into smallish cubes
\n1 avocado, peeled and cut into smallish cubes
\nhandful of strawberries, cut up
\n2 teaspoons red onion, finely minced
\n1 lemon (or lime), juiced
\nsea salt, freshly ground pepper (I use a lemon-pepper blend)
\nred pepper flakes (optional)<\/p>\n

fish<\/strong><\/em>:
\n4 tilapia fillets (4-5 ounces each)
\n2 tablespoons red onion, finely minced
\n4 tablespoons chopped garlic (I use jarred)
\n2 tablespoons butter
\n1 large lemon or lime, zested and juiced
\n3 teaspoons dried parsley
\n1 teaspoon dried tarragon
\nsalt and pepper to taste
\nolive (or coconut) oil<\/p>\n

directions<\/strong><\/span>:<\/p>\n

salsa<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  • mix all ingredients together in a glass or ceramic dish; set aside<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    fish<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    • preheat oven to 400<\/li>\n
    • lightly coat the bottom of a glass baking dish with oil<\/li>\n
    • in a small saucepan, melt butter<\/li>\n
    • add red onion and saute for 3-4 minutes to soften<\/li>\n
    • add garlic and saute on low for an additional minute stirring constantly<\/li>\n
    • remove from heat and add lemon juice<\/li>\n
    • lay out the tilapia in the pan<\/li>\n
    • sprinkle with the herbs, zest, and a generous amount of salt and pepper<\/li>\n
    • pour the butter mixture over top the fish<\/li>\n
    • bake for 10-20 minutes (depending on the thickness of the fillets) \u2018til flaky<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      serve fish with avocado salsa on the side…perhaps with quinoa, or rice; enjoy!<\/p>\n

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      Oh…it is getting close! For some of you, spring has already sprung. Here in Upstate NY, the daylight is increasing, the temps are warmer, the piles of snow are beginning to melt! And <slowly…> the fruits and veggies are getting increasingly more tempting in the produce department of our grocery stores. This past week, I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":24874,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[15],"tags":[3038,1805,8565,8563,235,8564,8562,1287,425,483,8561,1016,7253],"class_list":["post-24863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at-home-with-gch","tag-at-home-w-gch","tag-avocado","tag-avocado-health-and-nutrition","tag-baked-fish","tag-coleen-hayden","tag-fish-recipe","tag-fruit-salsa","tag-gch","tag-girlfriends-coffee-hour","tag-healthy-but-oh-so-yummy","tag-mango","tag-strawberries","tag-tilapia","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/2015-03-08-19.51.30.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p39pHp-6t1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24863","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24863"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24865,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24863\/revisions\/24865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/girlfriendscoffeehour.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}