Tilapia with Red Potatoes

This recipe comes from one of those blogs where the author is impossibly skinny and has copious amounts of time in which to cook.  The author prefaces this recipe by stating that she makes this whenever she has the house to herself.  Me, I order a pizza.  Or make mozzarella sticks- I mean heat them up from the freezer.

And to be honest I didn't give this recipe much hope.  There's nothing to it.  I imagined it being terribly bland.  I was terribly wrong.

INGREDIENTS

Tilapia filets

Red skinned potatoes, chopped

Fresh broccoli

Brussels sprouts

2 Tbsp olive oil

1 Tbsp butter

Ground turmeric

Ground black pepper

DIRECTIONS

Add olive oil and 1/2 tablespoon of butter to a large pan on medium-high heat.  Sear potatoes for several minutes, flipping often.  Reduce heat to medium and add broccoli and brussels sprouts.  Cover and cook for 30 minutes, turning several times.  Please vegetables on a plate.  

Add 1/2 tablespoon of butter and sear the fish on each side on medium-high heat.  Cook for several minutes until flaky.  Do a quick trade: place fish on a plate, add the vegetables to the pan, and then top it of with the fish.  Cook or several minutes, enjoy!

VERDICT

I had to go out and buy turmeric.  My hopes were really riding on that small jar of spice.  What else was going to spice up this recipe?  Salt and pepper wasn't going to cut it.  But turmeric?  I've never cooked with it before but I can tell you honestly that it made the dish.  Whatever it is, it's extremely flavorful.  And this dish was not the flop I expected it to be.