Tilapia Vegetable Pouches with Couscous

Ingredients:

2 fillets tilapia (or other fish)

1 carrot (4-5 baby carrots)- quartered

1 hand full of mushrooms

1 handful Broccoli

½ onion sliced

1 Tbsp Olive Oil

Salt & Pepper

1 Box of couscous or rice

2- 1’ by 1’ pieces of parchment paper

Steps:

1. Pre-heat oven to 425°

2. Slice vegetables and onion.

3. Lay out parchment paper and start lay

ering with onions and carrots first. (You can layer both “pouches” at one time)

4. Then place tilapia on top of onions and carrots and season to taste with salt and pepper.

5. Add broccoli and mushrooms on top and around the s

ides- ensuring that the vegetables remain on top or closely around the fish.

6. Finally drizzle ½ tbsn olive oil over the fish and vegetable combination.

7. Pull the left and right sides of the parchment paper together, like forming a tent, and roll closed.

8. Then take the top and bottom and roll towards the center, closing the “packet”. (see picture but please leave a comment if the folding sounds too confusing)

9. Place on cookie sheet in preheated oven and bake for 20-30 minutes.

10. In the last 10-15 minutes, cook the couscous (or rice) Simply follow the directions on the box. Boil water, add couscous, remove from heat, and allow to sit for 5 minutes. That’s all!

This will result in steamed vegetables and yummy fish, an extremely healthy, yet filling dish! It’s super easy- takes about 15 minutes of prep time and looks like a difficult meal. The hardest part is making the pouch or package, but if you practice once it’s not too difficult. After all, it’s just paper, so you can re-roll it until it is sealed properly.

Here’s a link on how to fold the parchment paper too. It seems a little more difficult than the way I described, but if you feel my directions are too vague, try this: http://macrobiotic.about.com/od/seafoodentrees/ss/SteamFish.htm