No more bland food
Hey everyone. A short little blog today because I’m a tad exhausted. I may have overworked myself in the gym last night… Back day always gets away from me a bit. I’m happy with the changes I see in my back though.
This weekend I meal prepped as usual and staring at me in the freezer was tilapia. Now, I haven’t been able to eat it since April. Memories haunt me of eating cold tilapia out of a bag 3 to 4 times a day for peak week. Blah! So as the filets stared back at me I thought there has to be a way to make this taste better and clean without some Mrs. Dash. It’s still tilapia with Mrs. Dash….
I looked over at my shelves and saw coconut flour and shredded coconut. Bingo. A low carb breading.
So here’s all you need to make coconut crusted tilapia:
3 oz filets- thawed (I did 4 of them)
1/4 cup egg whites
1/4 cup organic coconut flour
1/4 cup organic coconut shreds
Start by lining a baking sheet with foil and spray with olive oil.
Dip each filet in the egg whites, then in the coconut flour, then the shreds. That’s it!
I cooked on 375 until the coconut flakes browned. Just keep an eye on it. I don’t exactly remember how long it took, probably 7-10 minutes.
Macros for each piece? 152 calories, 7g fat, 1 g carbs, 19g protein
Another way I kicked up my meals? Cauliflower mash. Now I’ve made this many times and I usually just season with garlic powder and pepper. This time I puréed my cauliflower (steam it first) and added a simple ranch packet that you would use for dips or salad dressing, add in some pepper, sriracha hot sauce, and you have a spicy chicken wing-esque side dish!
I call it buffalo wing cauliflower mash. I’ve been living off it all week! Try it out. So simple and delicious 🙂
That’s all for today. Tomorrow we talk New Year’s Eve and what’s ahead for 2015!
XOXO With a Cherry On Top,
-Minnie
Carrie
Hello! Love your site! Just one suggestion tho…it would be very helpful if you used multiple tags for your posts so we could search stuff up that way! Just a suggestion! Keep up the great work and happy new year!
Carrie
I am a loser! I see the ‘tags’ now! Initially just saw the ‘filed under’ part! Disregard my comments please!
Katie
Haha, no worries. I actually haven’t been tagging TOO long, within the past 6 months or so 🙂