Foodie Fridays: Tilapia with Garlic Cream Sauce & Asparagus

In an effort not to bore you with only stories of my crazy kiddos (though, I am sure I could fill a book with those!) I thought I would dedicate one day of the week to some of my tried & true recipe staples.

It's no mystery that I love food. I may not be athletic or coordinated and although I've tried, I just can't sew. I'm totally not crafty, can't sing or play an instrument...but man, do I love to cook, bake, and try new recipes. It's a trial & error process in my kitchen and on Fridays I'll share some of the recipes we've grown to love in our family.

Lately, because of Mission Lose Baby Weight I have been trying to stick to mostly clean-eating recipes. I say mostly clean rather loosely because, let's be honest, I have 4 little kids and one VERY picky husband. So I do what I can to cook as clean and as lean as they will allow me to without grumbling too much & threatening to order pizza instead. :)

Today's Foodie Friday recipe is a tried & true crock pot recipe that has Mr. Fix-It's stamp of approval. And that's saying a lot, actually. Granted, he does love fish and this is one of the easiest fish recipes I have found so far. It's a go-to staple in our home. (and the kiddos love it, too) 

Here are the ingredients: (bare with me here, I am no Pioneer Woman and my photos are quick shots with my phone while my kids scream "Mah-MEE" in the background)

Tilapia with Garlic Cream Sauce & Asparagus

To begin, mince 2 garlic cloves (or more, we tend to like garlic around our house...wards off all those vampires) and mix the minced garlic with 1/2 cup Mayo (we use the kind with Olive Oil and to be honest, I probably use closer to a cup of the stuff because Mr. Fix-It loves an extra helping of the garlic cream sauce) 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and about 4 tablespoons of lemon juice. 

(note: fresh lemons would work best but when you're in a pinch and running to the grocery store would literally mean 2 kids fighting over the front seat of the buggy, 1 squealer in the back, 1 baby on your hip drooling, and 3 meltdowns over candy in the check-out lane, then please feel free to make do with bottled lemon juice. No judgements here!) 

Your mixture should look like this:

Trust me, it tastes WAY better than it looks!

Next, take your frozen tilapia fillet and place it on a large piece of aluminum foil sprayed with cooking spray. Chop a bundle of asparagus into bite-size pieces and place a handful of asparagus on top of each tilapia fillet. Like this:

I buy a bag of frozen tilapia and just use them as needed. Typically for this recipe, I use 3 total fillets and we split them amongst ourselves. :)

Then, you take the garlic cream sauce as shown in the bowl above and dollop it on top of the tilapia & asparagus like so...

This is Mr. Fix-It's portion, and he tends to like it heavy on the garlic cream sauce. (I go a little bit lighter for me and the kiddos)

Then you fold up the edges of the foil to make packets and place them in the crock pot on the Low setting for about 4-6 hours. Or whenever your fish is flaky & done.

It's totally okay to stack them on top of each other. Mr. Fix-It likes his fish only lightly cooked so his goes on top.

This is truly our favorite way to eat tilapia and it's just so easy, which makes this busy Mama very happy! I would typically serve this with brown rice and rolls. Because no dinner is complete in Mr. Fix-It's eyes without some type of bread. ;) Here is the link to the full recipe. Hope you try it!

Tilapia with Garlic Cream Sauce & Asparagus (Crockin' Girls)

Bon Appetite!