3000 miles 'til dinner.

Original MIL Mission HERE.

MIL has been saying for years. YEARS. That I should try this fish-in-paper thing. Ladies and gents, this is a reminder to listen to your mother AND your MIL. You will learn things. Like how-you-will-always-cook-fish-from-now-on.

Before I even start, I encourage all 3000MTD readers to attempt Fish En Papillote. Especially if you don’t have a lot of time or money but want something healthy that doesn’t taste healthy (at least that’s my sweet spot!).

Here are the ingredients. I decided to use Tilapia with parsley and dill. I was a little hesitant, because I don’t really like dill and feared the fish would come out over-herbed.

♥HERE’S HOW I MADE IT.♥

Y’all, it’s just too easy. I sliced some pretty lemons (again, my spring power color is yellow and I can’t gaze at it enough).

I cut my Valentine heart out of parchment and then had a romantic moment with my tiniest Valentine, Walter the Dog.

See? Easy. I oiled the heart, laid down my Tilapia, put some olive oil, a splash of white wine and then layered my lemons, green onion, herbs, salt and pepper.

Then I simply folded it and rolled it. Then I repeated with a second piece of fish because my taller Valentine was eating, too. It took me a total of, like, 8 minutes. You have 8 minutes, right? It takes longer to go through a fast food drive-thru. No joke.

When the paper was puffed and slightly brown, I took out my packets and cut them open. It looked and smelled so good.

♥MIL MISSION #21: ACCOMPLISHED.♥

I served my Tilapia over fried rice because I had a craving for it. (don’t worry, it’s a healthy-ish fried rice with lots of veg. And even some re-hydrated Shiitake Mushrooms courtesy of MIL)

My favorite things about cooking En Papillote:

• no clean-up.
• everything goes into one place to cook.
• thanks to the steam, there was no overcooked fish here!
• takes no time at all.
• each packet is one serving, so you can cook for one easily.
• no butter, yet it was so buttery (and healthy!)
• it wasn’t over-herbed so this fish could compliment any type of cuisine (hello, chinese)

Here’s our table complete with some crisp cold sake. Yum!

♥PLATE IT, ATE IT, GRADED IT.♥

scale: 0 (not at all) to 5 (very)

Cupboard to table time: 20 mins.

Difficulty: 0.5

Deliciousness: 5+

Impressed Husband factor: 5 (he actually looked over at me and said “I’m really glad we’re eating fish right now.)

Leftover-friendly: 3 (because it was portion controlled, there wasn’t really any leftovers which is fine because I’m not too hot on leftover fish for some reason)

(posted by jessica)