Couscous, Tilapia and Broiled Zucchini

Love, love this meal! Took some tilapia, sprayed it with non-stick spray, dipped in italian breadcrumbs and fried it over medium high heat in some olive oil. You could also just fry it using the non-stick spray on the pan, too. Kids love it, they call it "chicken" because tilapia is so flaky and mild flavored, it does sort of seem like chicken. I cut up a zucchini my mom gave me from her garden, salt and peppered it and broiled it for about 8-10 minutes. Michaela liked the zucchini, the boys and Mike didn't. But maybe you have zucchini lovers in your family.

And the couscous. I got the recipe from the Rachel Ray show and it's the yummiest. Jake won't touch it, but it's because Jake does typically refuse new foods for the first million times I give it to him and then he likes it. I think he will like this too, eventually. It's fast, simple, sweet, but a little spicy (not enough the kids notice) and pretty healthy. Here's the recipe for the couscous:

Bacon-Corn Couscous

• 2 slices smoky bacon, chopped
• 1 ear of corn, kernels scraped from cob
• 1/2 small red bell pepper, chopped
• 4 scallions, finely chopped or 1/2 small red onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup chicken stock
• A couple of tablespoons chopped fresh dill [I used about 3 teaspoons dried dill]
  
• A few dashes hot sauce
• 1 cup couscous

Heat a drizzle of EVOO [extra virgin olive oil] in a saucepot over medium-high heat. Add bacon and cook to crisp, then add corn and peppers and scallions or onion and stir 2-3 minutes to tender-crisp. Add stock, dill and hot sauce and bring to a boil. Add couscous and turn off heat. Cover and let stand 5 minutes.


The whole meal took me about 20-30 minutes to prepare.