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This large skillet is filled with one full serving and all for Easy Skinny me.  As usual, my whole delicious dinner is less than 600 calories, too!  Using two pots and one skillet, the meal is quickly created, cooked, and tossed together on the stovetop to blend in all of the flavors.  The slightly crisp whole grain pasta flavored with the hint of herbs and oil in the main skillet provides a hearty foundation to the filets, overflowing with chunky and filling vegetables.

One of tilapia fish’s greatest nutritional benefits lies in its protein.  Since I used two fillets, it became quite the high protein seafood feast and without any of the added butter or fat served in restaurants.  Prepared correctly, seafood is a low calorie meal, but can sometimes gets dry (…hence the gobs of oil, cream, salt and/or butter used in restaurants).  Yet, it merely takes some quality seasoning and the right preparation method to keep the seafood tasting fantastic.  Think the three S’s:  Season, sear and steam to keep it moist and delicious.

Skinny Seafood Pasta and Vegetables Recipe:

• 2 Tilapia Filets
• 1 taplespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1 tablespoon dried Crushed Rosemary
• 1 tablespoon Oregano
• 1 minced Garlic clove
• Fresh Ground Pepper
• 2 ounces Whole Wheat Penne Pasta
• Vegetable Mix to Steam:  Fresh Broccoli florets, Frozen Crinkled Carrots. Fresh Cauliflower florets, Frozen petite Brussels Sprouts

Easy Three-Pan Directions:

• Toss vegetables into a large steamer pot and cook for 10 minutes.
• In a second small pot, boil water and cook penne pasta al dente for 8 minutes.
• Sprinkle herbs and pepper on filets.
• In a large skillet, heat olive oil to medium-high and cook fish until slightly brown underneath.  Flip and brown slightly.
• Add minced garlic.
• Reduce to medium heat.
• Use a spatula to move fish to one side of skillet.  Drain pasta and add to skillet.  Add vegetables.
• Move fish to top of mixture and cover tightly several minutes until done.
• Fish will be translucent and pasta will be slightly browned.

Serve and enjoy!

Nutritional Information:  570 calories. 14 grams fat.  51 grams protein.  41 grams carbs.  16 grams fiber.

As I love to say, you can’t get a huge plate of food THIS large in a restaurant for under 600 calories.  I loved the thick pasta with the garlicky fish and vegetables.

Kathy