Tilapia with Pineapple and Apple Salsa

This is a nutritious and flavorful meal featuring Tilapia fillets and a sweet, yet zesty pineapple-apple salsa, served together with fresh asparagus and long grain brown rice. I like this recipe because it tantalizes my taste buds and is a very healthy meal.

Ingredients:

• 8 Tilapia Fillets, thawed
• 1 1/2 cups crushed pineapple
• 1 medium apple, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup chopped red pepper
• 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
• 2 jalapeno peppers, chopped
• 1 medium mild pepper, chopped
• 1/2 (7 oz) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 2 Tbsp. cilantro, finely chopped
• 1 Tbsp. grated lemon peel
• 1 Tbsp. grated lime peel
• 1/8 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
• 1/2 tsp. black pepper
• 1/2 tsp. sea salt

Directions:

Combine all ingredients, except Tilapia, in a bowl and mix together.

Cover salsa with plastic wrap and let stand at room temperature for approximately 20 minutes to allow all flavors to mingle.

Place 2 cups of prepared salsa into the bottom of a baking dish and spread evenly.

Place tilapia fillets on top of the salsa bed. Cover the tilapia fillets with remaining salsa.

Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 - 20 minutes, or until tilapia flakes.

Yields 8 (4 oz.) servings.

Pictured with fresh, steamed asparagus, pineapple wedges and long-grain brown rice, which is also topped with the salsa,

Tilapia and Salsa nutritional information: 167 calories, 26.6 gr protein, 3.2 gr fat, 5.6 gr carbs, 390 gr sodium, 57 gr cholesterol

As pictured: 393 calories, 34 gr protein, 5.2 gr fat, 54.5 gr carbs, 400 gr sodium, 57 gr cholesterol

By Dawn from Painesville, OH