Tilapia with white wine, lemon, butter and capers

We were planning on trying our hand at homemade pizzas for the first time for dinner tonight.  We are the proud owners of a couple of pizza stones that have been sitting in the pantry for a long time and that need to be put to use.  Aaron, with all of the best intentions in the world, went to the store and bought everything that one would need to make a pizza, with the exception of the yeast. We're going to make pizza tomorrow night instead.

I did a quick search of the fridge and freezer and found some frozen tilapia, lemon, capers, butter, and white wine. Voila! I did not use a recipe on this because it is very easy to throw together. Plus, these are some of my favorite staple ingredients that I combine often.  I will give you approximate measurements and a description of how I prepared the meal. Because I was not planning on cooking this meal tonight, I did not really feel like coming up with a complicated side.  I used microwaveable instant brown rice.  The dish is relatively healthy depending on how much butter and cream you add to the sauce.  You can increase the amount of white wine or stock and decrease the amount of butter and skip the cream for a healthier option.

If I would have planned this dish out before hand, I probably would have prepared some baked zucchini with Parmesan or grilled asparagus.

3 tilapia fillets (thawed, obviously fresh is better)
the juice of 1 lemon
approx 1/2 cup white wine (you can substitute chicken stock if you don't have white wine)
a few tablespoons of butter
a splash of cream
a tablespoon of capers
salt and pepper
4 - 5 cloves of garlic minced
olive oil


Salt and pepper your tilapia fillets. Add olive oil to a pan over med heat  and then add the tilapia fillets.  Cook for approximately 3 minutes on each side or until the fish is flaky. Remove the fish from the pan and set aside.  Add the minced garlic to the pan along with the butter.  Allow the butter to melt and the garlic to cook for a couple of minutes.  Add the lemon juice and white wine and bring to a boil for a  minute or so, add the remaining ingredients and cook for a couple of minutes. Plate the tilapia and serve the sauce over the top. You can serve this with veggies, rice, orzo, pasta or polenta.