Hot Mama Tilapia with Avocado Sauce and Cauliflower Mash

I have no pictures of this because frankly it never crossed my mind until right now and I was home alone i.e. Jimmy was gone and cooking while watching a toddler is hard enough without having to try and take pictures of the food. :)

The recipe is from The City Sisters and this is their photo...

(Mine wouldn't have been as pretty so it all worked out)

Let me just say that I made this for the first time last night and it was super easy! I love easy. It was probably one of the best things I have ever made. Definitely a keeper and very very healthy!!

Hot Mama Tilapia:
4 Tilapia filet's
1 tbs. olive oil
2 Jalapenos
1 tsp Cumin
1 Lime
1/2 Red onion
1 tsp Garlic
1 tsp Black Pepper

Avocado Sauce:
1 ripe Avocado
1 tsp crushed garlic
1 TBS diced red onion
Veggie broth

Cauliflower Mashers:
1 head of white Cauliflower
sea salt to taste
black pepper to taste
1 tsp crushed garlic
1/2 jalapeno de-seeded

Hot Mama Tilapia:
Pat each Tilapia fillet with a paper towel to make sure the fish is as dry as possible. Dice up the jalapeno and onion and set aside. Heat the olive oil in a large pan. When the oil is hot add the garlic, red onion, and jalapenos. Cook for about 1 minute just enough to really let the garlic open up but not burn. Add in the Tilapia and spritz each fillet with the limes juice. Dust each fillet with the cumin, pepper and garlic. Flip the tilapia over and spritz with the lime and dust with more of the spices. It is ok if the red onion mixture is in the way of the fish touching the pan this will actually help with the flavor of the fish. Cook the fish all the way through and plate. This should only take about 5-8 minutes. Sprinkle each fillet with the left over ingredients in the pan.

Avocado Sauce:
In a small food processor puree the ripe avocado, garlic, onion, and about 1 tbls of veggie broth until creamy. Add more veggie broth as needed to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over plated tilapia.

Cauliflower Mashers:
Boil enough water to submerge cauliflower in a large pot. Cut off stems of cauliflower and discard. Add the tops of the cauliflower to the boiling water and cook until the cauliflower is soft. (You want to be able to stab the cauliflower with a fork easily) Don't over cook or it will just disintegrate. Pat dry the cauliflower and place it in a large food processor. Add all the additional ingredients and puree until you reach a similar consistency to mashed potatoes. This is normally when I would tell you to add Asiago cheese but I will have skinny knees so I'm not going to. If you have skinny knees then I suggest adding about 1 cup of Asaigo cheese and mixing it all together.

Marci's Notes:

1. I did not rewrite the recipe, I left it in her words because it was so easy to follow.

2. If you are making this for two, half the avocado sauce. I did not and I have a lot left and I am not sure if it will keep... I will find out tonight!

3. Make this! You will love it! If cauliflower mash sounds awful or weird or awfully weird put your big kid pants on and get over it. Try something new. I was pleasantly suprised and Mac loved them too!