For a while now the boyfriend and I have been quite bored with our day to day ideas about food. Especially when it is only me planning, shopping, and making our dinners, I tend to go for the well-known and well-liked. But it has gotten super boring in the past month or so.
About a month ago I realized that we never have Mediterranean food. Never. Don't know why. Well I know why. It tends to rely on a lot of sauces to further the taste, which makes things more time consuming to make.
But I broke down. Yesterday, while looking for a seafood recipe, I came across a recipe for panko breaded tilapia with tzatziki. Perfect! It included fennel which I know the boyfriend doesn't like so I substituted in the more usual cucumber.
Well? The tzatziki was good. Better than the last time I made it. You definitely have to use Greek yogurt. So much better. The roasted vegetables served with a complicated vinegrette were amazing! But the vinegrette was so complicated I don't know when I'll make it again. There was a lot of soaking and steeping; too much for every day. All of it was served with couscous; the boyfriend loves couscous.
The fish? With all the complicated breading and frying, it was disappointingly bland. Tilapia doesn't have a strong enough flavor to stand up to the rest of the dish. If served with fennel, as the original recipe states, maybe it would perk up, but served with tarragon (a suggested replacement) it was too weak. Also I have now learned that I don't have enough counter space to make dishes that are so complicated. Panko breadcrumbs were falling all over my clean kitchen floor.
Maybe I'll make it next time with a thin cut pork chop. Lightly breaded with a dusting of flour, then fried. Much easier, heartier, and more robust.
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