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I would like to share some recipes with mothers (or fathers, I want to give a shout out to fathers who are holding it down in the kitchen too) of meals to cook for their family. So tonight I made the kids favorite recipe for tilapia.

Parmesan Breaded Tilapia

6 tilapia filets
3/4 cup of Italian-style bread crumbs
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
1/4 cup melted butter
2 eggs
1 Tbsp. water
1/4 tsp. paprika
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper


Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a bowl or shallow dish, beat together the eggs and water. In a separate bowl mix together bread crumbs, parmesan cheese, paprika, cayenne pepper and melted butter. Rinse and dry tilapia. Dip filets one by one into egg mixture and then coat both sides with bread crumb mixture and place into a slightly greased pan. I use an 11"x13". Bake for about 12-15 minutes until fish flakes easily. Turn on broiler briefly until breading is crunchy and crispy on top.

I serve this with those restaurant style garlic biscuits. Here's the recipe:

Restaurant Style Garlic Biscuits

2 cups of baking mix
2/3 cup of milk
1/2 shredded sharp cheddar cheese
1/4 cup of melted butter
3/4 tsp. garlic powder (not salt)
1/2 tsp. dried parsley

Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix baking mix, cheese and milk with wooden spoon until soft dough forms. Drop by spoonfulls onto very lightly greased baking sheet (or ungreased if it's non-stick). They should be kind of mounded on their and about 2 inches in size. Bake for about 8-10 minutes. Mix melted butter and garlic salt together until mostly dissolved. Stir in parsley. Brush butter mixture over the biscuits when they're out of the oven.

For the veggie I serve green beans. I just use the frozen bagged ones. I pour them in a glass bowl, add a little water, a couple of pats of butter and seasonings. Usually salt, pepper, garlic powder and cayenne pepper.

The family devours this meal and the best thing about it is, you can tweak it to your liking.