Broccoli Soup and Mediterranean Fish Pockets

I had fun with tonight's dinner.  We had a starter course of broccoli and spinach soup.  Credits to my fearless leader Carla who gave me the recipe.  It's easy too!  Take a head of broccoli and boil it in water, blend, and top with goat cheese.  

Pre-immersion blender.  If you don't let the spinach hang out too long you get a nice bright green.

I tasted it after blending and decided that I could add lemon for a little brightness.  Before tasting it, I toyed with the idea of skipping the goat cheese but decided that adding it made it super decadent (and at 2 points per ounce, I figured it was a deal!)

Extremely flattering picture of me immersion blender-ing.  Credit to Ken Brevoort.

Tilapia or bust!

To me, the easiest way to prepare fish is to steam it in a foil packet with some veggies and olive oil.  Then it hit me (other people have already figured this out I'm sure, but I thought I was a genius!) when I realized that I could save on points if I didn't put oil in the packet.  Rather, I just let the fish hang out on a pile of lemon and veggies.  So the lemon would infuse throughout the entire thing, and let off juices to keep things nice and tender.

My bed of vegetables and lemon to insulate the fish from the baking sheet.  Also creates nice steam to keep the fish tender.

Broccoli and Spinach Soup

Ingredients:

1 head of broccoli - 0 points 

2 c spinach - 0 points

Enough water to cover the broccoli - 0 points

6 oz goat cheese - 6 points

Spritz of lemon - 0 points

6 points / 3 servings

2 points / serving

Directions: Put the broccoli in a pot so that it is crowded and pour enough water in to almost cover it.  Heat up water to a boil.  Add in 2 cups of spinach and let it hang out for a min.  Add salt to taste.  Bring in the immersion blender.  Add a spritz of lemon.  Serve with an ounce of goat cheese per serving.

Tips: I actually found an entire ounce of goat cheese to be overpowering, but my boyfriend thought 2 ounces in his soup was delicious.  So just be judicious with the amount you mix in.

Mediterranean Tilapia Fish Packet

Ingredients:

2 6 oz filets of tilapia = 6 points

8 olives cut up = 3 points

4 slices of lemon = 0 points

2 tsp capers = 0 points

2 tsp minced garlic = 0 points

Cut up veggies:

zucchini

tomatoes

Salt and pepper to taste

12 x 14 inches of foil (2 sheets)

9 points / 2 servings

5 points / serving

Directions: Place lemon slices on the foil and top with some heartier vegetables like zucchini.  Place fish on top with the delicate items.  In my case I placed garlic, olives, capers and tomatoes on top.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper.  Bring the ends of the foil together and crimp.  Crimp the other ends to make a rectangle.  Place on baking sheet and put in 400 degree oven for 35 min.

Tasty present of tilapia after being unwrapped