Life has caught up with us. I’ve fallen off several wagons – the dieting wagon, the workout wagon, the cooking at home wagon… This week, I was determined to get back on. I went to the gym yesterday and cooked a tasty fish sandwich that was pretty healthy, I think.

I used this recipe from The Neelys. I swapped out butter for olive oil, fresh dill for the dried kind I found on the spice rack, and panko bread crumbs for plain old 4C.

I bought a big bag of tilapia filets and used 6 of them (we always make enough for lunch the next day).

Preheat the oven at 400° F. The recipe calls for 450° F but since the fish were frozen, I didn’t want them to burn on the outside while remaining icy cold on the inside.

Remove all the wrappings from the fish! Your fingers will be a greasy, mustardy mess and the frozen wrapped fish will be impossible to unwrap.

Squirt some spicy brown mustard into a bowl and mix it with olive oil. I thought this would be too much, but it was just right. Next time, I’ll use a shallow dish instead of a bowl. The fish were still a bit frozen and inflexible so I had to scoop the mustard and oil mixture on it and then sprinkle bread crumbs on it. Very messy.

Cover fish with mustard and oil mixture, cover with bread crumbs, lay on cookie sheet. Repeat, repeat, repeat.

When you’re finished, pop your fish in the oven for 20-23 minutes. Because the fish is frozen, it will be moist but the breadcrumbs won’t be totally crispy. 

While your filets are baking and giving off a delicious aroma, make some tartar sauce.

Chop mild pepper rings and combine with mayonaise and a bit of mustard.

This was quite good. I recommend making a lot more than this – we used it all up on three sandwiches. Side note: Apologies for the subpar pictures. ST changed the light bulb in the living room and the bright light totally messes up my iPhone camera’s mojo.

Slice some bread for your sandwiches. I used wheat.

In no time at all, your fishies will be done and you can assemble your sandwich.

ST had two sandwiches, so that pretty much proves that these are yummy.

Sandwiches are the perfect lazy dinner. Sometimes, ST and I will simply buy cold cuts and call it a day.

Share your lazy dinner recipes!