tilapia recipes can be challenging to find in the average cookery book but there are lots of great ideas on the internet and even better, many of them can be sourced for free.

Why tilapia? – many people are not so familiar with this fish or how to cook it but it is the eighth highest selling fish in the United States according to the American Tilapia Association which has some great recipe ideas to suit even the fussiest tiplapia-arian. see the link here http://ag.arizona.edu/azaqua/ata.html.

I have never enjoyed an oily, smelly fish that is supposed to contain all those omega 3 oils that are good for your heart but hey I can use canola oil which contains small amounts of omega 3s in cooking or olive oil (the Mediterranean diet is 1^st place tie with Japan as the gold standard for healthy eating and longevity in the world) . So if you’re like me and you don’t enjoy a swordfish steak however “in” it might be tilapia is the fish for you and me! And anyway tilapia contains omega 3 fats just as all fish does it just doesn’t contain quite so much. Call it the low fat fish. Before you deep fry it in healthy oil that is..

It has a wonderfully mild flavor so lends itself to every imaginable style from the delicate and simple to the highly spiced. One of the reasons for this is its low odor and it is also low in fat even for a fish. Take a look at this nutritional content – can’t get much lower than this! See link below

http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-C00001-01c22P5.html

Good places to go for free tilapia recipes – inspiration for dinner – see below

http://bbq.about.com/cs/fish/a/aa090703a.htm .. these great recipes and ideas is written by BBQ wiz Derrick Riches . He has some good background information as well.

If you are interested in general recipes then please go to this Ebook library link

http://jjhfal.vjjepub.hop.clickbank.net/

So have a look at all the free tilapia recipes available online you’ll be amazed how many there are and the links included will be a good starting point for dinner your family will thank me for it (I hope..)

tilapia recipes :: where to find them

tilapia recipes - I'm am always on the lookout for them. Especially if they're free! I love the flavor of tilapia , I think one of the reasons is that as a fish it is quite mild tasting so it doesn’t dominate the flavor of the other ingredients so plenty of room for experimentation. It doesn’t have a strong odor either.

The great news is that because of its mild flavor and excellent cooking quality there are heaps of free recipe ideas on the internet covering many different cooking styles and cuisines. This can be really helpful when you’re scratching your head for inspiration with a pound of tilapia on the chopping board in front of you..

One of the sites I like to go for free tilapia recipes and ideas is the American Tilapia Association official website at http://ag.arizona.edu/azaqua/ata.html . The site offers free recipes covering a broad range of styles including Texas, Calypso, Brazilian and Asian dishes. While your dish is cooking take the time read some of other information – you could get lost in this site- it has things like nutritional content and also information about farming and care which I liked. For example I didn’t realize that it originates from Africa and is an introduced fish. That if the skin is pink the cooked flesh can be pink otherwise the flesh is usually white.

I noticed another really big market for Tilapia seems to be for USA- Asian restaurants. There was quite an interesting article printed in the Journal & Courier (Lafayette) newspaper published 08-18-07 where an entrepreneur from Tippecanoe County has started a fish farm to raise tilapia for the large Asian market across Indianapolis, Chicago and Champaign, Ill. Like he’s talking 300,000 pounds a year. That’s a lot of fish to cook!

The blog forums are good sources too. I also like browsing the ebooks libraries that are available for general recipes – I like this one which I joined recently. I have included the link below, I'd be interested to know what you think

Click Here!

Anyway why not do something different for dinner? Have a look at the tilapia recipes on the Tilapia Association site if you want somewhere to start and perhaps try a new gourmet dish with that pound of fish!