Tilapia with Pineapple-Pepper Relish and Maryland Crabcake Stuffed Mushrooms

A few years ago, after I had my son, I started going to the gym hard body to lose those extra baby weight pounds. In my mission to lose, I started working with a trainer, Lenny, who tried his hardest to teach me that the journey really starts in the kitchen. So I ate better and found myself eating a lot of seafood… and naturally (b/c I’m such the extremist) I thought hmm maybe I can go even harder and just become a pescatarian! But fish everyday, I’m one of those people who has to have some kind of meat or fish on their plate, became so plain and mundane. And I soon quit that idea.

About two weeks ago I ran into Lenny at a restaurant bar, oopsy lol, and we spoke again about the weight loss journey because while I did lose my goal of ten pounds I stopped working out and now I am teetering back and forth over my comfortable weight line. I reminded him of how bored I got and he told me you have to be creative with your meals, and now I feel like I have him to blame (thank really) for some of these dishes. I am secretly so excited to get back into the kitchen because I get to combine two of my loves, food and sharing my recipes for life with people who are interested.

What’s better than spicy food with a sweet flavor to balance it out? I found this spicy tilapia recipe on http://www.cookinglight.com and added some of my own seasonings to it. My coworker gave me a delicious stuffed salmon recipe with maryland crabcake and stuffed clam, but since I had the tilapia I figured I’d stuff mushrooms with the crab and clam, and boy was it a great idea.

Add some pan seared asparagus and you have a nice healthy meal with a side of semi guilty pleasure. Enjoy!