Salmon, Tilapia, and other fish

UsedToBeHusky

How old are your kids? I have two under 5 and it can be a challenge. A lot of times what I will do is to make grilled salmon for the adults, put a little of that on their plate, but also still put a fish stick or two on there as well (I throw those on the grill too!). I would love if they would eat just the grilled fish, but I think that is a lot to expect of small children. I try to get them to taste it and figure as they get older I will give them more of the grown up fish and less of the fish sticks.

With that said, there are some recipes that I've made that everyone likes.

Our grocery store sells a tortilla chip crusted tilapia that we pan sear in olive oil. Kids usually eat this. I've made the panko crusted tilapia and that has gone over pretty well.

Someone else mentioned the fish in parchment paper. That is a great way to let kids get involved in making the meal the way they want, everyone can assemble their own packets and have their own individual meal Here is a link from a website that has a lot of kid friendly recipes, she is a big proponent of one meal for the whole family.

http://weelicious.com/2008/10/20/fish-in-parchment-paper/

My kids are 10 & 14. The 10-yo recently decided that she likes fish so she is not the challenge. The picky teenager is my problem. I know everyone will just say let her make her own food, but she actually agreed to try fish again if I try some new recipes so that was the point to the post.

A lot of these ideas are really great!

I've made salmon patties before... both kids loved those. The thought of fish tacos has never appealed to me, but it may be time to give it a chance. The stew sounded delicious. There were several other ideas that sounded great, and I actually came up with a few of my own in this thread.

Thanks everyone for your help!

beaches61

Another way to serve baked white fish like tilapia

place some tin foil on a baking sheet and spray it liberally with Pam or other cooking spray

brush the fish on both sides with a little olive oil (you can also use butter if you prefer)

mix up some bread crumbs and some grated parmesan cheese - you can use Ritz crackers instead of bread crumbs if you want it to be richer

Roll the fish in the mix of Parmesan cheese and bread crumbs or cracker crumbs -- you can add seasonings to this mix if desired.

Bake 10-12 minutes at 350-400 until done.

It doesn't taste like baked fish -- both my kids love this.

LFDBabs

bumping due to some awesome ideas!