New Recipe: Seared Tilapia w/ Pineapple Cucumber Relish

I realized today that I don't blog much, it just seems that "blog-worthy" posts need to be exciting and full of ooooh and aaaahhhs. Then again, anything- and I do mean anything- can be worthy of a facebook status. I decided to turn this around and blog all the meaningless happenings of our happily ever after. Because really, its the little moments not full of ooh and ahh that make our lives what they are.

Tonight I tried a new recipe for dinner. A little back story here: I've only made ONE dinner in our 5+ years of marraige that didn't turn out delicious. Through the magic of my cooking I've even been able to get my husband to eat fish and enjoy it. For this evenings meal I decided that Seared Tilapia with Pineapple Cucumber Relish sounded adventurous. I've been feeling bored with cooking and needed to branch out so the whole month is nothing by new recipes I'm trying. My poor husband, I've turned him into some kind of crazy guinea pig.


RECIPE:
1 cup(s) long-grain white rice
2 tablespoon(s) fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon(s) grated ginger
2 teaspoon(s) honey
2 tablespoon(s) (plus 1 tsp) olive oil
Kosher salt and pepper
2 scallions, thinly sliced
1 jalapeño pepper, (seeded, if desired), finely chopped
1/2 small pineapple, (about 1 lb), peeled, cored and cut into small pieces
1 small English cucumber, cut into small pieces
4 6- ounce(s) tilapia fillets

*Cook the rice according to package directions.
*Meanwhile, in a large bowl, whisk together the lime juice, ginger, honey, 2 Tbsp oil and ¼ tsp each salt and pepper. Toss with the scallions, jalapeño, pineapple and cucumber.
*Heat the remaining tsp oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Season the tilapia with ¼ tsp each salt and pepper and cook until golden brown and cooked through, 1 to 3 minutes per side. Serve the fish with the rice and relish.

The result? Vince said it was odd, like nothing he's ever had before. I agreed. It was good and we both ate it all but agreed it tasted like it needed something. Maybe a side of broccoli? Of course, I could live off fish and broccoli, but thats another story.
So theres my report for the day, a new strange dish. After dinner Vince wrote his birthday thankyous (I could write a book about my thoughts on the importance and lost art of thank you writing), we watched television, and now we're in the office as I type to you and Vince does taxes. Wow, I feel so...married. And did I really just become one of those housewives who blogs food? Ew.