What better springtime recipe than some fresh tasting fish and seafood like my Tilapia Shrimp Scampi? This recipe evolved from the fact that I wanted to make shrimp scampi, but didn’t have enough shrimp left to make a whole meal for 4 people. So I incorporated a few pieces of tilapia I also had on hand and voila!

This has actually become one of the most popular pages found on my main Thrown-Together-Meals.com website from search engine traffic. Seems quite a few people are actually searching for tilapia shrimp scampi! Who knew?

The recipe has traditional flavors of scampi, including lemon juice, wine, butter and garlic.  I have usually served it with steamed white or brown  rice and a steamed broccoli and zucchini mixture. But it’d also be good with angel hair pasta and asparagus, if you want it to be more spring-y.

To get this Tilapia Shrimp Scampi recipe, just click the link. You can also find other fish and seafood recipes on the main site… or share your own recipe there. Or… if you know of a great fish/seafood cookbook, tell me about it here.

I hope you enjoy this! … And feel free to “hop” on over to Recipe Lion to see other contributions to their March Spring Blog Hop, won’t you:

When I went to London to visit my daughter who was studying abroad a few years ago, she took me to a London pub the first night to try out quintessential pub food. I decided to try Bangers and Mash, as it sounded interesting. I thoroughly enjoyed the mixture of onions, sausage, mashed potatoes and gravy.

Several years later, I discovered a similar Americanized version in a Rachael Ray cookbook. Being one of her 30-minute meals, it’s fast and easy to make, using easily found ingredients. My recipe is strongly inspired by hers, but I go it one better and make my mashed potatoes from instant potato flakes. I like them just as well, and they’re definitely faster.

If you want to make the recipe even more British-traditional, add in some peas to your sausage, onion and gravy mixture. That way, you get in your green vegetables too!

You’ll find my Bangers and Mash recipe here, on my main Thrown-Together-Meals.com website. If you love sausage as much as I do, then take a look too at my easy sausage recipes… or feel free to share one of your own favorite recipes here.

For stick-to-the-ribs heartiness, you just can’t beat Bangers and Mash! Enjoy…

Another recipe I grew up on… and that I always loved… was my mom’s Swedish meatballs. If you like meatballs and brown gravy, you’ll like this one!

It actually doesn’t take all that long to make your own meatballs from scratch, but if you’re really in a hurry… as I was the night I invented this recipe… you can use frozen meatballs. They come in both a beef and a turkey variety in many stores, and they can save a lot of time. Personally, I don’t think they have as nice a texture as the homemade version, but you can’t beat the convenience.

I use something called “Wondra” flour to make all my gravies and sauces, because it makes lumps a thing of the past. It’s a superfine sifted flour that comes in a shaker can. It doesn’t cost a whole lot and it really works great.

I served this recipe with rice, but it’d be just as good with mashed potatoes or even egg noodles.

To get this recipe, click on this Swedish meatballs recipe link. And then, please feel free to leave your rating and comments, either on that page or here on the blog. I’d love to know what others think!

You can also find the following on my main Thrown-Together-Meals.com website:

• More easy ground beef recipes
• Cookbook reviews
• Gift guide for cooks

Have fun exploring!