Don't bother cooking tilapia, too many bones, not enough meat

[carol]

We happened to catch a Bobby Flay grilling show on the Food Network where he made tilapia fillets with a garlic/butter/lemon/ginger sauce. It looked good, and when we spotted whole tilapia at Mega for only around $2.50 US a kilo, $1.20 or so a pound, we bought two small ones.

What a waste of cooking time and sauce ingredients. There was so little meat on the plentiful bones that we could barely find it. And I overcooked the green beans, and we'd used up all salad makings last night.

We headed to Vivoli Cafe near us for big salads to make us feel that we'd had a meal. That saved the day.

If we ever see tilapia fillets in town, from big enough fish to make it possible to get decent fillets, we'll try again.

Anyone got a good recipe for tilapia and know where there might be boneless fillets?

Carol Schmidt