Ok, maybe lazy isn't the most accurate word....it sure isn't the most flattering! So instead, let's go with busy. I am a busy cook. I like to eat. I love food. I even like to cook. But I also have a job that keeps me really busy, so don't have a ton of time to spend preparing meals. But I also don't like eating a lot of packaged or pre-prepared foods, because they are just so bad for you.

I don't have little kids to try to feed, but I do have an 18 year old nephew living with me. So the trick is to try to balance meals for me and for him. On my side, you've got an adult female who is trying to eat in a healthy way and lose weight. On Josh's side, you've got an 6', athletic teenage boy who could happily eat 4,000 calories a day and stay slim and athletic. Sometimes, he makes me crazy! And let me add that I love to try new things and be adventurous in my cooking, and Josh would be happy always eating the same 5-6 meals, every 5-6 days. So the happy medium is that I cook healthy meals, making them in ways that make Josh's teenage boy appetite happy, provide lots of veggies, and always have a batch of cookies in the cookie jar.

So anyway, to wrap this up. I know I have a lot of friends who find themselves to be in the same meal preparation situation as me. I've found and collected some really great, simple recipe's. And, since I like to play with things when I'm cooking, I've created some dishes of my own that are pretty darn tasty! Soooo....I figured I'd start a blog to share those recipe's with my friends. I'll only post recipe's that I've made and have passed approval from my family. If they're my own creation, I'll claim credit. If I lifted it from somewhere, I'll give credit to the culinary genius I stole from!

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Fish Tacos

I love, love, love fish tacos!!  Oddly enough, I made them for the first time ever a couple of weeks ago.  I researched a TON of recipes prior to deciding to make them, and finally decided to combine the parts I liked from several of them and kinda do my own thing!  And I gotta say,  I loved them.  I still have a bunch of tuna in the freezer, so I'll be making these again soon! 


1 lb fish (I used tuna because I have a bunch of flash frozen tuna in the freezer.  Most recipes I found called for mahi mahi or halibut)
1/2 cup flour
1 t. cayenne pepper
4 Roma tomatoes
1 small red onion
1 package salsa seasoning

shredded cheese
shredded cabbage or lettuce

tortillas (I always buy the raw tortilla shells and cook them myself by throwing them on the griddle until both sides are browned and puff up)

Cream Sauce
1/3 c. mayonaise
2/3 c sour cream
1 t grated lime zest
2 T fresh squeezed lime juice
salt and pepper

Dice the tomatoes and onion to the size of your preference.  Combine with the package of salsa seasoning(or, if you are way more talented than I am, make up salsa from scratch) Let the salsa sit for at least a half hour, as it gets better the longer it sits. 

Cut the fish into bite sized pieces.  Combine the flour and the pepper in a bowl and dredge the fish through the flour.  Heat about 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet(or in my case, I used my wok).  Once it is hot, slide the fish into it and let it cook.  While the fish is cooking, put together the cream sauce by whisking together the mayonaise, sour cream, lime zest, and lime juice.  Add salt and pepper to taste. 

Once the fish is cooked, assemble your taco and enjoy!  I always spread a bit of the cream sauce on the tortilla, then the fish, then salsa, shredded lettuce, a little more cream sauce, then shredded cheese.  So yummy!







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