Again, in the spirit of easy, quick, and healthy, I found this recipe on Cooking Light and it's made it into our weekly rotation. I love when you find a recipe to something that you love, so much so that when eat it out you actually PREFER your recipe instead- and that's how I feel about this recipe! I will post the original recipe, but then tell you how I have changed it or substituted items. :)
Fish Tacos with Cabbage Slaw
Ingredients
-4 cups very thinly presliced green cabbage (I buy pre-packaged and usually get the kind with carrots and radishes sliced up as well)
-1 cup chopped plum tomatoes (I've used all kinds of tomatos, and typically by Roma for this recipe)
-1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
-1/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (I have used dried and it works too)
-2 tablespoons fresh lime juice (I usually use the kind in the plastic squeeze container)
-5 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
-1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
-1 pound tilapia fillets (I have used lots of different kinds of fish for this, when we recently made it we used red snapper that David had actually caught on a recent fishing trip!)
-1 teaspoon chili powder
-8 (6-inch) corn tortillas (I use whole weat tortillas)
Directions
-Heat remaining 2 teaspoons oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle fish evenly with chili powder and remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt. Add fish to pan; cook 3 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork or until desired degree of doneness. Remove from heat, and cut fish into bite-sized pieces.
-Warm tortillas according to package directions (if desired). Spoon about 1/4 cup cabbage mixture down the center of each tortilla. Divide fish evenly among tortillas; fold in half. Serve tacos with remaining cabbage mixture.
Here is the nutritional information if anyone is interested in that!
Amount per serving
Calories: 305 Calories from fat: 29%
Fat: 9.8g
Saturated fat: 2g
Monounsaturated fat: 4.9g
Polyunsaturated fat: 1.2g
Protein: 26.5g
Carbohydrate: 30.1g
Fiber: 4.4g
Cholesterol: 75mg
Iron: 1.4mg
Sodium: 445mg
Calcium: 162mg
I love them, and they're super yummy! Plus I eat the leftovers the next day for lunch without the tortilla like a salad almost, and it's delicious. Yum!
So yesterday I went to Body Works plus Abs class with a friend at my gym. I cannot say enough how much I LOVE that class!!! It's such a great way to get in strength training and do exercises I might not think to do on my own. Plus according to the LA Fitness website, it can burn up to 450 calories- yeah! If you are the member of a gym and they have this or a similiar class, I highly recommend it. You will probably leave looking like this though.
I came home and was too lazy to do any serious cooking (as usual) so I decided to have at-home pizza AGAIN. This time though I used english muffins instead of a tortilla, and I used a 4 cheese mexican blend cheese as I was out of mozzarella. It was still yummy!
Today will probably be more of a rest day- maybe take the furbabies for a walk and do my IT Band exercises! Hope you are all having a great day!
Have you ever gone to a Body Works class or something like it? Did you enjoy it?
