Recipe- Fish Tacos

Another recipe??? Two in a week, it's a record!

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

-Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Add juice, 1 tablespoon oil, and 1/4 teaspoon salt; toss well to combine.


-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?

Recipe- Thin Crust Pizza

I love food. I love eating out, junk food, making comfort food at home, you name it... This has always been where I struggle the most! I have gotten a LOT better in the past few years but it's still a challenge everyday, especially when there seems to be no time in the day to pick up real groceries and cook. So I am all about quick and easy recipes that don't require a ton of ingredients, and still are yummy but much healthier and better for you than eating out!

Yesterday I made semi- homemade thin crust pizzas!

Ingredients: (All the ingredients are too taste, I didn't measure anything out. Sorry!)

- whole wheat tortillas (medium size)
- tomato sauce of any kind (I used leftover spaghetti sauce we had in the fridge)
- shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- chopped red onions and green bell peppers
- cut up canadian bacon
- seasoning (dried basil, oregano, whatever you want)
- whatever other toppings/sauces/seasoning you want!

Directions:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees
- Bake tortillas for a couple minutes on each side until they're a little crispy
- Take out of the oven and cover with sauce, cheese, and whatever toppings you want! Then place back in the oven until the cheese is melted and the tortilla is as crispy as you would like.

This recipe is SO easy and surprisingly yummy! Try it for an easy, quick and FUN weekday meal. I was a little worried it wouldn't fill me up, but since I cut it up into four small slices and slowly ate it I felt pretty satisfied. I also had a side baby spinach and arugula salad with light balsamic and basil vinaigrette.

It smelled so good, Paisley wanted to get a bite herself! :)

What are your favorite pizza toppings? Do you like to make pizza at home or do you always order out?