a99kitten's Musings

I want to share this recipe because it was YUMMY! I have liked all of the recipes I have tried from the Hungry Girl cookbooks or the emails I get from her. Yummy, generally pretty darn easy plus healthier than most yummy recipes :)

TACOS:
2 tbsp. lime juice
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp chili powder
1/8 tsp salt
Two 4-oz raw tilapia fillets (or other flaky white fish)
4 6-inch corn tortillas
1 cup shredded lettuce
1/4 cup chopped tomato

Now, I doubled the fish (4 fillets) and doubled the spices and tripled the lime juice. With this you can get more tacos and if you are feeding a boy in the house, you need more. We used 6 tortillas.

For Avocado Cream:Directions:
Combine lime juice and spices for the tacos in a large bowl, and mix well. Add fillets and evenly cover both sides with seasoned lime juice. Cover and let marinate in the fridge (I let marinate for a couple hours but Hungry Girl says 5 minutes is ok.)

Meanwhile, combine all ingredients for avocado cream in a small bowl and mix well. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Spray a grill or grill pan with non-stick spray and bring to medium heat. Grill fish for 5 minutes and then very carefully (can break apart as fragile) flip. Grill for 3 more minutes, or until cooked through. Break the fish apart in to small pieces.

Meanwhile, heat tortillas on a grill pan or comal until warm/lightly browned. I can fit 2 small corn tortillas on the pan so it takes a few minutes to do them all. Keep them warm, under a heating lamp or in a tortilla holder.

Then spread the avocado cream on the tortillas and fill with fish, lettuce and tomatoes. I also sliced up some limes as garnish/to squeeze on tacos.

This was an easy, fast and delicious meal. Especially for a nice, warm summer (ok, technically fall but whatever) dinner.

I do not take any credit for this recipe other than printing it off and then elaborating on the spices and avocado cream. I love fish tacos!! Since I’ve lived in Florida and California since I was 12 years old, I have been eating seafood tacos forever (fish, shrimp and even lobster.) I learned that some East Coasters and Mid-Westerns (and a lot of foreigners) had never even heard of fish tacos – WHAT?!?! You need to try them! So I hope you try this recipe and like it! :)

Also, I think the avocado cream recipe should be used for chips and dips purposes – very yummy!

I recently started following @hungrygirl on twitter. Which then led me to sign up for daily emails. She sends really good recipes and information in her emails. The one that caught my eye…the one that got me to sign up for her emails was the Fettuccine Alfredo with 80(ish) calories and 9g of carbs – WHAT?!?!?

I love pasta. When I say I love pasta, I mean I LOVE PASTA. I would live on carbs solely if it didn’t mean I went up 2 sizes.  I want to visit Italy so badly but I know that, while I will go see all there is to see there, I will want to EAT!

Hungry Girl’s recipe uses tofu noodles. I am normally not a big fan of tofu…like..AT ALL…but I figured I should give the tofu noodles a chance.  It’s a super easy recipe that takes like 5 minutes of prep/”cooking”.  You can find the recipe here: http://www.hungry-girl.com/week/weeklydetails.php?isid=468

The only challenge might in finding the tofu noodles. I found them at the Piazza’s grocery store by my office (score!) The website offers shipping as well: http://www.house-foods.com/Tofu/tofu_shirataki.aspx

I got home from work tonight and was starving! But I was also exhausted so didn’t want to spend any time cooking. So this recipe was perfect!! It took 5 minutes. And the only “cooking” involved was the microwave.

I have to admit, I was very skeptical on taste as I read the recipe and made it.  But I was willing to try since, if I could find any form of low-carb pasta that tasted good, I would be elated.

This pasta was delicious!!! No kidding! Now, the recipe calls for 1/2 of a Laughing Cow wedge of cheese but I used a whole one. But besides that, I followed the recipe and it turned out great! The calories following the recipe is 80, fat 3g and carbs 9g.  Now I altered this slightly with the whole wedge but don’t believe it to be by that much.  So this is a GREAT healthy and quick lunch or dinner option!!

I am now sold on this tofu noodles option! I need to go buy more :) Now…not to say I am so full that I couldn’t eat more food but I feel more full than if I had eaten a Lean Cuisine or some other diet dinner thingie.  And WAY less sodium, calories and chemicals.

So if you are looking for a low-carb option for pasta, check these tofu noodles out.  And if you want a low fat or low-cal recipe for yummy pasta, check out hungry girl (she also has several books/cookbooks that I now want to check out!) http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=hungry+girl&x=0&y=0

I should have taken pictures but was too starving…next time as there WILL be a next time. Like…this weekend!! And I can’t wait to try another of Hungry Girl’s recipes! :)

Update this morning: I just ordered the 2 Hungry Girl cookbooks from Amazon. Definitely willing to give more of her recipes a try :)