The hubs, the littles, and I went to visit Willing Cook and Mr. Willing Cook and their kiddos one afternoon a few weeks ago and they invited us to stay for dinner (oh, how I love impromptu dinners with friends and family). And, of course, we had a pow-wow about what to have for dinner. Anymore, I'm not ravenous at dinner time because I eat all day. So, I said, "salmon is fine, you guys can eat it and I'll have sweet potato chips, hummus, and cheese. No big deal." And then, my sister-in-law (still appalled) asked how I could be married to such an avid fisherman and only like my fish square or in sticks. I didn't really have an answer.
An hour passes.
The fish arrives with Mr. Willing Cook, is baked, removed from the oven and I give it the stare down. It was shaped like a fish (gross, btw), but it had a lot of seasonings that may cause me to float into food-abyss and forget that I'm eating something that looks like it did when it was alive (I have problems. I know).
Okay. I'll have some, just one bite though. Chew. Think. Chew. Think. Ok, let's have some more.
Seriously, you guys, Willing Cook turned me on the whole fish-deal. I really only cared for white fish (breaded) and shrimp, before. I can take scallops, but honestly, a good old-fashioned McFish would be my fish-of-choice. Until now. The hubs and I totally called them for the recipe the following week.
I was going to give you the super awesome fish recipe for non-fish-eaters on Tuesday, but Willing Cook
I started with ideas from The Gracious Pantry's fish taco recipe, but did some of my own stuff. Taco filling: shrimp (sauteed with garlic, cumin and chili powder); carrots (those were weird to me); cucumber; and topped with the yogurt sauce. Taco shell: whole grain Ortega brand (really good!).
Here's my commentary: I didn't care for the yogurt sauce. I would have rather saved some calories and a cup of yogurt to use hot sauce instead. The shrimp tasted AWESOME, but the veggies were unseasoned and the sauce (to me) just didn't have the kick I needed to make these five-star. So, hot sauce would definitely benefit these tacos. Otherwise, I'd definitely make them again. They were husband approved, but the kid approval rating was somewhat low, 1/3 kids A-Okayed this one. As a disclaimer, though, our kids aren't really champion taco eaters just yet. We'll get them there.
I laughed my way through this post! Nice play-by-play.
ReplyDeleteThe tacos look yummy! Sorry they didn't turn out quite right. But, guess what? I have a recipe for you. Try this guac dip. I promise you will love it! http://willingcook.com/spotlight-recipe-taco-chicken-guac-dip-our-allergy-meal-plan/
Oops, I forgot about your aversion to avocado. Try this recipe instead for clean ranch dressing instead.
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YOu should go look at the pioneer woman's blog. She just posted about a thai chicken wrap thingy she made, that part doesn't look too healthy but the dipping sauce looks like it has some kick and might help this recipe. :-)-Gill
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