Yummy Fish Tacos

This weeks Taco Tuesday was on the healthier side with fish tacos served.  I used Alaskan Cod for the fish cooking it with butter, ( I used "I Can't Believe it's not Butter Light- this is actually the only butter I ever use) fresh lime juice, lime zest, fresh garlic, pepper, and a dash of salt.

The tacos alco consisted of corn tortillas, green cabbage, cilantro, corn, and cheddar cheese

I also made a special sauce to go with our fish tacos with included light sour cream, lime zest, lime juice, and hot sauce ( I used Tapatio) It was amazing!

All put together....

Some Thanksgiving highlights.....

For Thanksgiving my husband and I went to Sonoma to visit his parents.  I cooked the appetizers: Pumpkin Spice Dip and a baked Spinach Artichoke Dip.

The pumpkin spice dip was made with Cool Whip, Greek Yogurt, Pumpkin Puree, Pumpkin Pie Spice, Cinnamon, Vanilla Extract and Nutmeg.  I served it with sliced apples and figs.

The spinach artichoke dip was made with light sour scream, reduced fat cream cheese, reduced fat mozzarella, fresh spinach, artichoke hearts, fresh garlic, parmesan cheese, lemon zest, nutmeg, pepper, and a dash of salt.

It was such a hit, that I didn't even get a chance to snap a picture of the final product before everyone dug in!

I also made Green Bean Casserole, and Cranberry Pear Sauce for dinner.

This dish is VERY simple, but amazingly good.  Just follow the directions on the French's Fried onion container!

Unfortunately I did not get a picture of the cranberry pear sauce but it was made with fresh cranberries, fresh pears, sugar, and water.  This was a big hit, everyone wanted seconds and thirds!

I loved visiting in Sonoma, it is definitly a different expereince from Southern California.  While we were there we did some wine tasting, and drove around absorbing in the scenery.  The colors of the changing leaves are absolutely amazing.  This was a fun adventure!

*Recipes for the Pumpkin Spice Dip and Cranberry Pear Sauce are from http://www.skinnytaste.com/



Thanks-Tini

In watching an old episode of "How I Met Your Mother" we came across an interesting martini for Thanksgiving.  They called it the "Thanks-tini." 

Ingrediants:

Potato Vodka, Cranberry Juice, and a Bouillon Cube

Thanksgiving dinner in a glass!

For the garnish we used a sweet potato to represent the yams in this Thanksgiving dinner!

Honestly, it tasted just like a vodka cranberry as the bouillon cube did not dissolve.  You can only taste it in the last sip, and even then it just tastes salty.



Saturday's breakfast consisted of a cranberry scone and an Egg Nog latte

Mini Thanksgiving

The other night I made a "Mini-Thanksgiving" dinner, using everyone's favorite dishes, and making them in less traditional ways.  The end result was all the yummyness of Thanksgiving dinner, without all the hours of cooking!

First Dish: Cranberry Pineapple Sauce

The first step was to chop up the cranberries and pineapple in a food processor.

Then I heated the pineapple juice and sugar to a boil, and then added the chopped up cranberries for ten minutes on medium heat, followed by the chopped up pineapple for 1 minute.  then I put it in the fridge to cool.

Second Dish: Rosemary Biscuits

I mixed 2 cups of Heart Smart Bisquick, parmesan cheese,a clove of garlic, and water.  Meanwhile I sauteed another clove of garlic and rosemary.  I spooned out the mix onto my baking sheet, and cooked them for ten minutes.

After the ten minutes were up I spooned the rosemary mixture and melted butter over each biscuit and cooked for an additional 5 minutes.

Added Rosemary Mix

Final Product right out of the oven

Third Dish: Corn Bread Stuffing Breaded Turkey

I initially wanted to use turkey cutlets for this dish, but could not find any at the store.  Instead I found strips of turkey breast meat.  This made the preparation a bit more difficult, but the end result was still delicious.

First I crushed up the corn bread stuffing, and then coated the turkey meat withthe stuffing.  I then fried the turkey on the stove with olive oil.

Fourth Dish: My famous brusselsprouts!

Unfortunately I forgot to take a picture of these, please see "healthy meets fall" for recipe.

Other Fall inspired meals from the week:

Autumn themed pasta!

Pumpkin spice scones paired with a pumpkin spice latte!

*Recipes for the cranberry pineapple sauce and rosemary biscuits came from http://www.skinnytaste.com/