How This Started and My Hope For This Experiment

My Husband and I are both big fans of Jamie Oliver. For Christmas I bought him Jamie's cookbook "Jamie's 30 Minute Meals: A Revolutionary Approach to Cooking Good Food Fast". As I read the preface of his cookbook I was inspired by his ideas. He felt that he was spending too much time cooking during the busy week and doing too much clean up. So he decided that for the week night meals there needed to be something quick and still healthy and yummy. He and his team did a lot of work and made the "30 Minute Meals". He has explicit directions for step by step getting the meal done in 30 min. He tells you what to do first, second, and third so that you have all dishes going at the same time, instead of making it dish by dish. Since we aren't doing once a month cooking right now I was captured by this idea and dying to start trying. I have been spending way too much time in the kitchen during the week and can't wait to be able to prepare good meals fast. My husband was all for it since he loves to eat great food and has a very particular palette. He will be making some of the meals on weekends when he isn't working because, this is after all, his cookbook :)

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Fish Tacos

These fish tacos are one of our default meals. They are fast, comforting and full of fresh ingredients. And they taste AMAZING!! Plus you can throw whatever is in fridge on top :) 
Usually we do tomatoes, onions, cilantro, fish, cabbage, fresh lemon, tamarillos, cheese and either tartare sauce or sour cream and/or guacamole. Sometimes I grate carrots on top or capsicum/bell peppers. You can also grate a little beetroot over the top for some yummy and really healthy crunch. The problem with beetroot is that the dark red color of the beets stain :(
This time we ate them on flour tortillas (because that is really the only thing you can find here), but sometimes we make our own corn tortillas which are really yummy!
The next post will have our shrimp version of these tacos.  I usually keep some frozen fish on hand for these so that they are something I can make when I don't have the ingredients for anything else or when I need to use up some leftover fresh ingredients getting a little ripe in the fridge.
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5 comments:

  1. Helen SycamoreAugust 30, 2011 at 7:02 PM

    Mmmmm!!!! I LOVE your fish tacos!!!

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  2. AshleyAugust 30, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    Glad you love them Helen. Have you tried them at home yet??

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 4, 2012 at 4:30 AM

    I'm going to try these tonight - sound yummy and love Jamie Oliver so they got to be good! Jennifer, Kinsale, Co Cork.

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  4. AshleyJanuary 4, 2012 at 2:07 PM

    Jennifer,
    We love Jamie Oliver too, but I guess I should specify that these a one of my own creations on the blog and not a recipe I got from Jamie. I do LOVE his homemade tartare sauce though and I make it to put on top when I have the time. It is so much better than store bought. I hope you like the fish tacos! If you like these you should try the shrimp/prawn version as well.

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  5. AshleyJanuary 4, 2012 at 2:09 PM

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