Father's Day Dinner

When I looked up the fish that I had to avoid I got these fish: Bass, Cod and Flounder. Great, I'm pretty sure I've never eaten any of those types of fish before in my life. No problem to avoid them. My fish of choice is Tilapia and Salmon.

For Father's Day Eric requested Fish Tacos. No problem! I had actually recently found an amazing recipe for Fish Tacos in the cook book The Earth Bound Cook that my friend is lending me. What a great day to try something new... hopefully it would turn out okay or I would have ruined Father's Day dinner.

Here is the recipe:

Fish Tacos

2 tbsp olive oil

2 tbsp fresh lime juice {I didn't use fresh}

2 tbsp fresh orange juice {nope, not fresh}

2 garlic cloves, minced

1 tsp dried oregano

1/2 large onion

1 lb skinless tilapia fillets

1 tbsp canola oil

8 corn tortillas

There are a few simple steps to make this work. First, place the olive oil, lime and orange juice, garlic oregano and onion in a medium bowl and mix together. 

Place the fish in a baking dish and cover with marinade mixture. Put in refrigerator for an hour. 

I left it in for a longer time than that because we went to the YMCA to go swimming. :) When I got back I heated canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat and cooked the fish, about three minutes on each side. After they were cooked I put them aside. Then I took the marinade the fish were in and caramelized the onions. I never did this before and felt like a real chef just saying I caramelized something! Finally I warmed the tortillas. Usually I just throw them in the oven for a few minutes, but this recipe actually showed me how to fry them. So good! Lightly film a skillet with canola oil and place it over medium heat. Sprinkle the tortillas lightly with water and stack two tortillas on top of one another. Place in skillet and heat for one minute, then flip them over and heat another minute. 

Set aside and cover with a towel to keep warm. Repeat with remaining tortillas. Seriously, this was amazing. They were soft and light and perfect!

With our Fish Tacos I made a Black Bean and Corn Salsa which was super easy to make.

Bean and Corn Salsa

1 can sweet corn, drained

2 c black beans

1.5 c diced tomatoes

1/4 c chopped red onion

3tbsp fresh cilantro

1tbsp lime juice

Mix together and serve. 

The original recipe was for black beans and grilled corn. I, however, had to go tend to a crying baby and burnt my corn to a crisp, so I just threw in a can!

Once this is done simple assemble your tacos and enjoy!

Oh yea, I also added some guacamole since I pretty much eat it on everything. Since I cannot do cheese the guacamole adds a nice creaminess that the cheese would add. Eric asked if there was cheese for the Fish Tacos, sometimes I forget that he can have cheese so I just don't prepare it, but after one bite he said they were perfect without the cheese! I'd definitely call that a success!!