Anyway, the recipe is called Baja fish taco bowl and it's from a blog called Spokane Dinner Club. The photo looked appealing and I like all the ingredients, so why not try it?
I pretty much followed the recipe exactly. I rubbed the chili powder, cumin and cayenne pepper on the tilapia fillets and cooked them in olive oil until they were flaky. At that point, I took the fish out, put in on a plate and covered it with foil to keep it warm. About the tilapia: I bought the tilapia loins from Costco. They are frozen, but they thaw quickly and they are a nice size.
I added a little more olive oil to the pan and put in about half of a red onion that I had chopped and one red bell pepper, also chopped into small pieces. I'm not a big fan of bell peppers, but I like the flavor. I cooked the onion and pepper until they were tender crisp, then added the minced garlic and cooked it until it smelled awesome. After that I threw in a can of corn and a can of black beans that were drained and rinsed. The recipe called for a cup of corn and a cup of beans, I think, but I just did the whole can. What am I going to do with half a can of corn and beans? I mixed everything together and sauteed it all until the corn and beans were warm.
While the veggies were hanging out together, I stuck a bag of Trader Joe's brown rice in the microwave. I highly recommend the Trader Joe's brown rice. It's already cooked, so it's super easy and it tastes great. Yummy rice in three minutes? Yes please.
I should mention that before I even started cooking the fish, I mixed up some guacamole to snack on. I love guacamole and consider myself to be a very good guac maker. I mash up the avocados but leave some nice chunks. I added a bit of red pepper, some mashed garlic, a bit of cayenne pepper and some salt. I would have squirted some lime in there if I had it, but I didn't. I also added a bit of Trader Joe's red salsa.
When everything was ready, it was time to build the bowl. I started with a bed of rice. Next I gently placed a tilapia fillet on the rice, then I covered it all with the corn/bean/onion/pepper mixture. To make it extra yummy, I put a dollop of guacamole on top of the whole thing.
While I was planning the dish, my thought was to drizzle some jalapeno ranch dressing (from Litehouse - it's delicious!) on the whole thing, but I was so excited about the guacamole and how the whole thing smelled, I forgot the dressing. I think it would have given the dish a nice kick. I could have used a little more spice, but MT thought it was very good. He agreed that the jalapeno ranch dressing would have been great, though.
T only ate the fish and he thought it was good.
This recipe will definitely be on my table again. I thought it was very flavorful, easy to make and probably pretty low in WW points plus. It was light but filling. OY! My mouth is watering just a little as I think and write about the recipe :) Either the recipe is a winner, or I'm a little hungry. (Maybe both.)
Talk to you tomorrow!
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