Recipe Fridays: Fish Tacos
January 22, 2010 by Feisty Foodie
Filed under Americas, Cuisine, Feisty Fun, Mexican, One Pot Meals, Recipe Fridays, Recipes, Seafood, Southwestern
Terrible photos, but fish tacos! E-dee-licious, my yoga buddy, mentioned one night that she was going to make fish tacos. Sounded so yummy and when she told me the method, they were SO easy, I had to make them right away! I used flour tortillas because I don’t like corn tortillas, but you can use whichever you prefer. E-dee-licious said she uses tilapia, but I used dover sole cuz it’s cheap and easy to find everywhere. (I guess tilapia fits those qualifications as well, but when I went to the store, I found dover sole for like $3.99/lb.) It’s [...]
Recipe Fridays: Raw Tomato Sauce
November 20, 2009 by Feisty Foodie
Filed under Cuisine, Pasta, Recipe Fridays, Recipes, Sauces
I’ve mentioned that I’m completely blessed and have an awesome life (not braggin’! just sayin’!) – this is just yet another example. I’ve been in the market for a food processor for a while now; my mother and sister have tried to buy me a combination food processor/blender for a while as well. (Because I live in an apartment and have extremely limited space, it seemed like the obvious solution to get one that shared a base.) Unfortunately, reviews of combo machines were not favorable, and I hesitated to buy (or have my sister/mother buy) something that didn’t sound amazing. [...]
Recipe Fridays: Homemade Banh Mi
November 13, 2009 by Feisty Foodie
Filed under Asia, Cuisine, Recipes, Vietnamese
Yep, MORE BANH MI. I am nuts about banh mi, in case you couldn’t already tell. The above was my first attempt; I went to Paris Sandwich (because I love their Paris Special banh mi best; I totally play favorites!) and picked up cha lua (pork roll), pate, Vietnamese mayo, and pickled carrots/daikon… along with one of their baguettes. Crisp, chewy, just amazing, I daresay this is the bread of my dreams. So I spread a little pate on one side, a little Vietnamese mayo on the other, topped with with the respective toppings and went to town. It [...]
Product Review: Trader Joe’s Vanilla Instant Pudding
November 10, 2009 by Feisty Foodie
Filed under Desserts, Feisty Fun, Product Reviews, Recipes
Recently, walking through Trader Joe’s, I saw a big sign that said NEW PRODUCT.I walked over and saw stacks of boxes: chocolate & vanilla instant puddings. Hmmm. I’m not one much for pudding, but it looked interesting, and I had this vague image of making something interesting and dessert-like for BF. I’m a nice girlfriend, what can I say? So I picked up one of each… the directions looked simple enough, basically just whisk together the packet contents and 2 cups of cold milk. I made it into a big bowl, and then decided to mix it with granola. [...]
Recipe Fridays: Stuffed Peppers
November 6, 2009 by Feisty Foodie
Filed under Feisty Fun, Pork, Recipe Fridays, Recipes
Woo, another recipe! Sort of… I’m not sure what you’ll say about this, since I have photographs of the one I don’t want you to make. Well, there it is. It was incredibly tasty but just a bit too dense for me. I mean, it was basically a giant meatlump inside a pepper! Which is good but then very dense, I can’t even imagine coupling this with mashed potatoes (which I wanted to do, and might do next time)…Since the recipe is so very simple, indulge me a moment while I explain how this came to be. I [...]
