Showing posts with label Salsa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Salsa. Show all posts

A (Fresh) Mexican Fiesta 

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 -
I've been craving Mexican.  Maybe it is the weather warming up and the thought of chips and salsa on the balcony with a margarita in hand.  I love the spicy flavors that are cooled with guacamole and citrus.  Fresh Mexican food - amazing.

Rather than a meatless Monday, we opted for Mexican Monday.  I, like my friend Michelle over at Fun & Fearless, had found a quick and easy recipe for roasted salsa in Everyday Food (visit Michelle's site for a step-by-step, or check out the June issue!)  I gathered the ingredients and whipped it together - fresh, amazing and quick.  I spiced it up a bit more and added a bit more garlic, but it really was amazing.  I'll definitely make it again.

Our main item was going to be chicken taquitos.  Hubs seasoned some broth and poached a few chicken tenderloins.  Once they were poached, we shredded it with forks and then added some of the salsa I made.  Cumin and Monterey Jack cheese were mixed in before being rolled in corn tortillas.  We baked them in the oven while we finished the grilled corn and black bean salad.

The salad was a creation of our own - just threw some things together.  I sauteed up an onion with garlic and added the black beans.  While I was doing that, hubs had grilled a few cobs of corn that he stripped down and added to the mix.  A tomato and some cilantro, this cooled down in the fridge while everything else came together.

It was a light and refreshing meal.  I love summer and all the fresh ingredients that make meals like this satisfying!

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Fish Tacos with Mache & Grilled Nectarine Salsa 

Saturday, April 16, 2011 -
With our first CSA in hand, hubs had decided to make some fish tacos using our chives, mache and cilantro.  I was pleasantly surprised by this as he usually doesn't enjoy fish tacos, but I adore them.  We bought a large trout filet at the grocery and took it home for some corn tortilla tacos.

Hubs prepped all of the ingredients, so really, I just mixed and seasoned while he was grilling the nectarines I needed for the salsa.  We had about half a cup each of red onions and green bell peppers, a few tablespoons of mache and a few tablespoons of cilantro.  Mache is a mild, lettuce like ingredient.  I've also heard it called lamb lettuce, so if you have too, well, that is what we were using. 

I threw in the grilled, diced nectarines (we used two total), some cayenne and red pepper flakes, lime juice (fresh from one lime), salt and pepper to taste.  And of course, the wild chives we had to give it a little something else.

This was probably the freshest tasting salsa we've had in a long time.  Maybe it was the beautiful evening we were enjoying on the patio while indulging in these fish tacos, but it was refreshingly and guilt free.  Crisp in flavors, it worked perfectly with the grilled trout we had.

So far, this week's CSA:
  • Cilantro
  • Wild Chives
  • Mache
  • Romaine (Nothing will be posted on this - it got slimy and wilted after a few days.  Insert sad face.)
  • Kale
  • Spinach (won't post this either - we had plans to make a pasta, but time ran out on us and it ended up as a lunch salad.)
Made anything recently that was completely guilt free, but made you feel like you were indulging?

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