Thursday, February 24, 2011

Just-like Rubio's Fish Tacos

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Rubio's one of my favorite places to eat.  I ALWAYS order their fish tacos.  They are my favorite!  So when I came across an knock-off recipe online, I had to try it out.

Let me tell you, these taste almost identical!  They are so so SO good.  They definitely moved to the top of my dinner rotation!  Best of all-- they are super easy!

Yield: 12 tacos
Ingredients:

(sauce)
1/2 cup mayo
1/2 plain yogurt

Pico De Gallo
(recipe below)

Gorton's beer battered fish fillets

finely shredded hard cabbage
limes- cut into wedges, you'll need 12 pieces
corn tortillas

Directions:
Prepare sauce and pico de gallo ahead of time and place in refrigerator.  Heat fish fillets according to directions.  Sure, you could probably batter and fry your own fish--but who wants to do that?!?  Heat corn torillas on lightly oiled pan until hot.  Assemble sauce, cabbage, pico de gallo and fish on tortillas.  Top with lime juice.

ENJOY!!!

Pico De Gallo

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1 garlic clove - peeled and finely chopped
6 ripe tomatoes - diced finely
Small red onion - peeled and diced
2 tablespoon cilantro leaves - chopped finely
2 jalapeno chillies - seeded and chopped finely
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper

Mix all together in a large bowl!  

Friday, February 4, 2011

No-Bake Cookies

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Otherwise referred to as "Gorilla Poops" in my house growing up.

These are one of my favorite cookies!  They are so delicious and only take minutes to make.

Ingredients:
1 cube butter
2 cups sugar
2 packets hot cocoa mix (most recipes call for 2 tbls cocoa, but try it this way, you'll love it!)
1/2 cup milk
3 cups quick oats
1/2 peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions:
In saucepan mix butter, sugar, hot cocoa mix and milk.  Boil exactly 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat.  Quickly stir in oats, peanut butter and vanilla.  Drop by tablespoon on wax paper.  Let cool completely before eating.  Enjoy!