grilled tilapia tacos w/ chipotle-lime dressing. and some pee.

i found the recipe on allrecipes.com under the healthy section.

you could say the recipe is somewhat tedious because you have to make a marinade, and then a sauce, and then still prep toppings. i suggest doing the marinade and dressing at the same time because they use a lot of the same ingredients. also, the amount of sauce and toppings to the amount of fish is not proportional in my opinion. I would double the fish (and marinade) next time or cut the sauce and toppings in half. also I cut up avocado and sprinkled some monterey jack on top of the tacos which was awesome. be sure to cook the fish on a grill, i feel like it really adds the perfect grilled flavor. make some homemade french fries as a side and you have yourself quite a tasty meal!

Ingredients

Original recipe makes 6 servings 

Marinade

• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 teaspoons lime zest
• 1 1/2 teaspoons honey
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon cumin
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon seafood seasoning, such as Old Bay™
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper sauce, or to taste
• 1 pound tilapia fillets, cut into chunks

Dressing

• 1 (8 ounce) container light sour cream
• 1/2 cup adobo sauce from chipotle peppers
• 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
• 2 teaspoons lime zest
• 1/4 teaspoon cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/2 teaspoon seafood seasoning, such as Old Bay™
• salt and pepper to taste  (needs a good amount of salt, some pepper, and even a touch more lime.  that adobo sauce is very strong in flavor!)
  
  
  Toppings 
   
• 1 (10 ounce) package tortillas
• 3 ripe tomatoes, seeded and diced
• 1 bunch cilantro, chopped
• 1 small head cabbage, cored and shredded
• 2 limes, cut in wedges

Directions

1. To make the marinade, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, lime juice, lime zest, honey, garlic, cumin, chili powder, seafood seasoning, black pepper, and hot sauce in a bowl until blended. Place the tilapia in a shallow dish, and pour the marinade over the fish. Cover, and refrigerate 6 to 8 hours.
2. To make the dressing, combine the sour cream and adobo sauce in a bowl. Stir in the lime juice, lime zest, cumin, chili powder, seafood seasoning. Add salt, and pepper in desired amounts. Cover, and refrigerate until needed.
3. Preheat an outdoor grill for high heat and lightly oil grate. Set grate 4 inches from the heat.
4. Remove fish from marinade, drain off any excess and discard marinade. Grill fish pieces until easily flaked with a fork, turning once, about 9 minutes.
5. Assemble tacos by placing fish pieces in the center of tortillas with desired amounts of tomatoes, cilantro, and cabbage; drizzle with dressing. To serve, roll up tortillas around fillings, and garnish with lime wedges.

as far as a personal update goes, there's nothing too exciting to report.  just getting bigger and starting to feel very....pregnant.  i have my daily struggles but who doesn't? i feel very happy and relieved to reach 24 weeks.  elias is now considered viable, which means if for some terrible reason he was born now, the odds of survival are in his favor.  i've got about 3.5+ months to go!

it's still a battle everyday to try and get makena to take a nap.  so freaking frustrating, she needs it so bad.  the nights she didn't nap she always sleep so terrible.  i'm out of ideas.  

i can't believe my baby turns 2 in a few weeks.  we are having a combined birthday party with jon's sisters kids (all 4 kids have birthdays within 2 months of each other) next weekend that should be fun.  it's just family and we are gonna do a zoo theme so i've been having fun working on little projects for that day. 

(proud, cheesy, tmi, mommy moment warning:) also, today makena peed on the potty twice! haha i know, you don't care and are probably slightly annoyed that this news is being shared, but this is my blog so i can post whatever i want. HA!  she's been saying "diaper" or "poo-poo" almost every time before she poops so yesterday jon and i decided that anytime she says it from here on out we will stick her on her little potty and see what happens.  we aren't really serious about getting emotionally invested in the idea right now since she's still so young and soon she will have a big life change with a new baby brother, but if she's showing an interest, then why not?  so this morning she said "diaper" so i stuck her on her potty and kept telling her over and over to go pee pee or poo poo. well after about 15 minutes she peed! haha i felt almost positive that it was just a fluke but we praised her a ton.  this afternoon we stuck her on the potty, and she peed again! could still be coincidence but its still exciting :) we will keep it up as long as she wants to! i've always thought she would be fairly easy to potty train but i never thought it would start this early. we shall see!

 and there you have it. happy peeing everyone!