Gimme that ... fish taco...gimme that fish, woo!

Hi all!  Sorry to be a little MIA!!  With some wonderful weather, long hours at work, house hunting, and having much needed relaxation time with the babe/husband (same person;)) last night, I've gotten a little behind!  I believe it to be very much worth it, though:)  It is considered relaxation time when you're watching The Pacific together and it's all about war and very intense?  I think so:)  I love this series!  Are you watching it?

So you're probably wondering with all this busy-ness if I've been cooking - of course!  Last night I made fish tacos.  I read a bunch of recipes online, but kinda just threw together what I thought would work.  And it did!  I was so proud of myself for just winging it:)  They were very quick to make too, which was great since we ate dinner at about 8:30:) 

You will need:

• 1 pound fresh cod loin
• 1 pkg taco seasoning - I know, I know, I could make it myself, but again this was 8pm at night!
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/3 cup each chopped red onion, purple cabbage, lettuce, and tomatoes
• 1 avocado, chopped
• taco sauce
• tortilla wraps

Heat a fry pan over medium high heat.  Spray with Pam and add fish.  Cook for about 4 minutes on each side, until it starts to flake, pretty much crumbling at the touch.  Add the taco seasoning and water and let sizzle/cook together for about 10 minutes, until almost all of the water has evaporated.  Top with your favorite taco toppings...that go with fish...and enjoy! 

And of course we paired it with our non-healthy Friday night treat, nachos with that is it fake or not Tostitos spicy cheese, yum!

Yum.  I love making Mexican food, it's my fave for sure.  Do you have a favorite "cuisine" to make? 

So we've had a super busy day, up and at em since early on, and it's continuing with Easter Vigil and dinner out tonight.  I'm "hoping," if I don't get too distracted by the nice weather or my DVR, that I'll get the switching of the winter to spring clothes done and the frosting for my cupcakes for tomorrow - wish me luck! 

How are you prepping for Easter??  Are you hosting or going elsewhere?  I can't wait to have a house of our own so we can host:)  Bye for now!

Thanks Meghann, fun things you have done!

Thanks, Meghann!  I love these things!  The things I've done are in red:)

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars - does outside, but in a tent, count??
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to DisneyWorld
8. Climbed a mountain  - back in the day with 4H or something
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo - I don't think singing in my car counts!
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables - peas when I was little!
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied - I am satisfied with what we have though!
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started your own business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous - does Katie Teft count?  Does anyone know who she is?   Throw in Kim Zmeskal, Dominique Moceanu, Nadia Comaneci, etc etc ;)
92. Joined a book club
93. Got a tattoo
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a lawsuit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee - I sat on it!

Meghann, we had a lot of similar ones!

Wicked Cheap Wednesday - Mediterranean Style Chicken, Pasta, and Veg!

Seriously, how good does this look?  Just enough sauce to mesh everything together, and just enough summer veggies to remind us of what's coming!  How did I make this WCW meal?  Well, it took an hour, but it was worth it!

You will need:

• 2 cups pasta, cooked and covered to keep warm
• olive oil for cooking
• 2 small green zucchini and 1 yellow squash, cut in half lengthwise, and cut into bite sized pieces
• 2 cups (or more if you'd like) of cooked chicken, seasoned with salt and pepper - this was about 1 lb of small chicken pieces, cut up after cooked
• 1 14.5 oz can of diced tomatoes with chiles, undrained
• 1 8 oz can tomato sauce
• pitted olives
• crumbled feta cheese - we used feta cheese that incorporated tomato and basil

Cook and drain pasta as directed; cover to keep warm.  Easy enough right?  Cook chicken in olive oil or Pam and cut into bite sized pieces - set aside.

Heat olive oil in a large fry pan over medium heat.  Cook zucchini and squash for 2 minutes in the oil.  Add the chicken, tomatoes, and tomato sauce and cook until veggies are tender (it was about 15 minutes), stirring occasionally.

Serve chicken mixture over the pasta and top with olives if you so desire (not me!) and feta cheese - yum yum yum!  The chiles gave it a kick, the sauce a good taste, the veggies some texture, and the feta - oooh the best part!  Why did it take so long?  Cooking the chicken took time, cutting up the veggies took time, you get it right?  I don't prefer to eat dinner at 7pm...I think it just means I'm working too late:)

I like it enough I'm even bringing it for lunch tomorrow.  You know me, I am NOT a fan of leftovers, but I could eat this over and over!  Served with a side salad, it was a great meal!  Cost, even better!

Chicken - $4.00
pasta - .88
zucchini and yellow squash - $2.00
canned tomatoes with chiles - $1.00
tomato sauce - .33
olives - $1.00
feta cheese - OOPS!  $5.00 - worth it though, it made the dish!

Okay so about $15, not that cheap, but not too bad?  Better than the cost of 2 meals and salads at a restaurant!  But trust me, I enjoy my Sat night-no-cooking-restaurant-meals!! 

So, Easter is right around the corner!  Do you have ham?  What is your favorite way to make it and what are your faves sides to serve with it?  CCC, yes me, has never made a ham, but I do plan to buy one since they'll be on sale and make it another time an I need your suggestions:)

Have a great night - I'm off to enjoy my funny shows and wii!

So so so tired!

Too tired to blog.
Too tired to blog.
Too tired to blog.

And I made another of the husband's faves tonight, fajitas, and I've blogged about it before;)  If you were to make a week (let's say 5 nights) of your significant others fave meals, what would they be?  I think the husband's would be

1. fajitas
2. chicken parm
3. crockpot chicken cacciatore
4. meatcake
5. cheeseburgers!

DWTS and bed
DWTS and bed
I always say I'll go to bed early and I stay up way too late - do you all do this too?? 

Also, I can't stop thinking about house hunting!!  When you bought your first home, what were the 3 most important things you were looking for?  I think mine are a functional kitchen with storage, a yard that isn't too big or too small, and storage!

Until tomorrow!  Sorry this was very random = tired!

It's Sunday (night) already??

Oh how I love and hate Sunday all the same - love it because it's usually the day I can relax the most; hate it because it means back to business tomorrow - it goes so quick!

Tonight we had our fab crockpot chicken cacciatore meal that I've blogged about before, so what do I blog about now??  Another celeb survey?  About our house hunting adventures?  About how I'm watching Titanic AGAIN because it's on TNT all the time??  About how we watched Gangs of New York last night and it was very strange??  None of those sound blog-worthy tonight.  Tonight I'm going to blog about a couple of things - Easter goodies/food and 5 staples, we, and you, keep in your cabinets/pantry at all times:)

Easter goodies - I cannot wait!  I look forward most to peanut butter bunnies, black jelly beans, and hard cadbury mini eggs - hate peeps and the gooey eggs!  We are going to my parents' this year, and I'm thinking I'll make a buffalo chicken dip and maybe some Easter-ish cupcakes - I see all these posts about dying coconut green to make it look like that grass and want to do that so bad!  The only thing is my dad wants to get cannoli's, and a lot of them, from a great cannoli place, so we may have too much dessert - what am I saying, there can never be too much dessert!!! We'll play cribbage and/or catch the 5 and have a jolly ole time!

So what do the husband and I keep in the pantry at all times?  Probably all stuff that I could make myself! 

1. Pasta
2. some sort of rice
3. chicken broth
4. peanut butter
5. flour/sugar - the normal baking supplies

What are you looking forward to during the Easter celebration, or anything else you may celebrate?  What about your pantry?  What is ALWAYS in it??