Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa

You may have noticed a shocking lack of fish on my blog.  That's because 1) fish is expensive and 2) (more importantly) fish makes me nervous.  I feel like fish is either good or bad and there is no in between.  Well, Geoff is helping me get over my fear of cooking with fish by encouraging me to plan more fish meals (in his words "it's supposed to be healthy, or something").

As a good starter fish, tilapia was on sale and so tilapia we bought.

Salsa:
1 C avocado, diced
2/3 C mango, diced
1/3 C red onion or green onions, diced
2 Tbsp cilantro, chopped
1 Tbsp lime juice
1/4 tsp ground red pepper

Combine all ingredients.  Sprinkle lightly with salt.

Fish:
2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp pepper
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb tilapia

Combine spices and garlic.  Rub over fish.  Heat a little olive oil in a skillet and add fish to pan.  Cook 2 minutes on each side or until done.  Remove from heat, keep warm.

Fill tortillas with fish and salsa.  Eat and feel proud of yourself for successfully cooking fish (it wasn't that scary, now, was it).

Recipe from Cooking Light May 2012

Baby Pears

And little boy is eating pears.  And you guessed it:  Boil diced pears in a tiny bit of water (they will create there own water so you don't need to add much, just enough to keep your pan from getting burned pears stuck to it).  Puree pears and water.  Add water if necessary (though I doubt you will need to) and freeze in ice cube trays.