The spirit within and fish tacos

I was waiting at the bank yesterday and noticed a stack of magazines marked free.  So, I picked one up and decided to take it home.  It was the Grand Rapids Women's LifeStyle.  I've seen this magazine before and have enjoyed it so I thought, why not?  Inside an article caught my eye: Want to eat Healthier?  My spirit within was screaming, 'YES! YES! TELL ME MORE!' So, needless to say, I read it.  It had four bullet points: 1. Slow down, 2. Avoid processed foods, 3. Avoid sugar in drinks and 4. Focus on adding healthy foods to your diet.  As I was reading, it was like the "mecca" reinforcing everything I had started this new year.  Yes, I do allow a treat every now again, but they are becoming less and less.  (i have found that when you change your lifestyle and changing eating habits its hard.  But it will do good things for our health!)  I also read somewhere that if your allow a treat (sensibly) every 3/4 days, you won't crave then binge on the sweets.  So, my spirit within has been satisfied with some guidelines in my quest for simplifying and being more healthy.  Now, on to fish tacos! :-)

This is what we had for dinner last night.  It was sooo good, I thought that I'd share.

Fish Tacos
2 Tbl butter melted
1/4 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp garlic powder
1 1/2-2lbs fish fillets (cod, tilapia or grouper)
1 1/2c coleslaw w/ carrot mix
1 tsp lime juice
3Tbl mayo
1 recipe Mango Salsa

Melt butter, add cumin and garlic powder. cut the fish into strips.  Place on a cookie sheet.  Brush the melted butter mixture over the fish.  Cook in a 450 degree oven 4-6 min.

In a bowl, mix the lime juice and mayo.  Put the coleslaw mix in and coat.

Mango Salsa
1 1/2c cut up mango (or peaches)
1 red sweet pepper cut up
zest and juice of 1 lime
1/4c thinly sliced green onion
1Tbl olive oil
1tsp vinegar
1 jalapeno finely chopped (I use 1/8tsp of chipotle seasoning instead)

Mix all ingredients in a bowl.

To serve, put coleslaw in taco shell (hard or soft, both work) top with fish then salsa.

ENJOY!

Some tips and a recipe

So I was on my facebook account and in the newsfeed saw that there was a link to this website:
http://shine.yahoo.com/event/momentsofmotherhood/10-habits-of-happy-moms-2401511/
shine.yahoo.com.  never heard of it before so I clicked on it.  The following was this:
10 Habits of Happy Moms
Now, I am a happy mom, but thought, could I be happier?  The answer is yes.  Here are the 10 tips.  But, to get the explanation behind the tips, you need to go to the website and read it.  It actually makes a LOT of sense, but for your reading pleasure, here they are:

1. Find time for yourself
2. Don't make a happy baby, happier
3. Embrace the mess
4. Make time for your friends
5. Stop blowing yourself off
6. Get in the zone
7. Remember your dreams and goals
8. Be lighthearted
9. Bend the rules
10. Mind your own business

I have resolved that I am going to try to commit to this.  As i was reading the article, I noticed that I do and don't do almost all of these. #'s 1, 3 and 6 I don't do as often as I should.  Also #4.  But I am a work in progress and am trying to better myself.  That being disposing of negative in my life (negative that is repetitive and makes me feel bad) and replacing it with positive.  Trying to cook better food for us.  Not saying that I cooked badly before (because trust me, my waistline tells a different story), just not good for you food, unhealthy.  Speaking which, we have added fish to our diet 2 times a week and eating less red meat.  I think I've successfully eliminated High Fructose Corn Syrup for the most part from our diet.  So, off to a good start for the new year I think.  Yay!

Okay, on to the recipe that is in the title:

Marinated grilled fish
zest of 2 lemons
zest of 2 oranges
juice of both fruit
2 TBL brown sugar
1 1/2-2lbs of mahi mahi (tilapia or salmon can also be used)

combine first 4 ingredients in a shallow dish.  Put the fish in marinade and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.  (The longer you marinade it, the more flavor the fish will have.)  Grill until opaque.

Enjoy!

Today

Today is my little boy's 3rd birthday. Awwww..... I will forever have this day engraved in my brain. It was one of the most happy, tiring, wonderful moments that Brett and I will ever share as a couple. Words really cannot express the feelings that you have at the birth of your child. But, back to the present.  He has become such a little comedian it's way too funny.  He loves everyone and everything.  I can't help but smile when I think of him. We are going to go to the GR Children's Museum today and after that I don't know.  Haven't quite decided.  Probably home.  Last year I took him out to lunch and that was disasterous, so, I really don't think I'll do that again. Maybe to Meijer bakery for a cupcake.  He does like those and they have really cute ones.  Anyway, just wanted to give a little shout-out to the little man (who right now would say, 'I'm not little man, I'm Tommy!'), hope you have a great day honey! Love you with all my heart!