Coffee and Polish

Saturday, April 20, 2013

Sunday Social

1. What is your shopping weakness? Definitely makeup and nail polish

2. What is your food weakness? Oh God I love food so much! But I have a major weakness for Mexican food and I love my mom's cheesecake

3. What is your go to movie to watch when nothing is on?

Pitch Perfect

She's The Man

or if I'm really bored any of the Lord of the Rings movies

4. What is your go to breakfast food? I usually make oatmeal: rolled oats, water, milk, brown sugar, vanilla extract, and peanut butter. Or if I don't have time frozen waffle peanut butter sandwich my favorite frozen waffles are Van's Lite

5. Do you drink coffee? If so, how do you take it? If I do not have my medium Dunkin Donuts iced coffee w milk and two sugars, I am in a very bad mood for the rest of the day.

Thursday, April 18, 2013

Nail Files

This is two colors from Square Hue's April box with I Love Nail Polish's Old Gregg on top

Friday Fancies: Nice & Neon

Nice & Neon by panda211-1 featuring a neon belt

Monday, April 15, 2013

Thoughts Are With Boston

Lord of the Rings: Two Towers was on last night and I caught this exchange between Frodo and Sam resonates

Sam: I know. It's all wrong. By rights we shouldn't even be here. But we are. It's like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger, they were. And sometimes you didn't want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy? How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it's only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something, even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back, only they didn't. They kept going. Because they were holding on to something.
Frodo: What are we holding onto, Sam?
Sam: That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo... and it's worth fighting for.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Fish Tacos

For dinner last night I made the family fish tacos with tomatillo sauce. The recipe is from "Cooking Light" and I made a few minor tweaks since the recipe calls for cilantro and I HATE cilantro. The recipe also calls for a medium jalapeno pepper, I used a Serrano pepper in place because I am a wuss when it comes to heat, my brother said the tacos could of used some spice.

Fish Tacos with Tomatillo Sauce

(Slightly adapted from Cooking Light)

3 garlic cloves
2 medium tomatillos, husked and rinsed
1/2 medium Serrano pepper
1/2 teaspoon of crushed oregano
3 tablespoons light mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon sugar
3/8 teaspoon salt, divided
2 cups very thinly sliced red cabbage
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
4 (6-ounce) tilapia fillets
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
Cooking spray
8 (6-inch) corn tortillas
Preparation
1. Preheat broiler to high.
2. Arrange garlic, tomatillos, and serrano in a single layer on a foil-lined jelly-roll pan. Broil 3 minutes on each side or until blackened.

Combine tomatillo mixture, oregano, mayonnaise, sugar, and 1/8 teaspoon salt in a mini food processor or blender; blend until smooth.
3. Combine cabbage, juice, and oil in a medium bowl; toss to coat.
4. Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle fish evenly with remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and black pepper. Coat pan with cooking spray. Add fish to pan; cook 2 minutes. Turn fish over; cook 1 minute.
5. Working with 1 tortilla at a time, heat tortillas over medium-high heat directly on the eye of a burner for about 15 seconds on each side or until lightly charred. Arrange half of a tilapia fillet in center of each tortilla; top each with 1/4 cup cabbage mixture, about 1 1/2 tablespoons tomatillo mixture