I love thinking outside the square when it comes to dinner options. I really don’t like to eat the same thing within a fortnight of each other… But I am partial to a great Mexican inspired meal (more then that). I came up with this great Mexican style ‘fish and chips’ the other night and it is most definitely toddler friendly (with or without the jalapeños – because our toddler eats them).
Fish and chips is always on the kid’s menu, but very rarely is it the healthy option.
We really like to eat fish at least twice a week as Mr Moo is a big fan of all kinds of fish. He will eat a delicious piece of grilled snapper or my baked baby snapper, he will eat a fillet of salmon or tinned salmon in these corn and salmon fritters (if you’re looking for a cheaper option), he will eat basa fillets or basa used to make fish cakes (basa is a really tasty and economical fish).
If you are eating fish out try and order the ‘grilled’ fish as it will be a healthier option over the crumbed or battered fish.
We also bake our ‘chips’ to make them a healthier option.
MEXICAN STYLE FISH ‘N’ CHIPS
4 Snapper fillets (with the skin on)
6 potatoes
2 bunches of asparagus
1 avocado
1 lime
1/2 a bunch of spring onions
2 tablespoons of sliced jalapeños
2 tablespoons of olive oil
1 teaspoon of garlic salt
sea salt and cracked black pepper
Thinly slice the potatoes (with the skin on for extra fibre) to make your ‘chips’. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon of olive oil and then season with the garlic salt before placing in a baking dish and baking for 30 minutes at 180 degrees.
Place your avocado, half the spring onions and half of the remaining oil in a food processor and blitz until smooth and creamy.
Slice up the remaining spring onions with the sliced jalapeños and then dress with the lime juice and remaining olive oil.
To finish, place your snapper fillets skin side down in a hot plan and cook predominately on one side to form nice, crispy skin. Just before you turn your snapper fillets over add your asparagus to the pan and grill with a little salt and pepper for seasoning.
I too love the Mexican twist on this one, will be giving it a try as those flavours all sound lovely together. Thanks for linking to YWF x
Thanks Vicki – it is a winning combination 🙂
This looks delicious – we bake our fish and air fry the chips – and I just love the idea of the Mexican twist! I love Mexican everything!
I knew you’d love my Mexican twist Sammie 🙂 I would love an air frier – but I feel that I already have enough gadgets on my bench – maybe I’ll get one when we get a butler’s pantry! *crosses fingers, clicks heals and wishes for a butler’s pantry*
Yes, a butler’s pantry has a starring role in the kitchen of my dreams too!