Zebra Chow

In honor of my good friend Jennie and her 23rd birthday yesterday, I decided to make her some mini kiss pies using Andes mints or Hershey's hugs and wrapping them up in pie crust to bake. Unfortunately, they did not turn out as I had expected =(. Their crust was a bit too thick and they were not as sweet as I imagined. I decided not to bake the rest of the ingredients and save them for something else. It's always frustrating when I spend money on ingredients and my recipes do not turn out as I plan. So I thought... what is a girl to do with a big bag of leftover Hershey's hugs?? Hmm... make puppy chow of course!

I'm sure most of you know how to make puppy chow, but for the first-timers (like my Australian co-worker, Adele) here is the recipe. Since the little hugs remind me of zebras, I decided to call this Zebra Chow.

Ingredients:

1 Bag Hershey's Hugs
1 Tbsp Margarine
1/2 Box Rice Chex Cereal
1-2 Tbsp Peanut Butter
1/2 Cup Powdered Sugar

Directions:

1. Unwrap the Hershey's Hugs from the wrappers and place them in a stove-top pot along with the margarine and peanut butter
2. Set the stove on low-medium heat to melt the chocolate while constantly stirring
3. When the hugs have melted, pour the rice chex cereal in the pan and continue to stir making sure all of the cereal is coated in chocolate
4. Once the chocolate is evenly distributed over the cereal, either pour the mixture into a large bag or bowl of powdered sugar
5. Shake all of the ingredients together until the powder is coating the cereal and make sure all the clumps are broken up
6. Pour your zebra chow into a bowl and enjoy the most addicting treat!

Have a great weekend!

Fresh and Fishy!

Hello All! My name is Jill and I am a young twenty-something living in Lakeview Chicago still trying to find my place in the world. I love being creative, fun, and I love to cook! I am really into health and fitness and love finding delicious and inexpensive recipes to try. I decided to create a blog to post all of my recipes and share them with all of my friends and followers!

To start off the first recipe, I will share my Tilapia Old Bay Fish Tacos. I had a huge bag of Old Bay seasoning which I have yet to really use, and it makes me feel like i am back in Ocean City, Maryland!

This was enough to make about 4 large fish tacos which I shared with my boyfriend, Justin.

Ingredients:
2 Tilapia Filets (fresh or frozen, I thawed my frozen filets)
1 Tbsp Old Bay Seasoning
1 Tsp Salt
1 Tsp Pepper
1 Tbsp Cooking Oil
1 Roma Tomato
1/2 Red Onion
1/4 Cup Cilantro
1 Cup Shredded Red Cabbage
1/2 Avocado
1 Tbsp Lime Juice
4-5 Corn Flour Tortillas

Directions:
1. Prepare the taco ingredients by chopping up the tomato, onion, and avocado into small pieces
2. Toss tomato, onion, cilantro, and lime juice in a bowl and season with salt and pepper
3. Keep avocado in a separate bowl and add a dash of lime juice
4. Separate cabbage in another bowl and add an additional sprinkle of lime juice, salt and pepper
5. Thaw frozen filets then sprinkle Old Bay seasoning on both sides and add pepper. Old Bay is pretty salty so try not to over season.
6. Heat large saute pan over medium heat and cook filets for about 3-5 minutes until they start separating and become flaky.
7. Heat corn tortillas and fill your tacos with the fish meat and additional toppings and enjoy!
(If you like spicy tacos, I added chopped jalepenos to my taco which turned out delicious!)