Fried Cajun Tilapia

Now this was the bomb!!!! I'm sure I told you how much a love seafood...OH HOW I LOVE SEAFOOD! This fried Cajun Tilapia is so good! I'm so into spicy food. When some people think of fried fish they think of fries! Not me! I want a meal! A fish sandwich and fries just don't cut it for me all the time. Especially if we're talking about dinner!  I need something that's going to sick to my tummy so I can sleep through the night. ;)

Well everyone knows how to fry fish so I'm not going to go into too much details. All you need is about 5 to 6 pieces of Tilapia, some fine cornmeal, Homemade Essence , oil and a frying pan!

In a bowl, mix together the corn meal and Homemade Essence in a dish.  Coat the pieces of Tilapia with egg yolk using a brush then coat with corn meal mixture.  Place in hot oil and fry on both sides for about 4 minutes each per side.  Remove and place on a plate covered with paper towel.  Repeat for the rest of the pieces of fish.

I served this with sauteed onions, Baked Macaroni & Cheese , Macaroni Salad and collard greens.


Enjoy!


Jill's Comfort Zone

Fun Filled Ice Cream Bowl

I don't recommend this if you're trying to watch your weight! LOL! I sure would never indulged more than once. I use to get requests for these types of snacks at 3am! SMH! Most would request for normal stuff like water, an apple, you know...things of that nature! OH NOOOOOO...not my Ex! It was either a sandwich, eggs over easy on toast, cereal with wheat germ or something like this...vanilla ice cream, with vanilla creamed cookies, strawberries and a drizzle of Carmel on top! Is this what body builders eat to keep their weight up? LMAO! Anyhow, I just thought I'd share...the things you do for the love of Food! In this case, junk food! hahahaha!  Not even sure if I should put this under dessert. 



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Sour Dough Pizza

I truly enjoy the taste of fresh sour dough bread. No I didn't make my own I brought some from Giant Eagles Bakery. So I guess I should call this a Semi Sour Dough Pizza?  LOL!  Well Since I'm the only one in the house who enjoys the taste of this delicious bread without anything on it, I had to make something so that it wouldn't go to waste. I couldn't eat the whole loaf by myself so I decided to make some pizza. I haven't made this in years...just might make this for Jazzie's slumber party. ;) Well, they girls truly enjoyed this pizza and didn't complain about the taste of the (not so good...as they would say) sour dough bread. This is really simple and quick to make especially if your not a baker like myself. I've never tried to make my own dough but it's on my To Try List!  ;)

Ingredients:

*A loaf of Sourdough bread (make your own or purchase from you favorite neighborhood bakery)
*A jar of pizza sauce (or make your own sauce)
*Shredded Italian Cheese mix
*Pinot Grigio Salami, sliced (or your favorite topping)

Preheat oven 375 degrees.  Line a cookie sheet with aluminum foil and assemble ingredients in the order that listed.  Bake for approximately 15 to 20 minutes or until cheese is melted.  We always add red crushed peppers and garlic on top of our pizza unless it's a veggie pizza. 





Enjoy!


Jill's Comfort Zone

Root Beer Floats

I am so craving one of these right now!!! I haven't made these in a long time. My daughter, Jazmire, has a birthday coming up (January 18th) and having a Slumber Party!!!! She will be 9 years old! Root Beer Floats are one of my girls favorite treats!!! Well yes it's winter but there's no special time to have a float so this is one of the things that's on the menu for this event!!!! What better way to share one of your favorites with some of your special friends. She's really excited and so am I!!!  I will post the results to this event...wish me luck!  ;)

There's no need for a recipe...the pictures tells it all! ;)

Enjoy!

Jill's Comfort Zone

Shredded Beef

Before I begin, I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year!!!! I've been so busy in 2010 getting my life in order I haven't had much time to blog. I thank God for a Blessed ending of 2010 and welcoming many more Blessing in 2011! For Christmas my oldest niece, Shaneiqua, and my grand nephew, lil Bilal, came to visit us for a few days and I truly enjoyed their stay! I cried the morning they left...I'm still missing them and hope they come back soon! Love you guys! Many Blessings to my family, friends and blog readings for the year of 2011!!!! It feels good to be sitting here blogging once again. ;)

Today the girls are home from school due to the snow storm and I took the day off. The snow requested my presence to stay at home. LOL! (Well that's my conclusion...) I was stuck on the bus coming home from work last night for 3 hours!!!! It took me almost 4 and a 1/2 hours to get home and I sure wasn't going through that struggle today so home I stayed. ;)

Now that I'm able to upload my photo's to my computer finally I can search my delicious meals with you all! I made this Shredded Beef for my Tacos a few months ago in my crock pot and boy was it delish!!!! We had plenty left over which I used for Taco salad for lunch the next day and the girls made sandwiches with the rest. This recipe is truly easy, no fuss and delicious! I hope you enjoy it as well! We sure did!


*Some ingredients are missing from the picture.  I forgot to add them.  Sorry. 
Ingredients:

*2 to 3lbs round roast
*1 large onion, chopped
*3 Tbsp. canola oil
*3 garlic cloves, minced
*1 tsp salt
*Pepper
*About 2 tsps hot chili powder (Optional...you can use reg. chili powder)
*1 cup water
*pinch of cayenne (optional...I like mines spicy)
*2 jar of your favorite salsa, 1 and a 1/2 jars (save the rest for toppings)
*Tortillas



Toppings:
Lettuce, tomatoes, onions, salsa, sour cream and cheese. (or whatever you like)



Brown meat and onion in oil in a skillet. Transfer to crock pot. Add garlic, salt, cayenne, salsa and water. Cover and cook on low 6 to 8 hours.



Remove roast and shred meat with 2 forks. Mines was so tender I didn't have to worry about shredding too much because it was falling apart! Yummy! It just melted in your mouth with every bite!!!!!

*I returned the shredded beef back in the crock pot to absorb the rest of the juice for about 10 more minutes.


Remove and serve with your favorite tops!!!! Truly delish!!!

Enjoy!

Jill's Comfort Zone