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Hey, hi… can we do Taco Thursday, PLEEEAAASSE?
Because I am so super happy and excited to share these Jamaican jerk fish tacos with you!! And…cause man, it has been a week. So many recipes have been made, so many recipes tested, not enough recipes photographed, too many trips to the store, too many animals to take care of, and in general just not enough hours in the day.
You know what’s so odd though?? Tacos just seem to make everything better. Well, tacos, and the flowers (I just wrote out flours instead of flowers…man too much baking going on this week!) I bought LAST Friday that still look so pretty sitting on my desk. Oh, and re-runs of Gilmore Girls into the wee hours of the night. AKA – early, early morning…ugh.
So let me tell you some stories from around here. Stories that start and end with the goats. Oh those flipping goats. First of all, even though they are a pain in the butt (my umm kinder choice for a word), I still find them totally cute… and I still want all the baby goats we will eventually have once they get pregnant. That said, man those goats are killing me this week. I was milking Taramisu on Sunday and I realized this giant balding patch on her back. It looked pretty nasty, so I sent some photos to my dad, who then informed me that she has ringworm.
Like eeeeewwww.
First words back to him where, “Eewwwww” and, “wait, you know that is highly contagious… GROSS”.
Why does this have to happen when I am stuck on goat duty??? You guys, I have to rub iodine on the infected areas. It is maybe, possibly, the grossest thing ever. OK, that is an exaggeration, but I really do not like doing it. I am not a fan of gross things on my own skin, let alone the skin of the goats. The first day I did it, I was so grossed out that I had to come in and shower immediately… at 10:30 pm. No seriously.
I am a little…ok a lot, crazy, but honestly, it is still so gross. I will not go into details because I don’t want to disgust any of you, but man, this is SOOO not what I signed up for.
Also, you guys remember my cat Snape, right?? Yes, well he has turned into a little demon cat. He is still cute as ever, but man, he is kind of evil. I brought in an egg from the chicken coop (which REALLY needs to be cleaned…ugh) and put it on the table… only to have Snape roll it off the table, crack it and start eating it. There was also a whole paw stamping episode in the middle of my chocolate cake. I love him, but wow, he is going through that terrible kitten stage, and man, it is driving me insane!
In other news, I saw some of the Grammy awards via Snapchat. I am dying to know, who had on your favorite dress? Who did you feel was the worse dressed??? I’m still and not sure how I feel about T-Swifts looks, but I dunno, the more I see photos of her the more I am liking it. Thoughts??
I didn’t really see all that much, since there were just a few short clips, so let me in on all the fun stuff!!
Ok, ok – can we now finally talk about these tacos?? These tacos that are saving me this week. These tacos that are loaded with flavor and remind me that I need to plan a spring break this year… for realzzz.
I feel like the easiest way to go over these is just to break them down, layer by layer. Mmmm, k?
First: you’ll need warmed corn or flour tortillas. I went with flour for these, but either is DELISH. I also really LOVE a hard shell with these tacos. To be honest, hard shells are my favorite, but I prefer the way corn and soft flour tacos photograph.
Second: plantain fried rice. YESSS. So much yessssss. This is the bestest taco filling ever. Think fried plantains, but broken down into rice form and then tossed with salt, lots of salt, black beans and cilantro. It is so good.
Third: Jamaican Jerk seasoned salmon. One word. YUM.
Fourth: caramelized pineapple salsa…aka my happy food… pineapple + salsa. Hand me a spoon please. 🙂
Fifth: toppings, toppings, toppings, all the toppings please. I went with greek yogurt, fresh cilantro, lime and fresh sliced jalapeños.
Meal = complete.
And now you see, right?? Tonight needs to be Thursday Night Tacos!! Then leftovers can be Friday’s lunch…with a side of Margaritas. Now that is smart planning.
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Hehe. Tacos make me :). Happiest Thursday!
Oh my, the food looks GREAT!! Beautiful presentation and pictures too.
As a Jamaican, I approve of this recipe!! LOL.
Seriously though, I LOVE your blog (I’ve been visiting for a while) and the recipes are awesome! (Love the fun stories about your family too. With 5 siblings, I can relate!!)
Jamaican jerk salmon tacos is a little bit left of what we usually do, but I love the fusion element. Honestly though, Jamaicans just love food that is well seasoned and delicious, and this one knocks it out of the ball park.
Well done!
Um, WOW!! Thank you so much! 🙂
Ugh, sounds like you had a rough week. I feel for ya girl! I had a rough week too a while back and I’m still trying to get over it (aka a lingering cold:( bleh) these tacos make me feel like basking in the sunlight on a sandy beach while shoveling them into my mouth. How about I come take care of all the farm work while you cook and then we can go to a beach and eat all the tacos in the world. aight? aight. I didn’t watch the Grammy’s either because I was deep into the bachelor, a rabbit hole into which I have fallen and can’t get out. send help. BUT, T-Swift’s hair has me remembering my terrible decision to cut my long locks my senior year of high school and it turned out JUST like Taylor’s. I cried for days. She still kicks butt though. It’s almost (?!?!) fri-yay so hang in there and just do the best you can!
Nothing better than fish tacos!
hehe, thank you!
Wow, looks amazing!
This looks AMAZING! Yummmy!!
Love love LOVE that you used salmon. Really don’t see that too often and I think it really holds up in a taco. Beautifully done!
Salmon tacos are my favorite!! Nothing better, thanks Brian!
Plantain fried rice! What a beautiful thing. I’m on a serious Caribbean kick right now and these tacos have everything I’m craving. Sorry about the goat and cat problems. But you did name him Snape, after all….
Tacos are my favourite way to eat fish and the jerk salmon sounds amazing! I also really like the sound of the plantain fried rice – what a good idea!
Love all the flavors going on in this dish Tieghan! That fried rice and pineapple salsa sound soo good! Sorry about Tiramisu! Hope she is on the mend soon!
Awesome taco recipe!! Looks amazing!
I usually look past fish or seafood recipes because I can’t eat them but chicken would work well with all these good ingredients.
These will be great with chicken! 🙂
Plantain rice sounds amazing! Our family just had plantain this week from our garden!! And the tacos themselves=awesomeness!!
Wow wow wow! That salmon looks mindblowingly good! I’ve been meaning to use plantain in some way or the other soon, so this sounds like the perfect chance! Especially since we also really, really love grilled pineapple, and tacos and salmon and well just basically everything in this recipe!
plantain rice?? that sounds like carb heaven! and i actually prefer flour tortillas- the hard shells always break off in weird pieces and it’s so messy to eat (plus have you ever gotten a shard stuck in your throat?).