Shrimp Tacos

I'm now eating fish several times weekly. My experience cooking fish is minimal so I'm reading recipes and trying different ideas. I've been craving fish tacos - and they're easy to make. Primal Blueprint has an 80/20 rule. If you follow the guidelines 80% of the time you can have foods that are limited (like corn tortillas) 20% of the time. Rather sensible, don’t you think?

To accompany them I tried my hand at pickled carrots and jalapenos. Rigoberto’s in Redmond always has a vat of them – and I’m hooked. I used a cup of vinegar, four carrots peeled and sliced, and one jalapeno – then let it sit for a quick pickle for several hours. It wasn’t as hot and spicy as Rigoberto’s. Next time I will locate a recipe…

1 lb. shrimp
3 limes (I used lemons as a substitute)
½ cup mayonnaise
1 tsp chili powder
8 small corn tortillas
1 cup shredded cabbage
2 small carrots, peeled and shredded, optional
1 jalapeno thinly sliced, optional


1. For lime sauce, juice two of the limes into a bowl (cut remaining lime into wedges for serving). Stir mayonnaise and chili powder into juice.
2. Cook shrimp in large skillet with 2 tbl. oil. Turn when pink.

3. Wrap tortilla in paper towels, heat in microwave 30 seconds.
4. Top tortillas with shrimp, cabbage, carrots and jalapeno. Drizzle with Lime Sauce. Pass lime wedges. Makes 4 servings.