Fish tacos

I love fish tacos. Love them.
And I make them all the time.
And every time I make them I do it a different way.
And even though I do it different every time, I always have the same basic way of doing them: some type of white fish, some lettuce or slaw, some tomato or salsa, some avocado or guacamole, and some cheese or sour cream.
And always a soft tortilla. Because I hate crunchy taco shells. But I also don't think they would work for this dish.

Anyways, the other night I was taking inventory and trying to decide what I could make for dinner with what I had on hand. I had some fish, and some flour tortillas, a plum tomato, and avocado (now my mind is thinking fish tacos), and some sour cream. And a mango.
But no lettuce.
And no cabbage.
I did, however, have a head of cauliflower. So my brain starts thinking: "I wonder if I can grate some cauliflower and make a "slaw" out of that?"
So I did.
And it worked.

So I kept going.
And I drizzled a little red wine vinegar over the cauliflower.

Then I tossed in some chopped cilantro (sorry, no picture).
Then I grated some mango into the mix. (I know what you're thinking: "Carrie, You grated a mango??? What?!?!" Yes, I did. Keep reading...)

Then I grated the tomato into that ("What, a tomato? She grated a tomato? Now she's really losing it". But I'm not. Just hear me out... because this actually worked!)

Then I grated a couple cloves of garlic into the mix.
And then I topped it all off with a little more vinegar, and a little salt & pepper.
And Voila! I had an amazing "slaw" for my tacos.

Next, I cooked the fish. I used catfish this time, but any white fish will do.
Now, when you have smaller fish fillets they only take a few minutes to cook (maybe 3-4 minutes per side), so keep an eye on them.Oh, and after I flipped it, I put a little but of lemon zest on top. I would have preferred lime, but I didn't have one. And lemon is good on fish, so I went with it.

While the fish cooked, I sliced up an avocado, got the sour cream ready, and got my flour tortilla ready.
And when the fish was done, I put it all in a serving bowl, and started assembling my meal:

Then I dug in.
And boy was it gooood!!!!!

And now I can't wait to experiment more with cauliflower slaw. Or even broccoli.
I mean, I suppose broccoli would work too. Hmmm... (there goes the brain again) I wonder what other things I can grate and toss together and call "slaw"...
More to come on that I'm sure.
Stay tuned....
:)