Mahi Mahi Salad with Cilantro Lime Dressing

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Sometimes I eat complete crap. I like to think everyone does once and a while. Last weekend at Target we made an impulse buy in the dollar section, Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. Yikes! We also had some leftover hot dogs from a barbecue yesterday in our fridge this afternoon. And one of Senor’s favorite throwback meals is mac and cheese with cut-up hot dogs.  Are you really still wondering what crap I ate for lunch? Here it is, feel my shame?

Obviously I had to make up for my horribly unhealthy lunch with a much better dinner. I ended up making a pretty delicious salad with my own dressing made from lime, cilantro. olive oil, garlic and fresh ground black pepper. To be honest, it was good but not great. I used four limes and three tablespoons of olive oil. It was far too limey though. I think for the two of us, two limes and a bit more olive oil would have been better. The rest of the salad was pretty yummy though.

I tossed black beans (frozen ones from my freezer, heated for 1 minute in the microwave) with left over Pico de Gallo from the Huevos Rancheros we had yesterday, topped with blue cheese crumbles,  and half of a Mahi Mahi fillet for each of us.

My Pampered Chef chopper. It’s one of my very favorite kitchen tools.

There now, doesn’t that look A LOT tastier than the macaroni/hot dog disaster above? I’m not going to lie, the macaroni with hot dogs was pretty freaking good. There’s a reason we crave fats, sugars and salty foods. They’re delicious. But the healthy stuff can be pretty delicious too and I think with the right ratio of olive oil to lime juice this salad will have all of the yummy flavor combination that make for a crave-worthy meal.  I might switch out the blue cheese for some regular shredded mozzarella as well. The blue cheese is yummy, of course, but the strong flavor is a bit much mixed with the strong lime flavor.

Salad:

4oz Romaine
2oz Black Beans
1.5oz Blue Cheese
3oz Mahi Mahi
3oz Pico De Gallo

Dressing (full recipe for 2 salads)
Large Bunch of fresh cilantro
4 limes (I’m changing this to 2)
3 Tbl Olive Oil (I’m changing this to 4)
4 cloves fresh garlic
Ground Black pepper

Nutrition Info:
1 salad with half the dressing recipe:
Calories: 387.75
Fat: 23.46
Carbs: 20.43
Fiber:5.37
Sodium:450 mg
Protein:26.09

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