OK, so I am recording this salsa recipe while I remember it. We made it for Activity Days this week and it turned out delicious! All of these ingredients can be altered to fit your own taste buds, but this turned out pretty well.
Salsa
4 cans fire roasted tomato (you can use any canned tomatoes, I just prefer fire roasted)
3 cloves garlic
*Combine these in the food processor and pour into bowl.
Chop in small pieces and add into the tomato mixture:
one bunch green onion, white and green parts
1/2 large white onion (or more if you like it)
Use kitchen shears to cut 1/2 a bunch of cilantro into small pieces, add to the salsa to taste.
Salt, lots of it, don't be afraid! It brings up the flavor of the other ingredients
Chop a jalapeno, or two or three or more. Add as wanted and don't forget to use gloves when you chop.
This is easy salsa that tastes seriously good!
Guacamole:
8 large avacado
1 large scoop of mayonaise (I am leaving this vague on purpose)
2 chopped roma tomatoes
1 or 2 cloves garlic
Salt to taste
Mash all of the above ingredients in a bowl. Keep on adding and tasting as you go until it is exactly right!
Salsa and guacamole is a personal thing, I wouldn't want to get in your way!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Cafe Rio Pork and Tomatillo Dressing
So I looked up a few Cafe Rio recipes on the internet, but I ended up just winging one based on what I found. I think it turned out really well, so I'm going to post it here.
Cafe Rio Pork
4-5 pound boneless pork loin roast
2 cans sprite
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 packets onion soup mix
1 can Hunts fire roasted tomatoes with green chili (although any tomato with green chili will do)
Place all of the ingredients in a crock pot for several hours, until the pork shreds easily. (If I have a lot of time, I cook it on low. If I'm short on time, I turn my crock pot to high.) The carbonation in the soda makes the pork tender and yummy!
Tomatillo Dressing
This makes tons of dressing.
2 cups buttermilk
1 cup mayonaise
3 tomatillos (they look like green tomatoes, in a husk)
2 cloves garlic
4-5 tbsp. dry ranch mix. (one packet is equal to three tbsp.)
1/2 bunch of cilantro
the juice of one lime
salt to taste
Blend all of the ingredients in a food processor until thoroughly combined and refridgerate to set. This comes out like a thin ranch dressing. It's a little tangy, but delicious!
We ate this on salad complete with rice, black beans and guacamole. MMMMM!!
Cafe Rio Pork
4-5 pound boneless pork loin roast
2 cans sprite
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 packets onion soup mix
1 can Hunts fire roasted tomatoes with green chili (although any tomato with green chili will do)
Place all of the ingredients in a crock pot for several hours, until the pork shreds easily. (If I have a lot of time, I cook it on low. If I'm short on time, I turn my crock pot to high.) The carbonation in the soda makes the pork tender and yummy!
Tomatillo Dressing
This makes tons of dressing.
2 cups buttermilk
1 cup mayonaise
3 tomatillos (they look like green tomatoes, in a husk)
2 cloves garlic
4-5 tbsp. dry ranch mix. (one packet is equal to three tbsp.)
1/2 bunch of cilantro
the juice of one lime
salt to taste
Blend all of the ingredients in a food processor until thoroughly combined and refridgerate to set. This comes out like a thin ranch dressing. It's a little tangy, but delicious!
We ate this on salad complete with rice, black beans and guacamole. MMMMM!!
Happy Mother's Day! (Early)
I just have to say, since this is a book of remembrance for me, that my inspiration for my blog tonight came from the fact that it took me about twenty minutes to take this picture. Not because I was searching for the perfect background or good lighting, no. I was looking for somewhere I could set it where the flower wouldn't be in front of black bananas, dirty dishes, leftovers still on the counter, you get the point.
This is a picture of my Mother's Day gift from Joshua. I am LOVING it! He made and painted the clay flower pot all by himself. He said all of the kids in the class were asking him for the purple flower because it was so pretty. Josh insisted he keep it for me. I just love that little guy.
This is a picture of my Mother's Day gift from Joshua. I am LOVING it! He made and painted the clay flower pot all by himself. He said all of the kids in the class were asking him for the purple flower because it was so pretty. Josh insisted he keep it for me. I just love that little guy.
He was baptized last week. When the meeting started, and everyone was reverent and quiet, Bishop stood up and asked Derek, "are we waiting on anyone else?" Derek said "no" and Josh shouts out, "let's get this thing started!" Josh is a human sparkler.
I have a cute story about Matthew today too. He comes home from the Rattler's game (arena football) and says to me, "mom, there were girls there that were totally inappropriate." You have to imagine this in his little six year old voice that still baby talks sometimes. So I asked him, did they wear short skirts? And he said "no, but I could see their belly buttons the whole time!" I guess he talked about the inappropriate girls at the game half the drive home. That's a little different than Tyler wanting to get a pictures and autographs with the Rattler's cheerleaders last year, isn't it?
Funny kids, I love being a Mom!
Meow Mix
I also almost fed a cute little kitty to Buddy our Boxer tonight. I also traumatized my daughter for life. My intention was to introduce Buddy to the kitty so that they could live happily every after together in my back yard. Those dreams were dashed within about 60 seconds of the cat meeting the dog.
The kitty, (I believe Michael named him Meow Mix), started hissing at Buddy. Buddy made a lunge for the kitty and I nearly got my fingers dislocated hanging onto Buddy's collar and trying to calm him back down. Julianna rushed into the house with the cat hissing and clawing at her. She was devastated because naturally Meow Mix blamed Julianna for nearly becoming, well, Meow Mix. He hissed at Jules every time she came near after that and it broke Julianna's heart.
Grandma was so sweet. She helped the kitty calm down and got him to sleep and then encouraged Jules to pet him again. Good job Grandma! The idea is to reunite the cat with his mom tomorrow. I don't think we're the house for him....
The kitty, (I believe Michael named him Meow Mix), started hissing at Buddy. Buddy made a lunge for the kitty and I nearly got my fingers dislocated hanging onto Buddy's collar and trying to calm him back down. Julianna rushed into the house with the cat hissing and clawing at her. She was devastated because naturally Meow Mix blamed Julianna for nearly becoming, well, Meow Mix. He hissed at Jules every time she came near after that and it broke Julianna's heart.
Grandma was so sweet. She helped the kitty calm down and got him to sleep and then encouraged Jules to pet him again. Good job Grandma! The idea is to reunite the cat with his mom tomorrow. I don't think we're the house for him....
Thursday, April 22, 2010
We're On a Roll
It's been a week alright.
So the day after the DS made it's way into the toilet, my new Palm phone took a swim. I was standing right there, not five feet from Bella as she made her way into the bathroom. Before I could stop it, my phone went into the toilet.
Today, my nephew was playing happily in the floor swing while I was making dinner. All of a sudden he started screaming. I look over and whadya know. There is Bella hovering close by. Careful examination found a big bite mark on his head. Like his poor little head was an apple. BELLA!!!!!
I now have gray hair all over MY head. I think Bells gave me all of it and she barely turned one. What am I going to do? I'm just starting to have teenagers. I'll be totally gray in a year! In case you're wondering, yes, the grays go great with the acne I can't seem to clear up. What is with that? Can't catch a break here.
Michael performed in a play tonight at the school. He sang a solo and did a really beautiful job. So proud of you Michael!! Sadly, I was distracted by the fact that he was up there in front of everyone with mon chee chee hair. (Remember those?) He needs a haircut in the worst way.
Unfortunately, he also needed a haircut the day that they did troupe pictures that are on large colored banners on the marquee in front and all around the school. Maybe people will think we want his hair that way. (If only, it's not like its all flowy when it's long. Poor baby.)
I rock.
And I'm going to bed now.
So the day after the DS made it's way into the toilet, my new Palm phone took a swim. I was standing right there, not five feet from Bella as she made her way into the bathroom. Before I could stop it, my phone went into the toilet.
Today, my nephew was playing happily in the floor swing while I was making dinner. All of a sudden he started screaming. I look over and whadya know. There is Bella hovering close by. Careful examination found a big bite mark on his head. Like his poor little head was an apple. BELLA!!!!!
I now have gray hair all over MY head. I think Bells gave me all of it and she barely turned one. What am I going to do? I'm just starting to have teenagers. I'll be totally gray in a year! In case you're wondering, yes, the grays go great with the acne I can't seem to clear up. What is with that? Can't catch a break here.
Michael performed in a play tonight at the school. He sang a solo and did a really beautiful job. So proud of you Michael!! Sadly, I was distracted by the fact that he was up there in front of everyone with mon chee chee hair. (Remember those?) He needs a haircut in the worst way.
Unfortunately, he also needed a haircut the day that they did troupe pictures that are on large colored banners on the marquee in front and all around the school. Maybe people will think we want his hair that way. (If only, it's not like its all flowy when it's long. Poor baby.)
I rock.
And I'm going to bed now.
Strawberry Syrup
Pictures for this post will be up soon. (I hope.)
Here are my beautiful jars of strawberry syrup. What? You thought I was making jam? On no, definitely not. I was totally planning on making strawberry syrup this whole time. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. So I'll share my recipe for the strawberry syrup.
Strawberries liquified in the food processor until you have four cups.
1/4 cup lemon juice
4 cups sugar
Boil the ingredients for hours and hours and hours trying to get the mixture to thicken. Wonder whats going on. Add what few whole strawberries you have left in an attempt to make your strawberry sauce thicken. Cook some more. Fret. Stir it a lot. Add the one box of pectin you have into the quadrupled recipe for jam (of course, I mean syrup) to see if that will help. Rack your brain trying to figure out where you went wrong. Finally give up and jar your jam -oops, I mean your syrup and enjoy on pancakes instead of toast.
What can I say, that's just how things go sometimes. By the way, don't liquify your strawberries in a food processor. You are supposed to crush the strawberries with a potato masher until you have four cups if you want to leave out pectin. I'm pretty sure that was my mistake.
Bon appetit!
Here are my beautiful jars of strawberry syrup. What? You thought I was making jam? On no, definitely not. I was totally planning on making strawberry syrup this whole time. I'm sorry for the misunderstanding. So I'll share my recipe for the strawberry syrup.
Strawberries liquified in the food processor until you have four cups.
1/4 cup lemon juice
4 cups sugar
Boil the ingredients for hours and hours and hours trying to get the mixture to thicken. Wonder whats going on. Add what few whole strawberries you have left in an attempt to make your strawberry sauce thicken. Cook some more. Fret. Stir it a lot. Add the one box of pectin you have into the quadrupled recipe for jam (of course, I mean syrup) to see if that will help. Rack your brain trying to figure out where you went wrong. Finally give up and jar your jam -oops, I mean your syrup and enjoy on pancakes instead of toast.
What can I say, that's just how things go sometimes. By the way, don't liquify your strawberries in a food processor. You are supposed to crush the strawberries with a potato masher until you have four cups if you want to leave out pectin. I'm pretty sure that was my mistake.
Bon appetit!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Really, I Have Nothing to Say
-- Sent from my Palm Pre
This limited edition DS took a swim in a urine filled toilet tonight. You're awesome Bella...This is what happens when you try to sneak away to dinner with your husband. I mean, we didn't sneak, our children knew we weren't home. I guess you get the babysitting you pay for. Maybe we need to find a sitter that charges more than a bag of hot cheetos. Maybe we'd get better results. Glad we stiffed him tonight! (Insert smiley face here.)
By the way, why is it that I always have urine filled toilets? It could be worse I guess (obviously), but I really wish that I had flushed "loos." Maybe someday... a girl can dream, right?
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