2013.04.10

Today I was much more productive than the past few days. Crazy how a cranky vs. happy baby can make a world of difference. Today I:

1. Made taco style chicken in the crock-pot.
2. Hung out with my happy baby!
3. Started organizing some stuff in the basement.
4. Cleaned the living room.
5. Made Salsa
6. Made Guacomole
7. Cleaned the whole kitchen
8. Had a friend over for dinner
9. Made dump cake
10. Cleaned the whole kitchen again
11. Loaded and organized pictures onto my computer

Recipes from today:

Dump Cake:
Ingredients:
1 can cherry pie filling
1 can crushed pinapple
1 box yellow cake mix
1/2 stick of butter.

Directions:
Dump fruit into baking dish. Dump/sprinkle cake mix on top (do NOT mix together). Melt butter and drizzle over everything. Bake at 350 for about half an hour or until fruit is bubbly.



Crock-Pot Chicken Tacos:

Ingredients:

6-8 Chicken Breasts
1 jar Salsa
1 packet of taco seasoning
OPTIONAL: cilantro, lime, other veggies

Directions:
Dump everything into the crock pot. Cook on low 6-8 hours or high 4-6 hours. Shred chicken.
Serve on tortillas with other taco toppings (shredded cheese, sour cream, salsa, guac, etc.)

 



Guacamole:

Ingredients:

2 ripe avacados
Some chopped tomato and onion
Spices (garlic, onion powder, salt, spicy pepper, etc.)
Lime (or just lime juice)

Directions:
Cut avacado in half, remove pit. Scoop out flesh into container. Add tomato, onion, lime juice and spices to taste. Smash and mix everything. Serve with tortilla chips!


Pico de Gallo Salsa:

Ingredients:
1/2 an onion
4 roma tomatoes
2 jalepeno peppers
2 garlic gloves
1/2 bunch of Cilantro
Lime

Directions:
Dice tomato.
Chop onion.
Mince garlic.
Cut jalepeno, remove seeds, chop (if you want more spice, leave some seeds or add more jalepenos).
Pick off cilantro leaves. Chop them too!
Squeeze in lime juice.

Mix all ingredients together.
Enjoy with tortilla chips or on tacos!