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My Favorite Corn Salsa
Posted by: | CommentsI’m taking the easy way out today. Next thing on my to-do list is “blog.” Well, that and “Clean the fridge.” Meh. I got through three shelves and decided that I’m having a moment. The kids just started playing the Wii, which should keep them busy for a bit. I’m in the mood to lay my ass on our new leather couch and watch some trashy tv – maybe something on Bravo. So, my easy way out is to share with you a corn salsa recipe that I love. We make it here in my neighborhood for any get togethers. So, here it is. It’s super easy peasy.
1 can corn (drained)
1 can black beans (drained)
1 can diced tomatoes (I use Rotel tomatoes with green chiles)
Some chopped cilantro
About 1-2 tablespoons of lemon or lime juice (I use the stuff in the squeezy lemon/lime. In bartending terms, I squeeze about a six count out of the squeezy)
Salt and pepper to taste.
Just mix it all up and serve it with tortilla chips. It’s pretty damn healthy (well, except for the chips). Super easy. It tastes better once it has been in the fridge for an hour or so. Here…I’ll show you some I made today:
It’s yummy. And I’m headed to the couch….
Diggin’ The Swine
Posted by: | CommentsThis post is probably going to sound like a guy wrote it. Oh well.
The other day I was using stumbleupon.com. (I had a few extra minutes, the tv was ‘taken’ by the girls, and I didn’t feel like working). I came across a recipe. An evil but seemingly delicious recipe. Go check it out. Here it is.
Some people might think that it looks disgusting. But that salty and sweet combination is just so damn yummy. I spoke of this recipe at a birthday party for my nieces. My sister-in-law’s brother has a seriously loving relationship with bacon. He said that this was just about the best thing he had ever heard. He also suggested that I try me some chocolate covered bacon. I think that’s going on the bucket list.
So, I brought this recipe up at the restaurant yesterday. Everybody was in. But I don’t work again until Monday. Could we make home made cinnamon rolls with the pizza dough? I’m sure we could. But we’re going to follow the recipe on Monday and check them out. If they’re good enough, I’d be more than happy to put them on the menu. Nothing like a crazy dessert to get some attention. I’ll let you know how they are!
A Store For Giants
Posted by: | CommentsChloe and I went to Costco today. I’m sure you can already see where this title is going. We needed some groceries, but not a ton. We ended up with 54 rice crispy treats, milk, half and half, a gigantic container of strawberries, cashews and some other stuff. All food (except for the ‘Home Defense’ bug spray. What a deal. A gigantic container for only 8 bucks). I don’t go to Costco all that often. Why? Because I end up walking out with food, a new book, a video game, and other stuff that I THINK I need.
As we were walking through the bakery (because I told Chloe she could get cookies), we browsed. Have you seen the Costco cupcakes? They are gigantic! I mean, they have to be three times the size of a normal cupcake. Chloe then asked me if the food in there is made for REALLY big people. Yup, I guess so. I do have to say, though, that I DIDN’T buy the coconut cream pie because it was just too damn big. And I would have to eat the entire thing.
We paid for our groceries, and stopped to buy our customary churro. As we were driving home, Chloe talked to me about what she did in school today. They were talking about weather. She said “Mom. Weather is either a tiger or a sheep.”
:::huh?:::
OOOHHHHHHH, you mean either a lion or a lamb? OK, I get it.
By the way, today got a lamb 
Spring, Ice Cream and Dirt
Posted by: | CommentsI have this little ritual. I think I’ve been doing this since I was able to drive. As soon as I see that Dairy Queen has opened for the season, I have to get on the phone and yell that it is, in fact, open. Back when I was sixteen, and cell phones were thousands of dollars and almost as big as my car, I drove home first. Now, I have my handy dandy iPhone.
So, it was St. Patrick’s Day and I went to get our personal taxes done started. It was a beautiful day. Sunny and warm. Tony caught me on my cell just as I was leaving the accountant. He needed some supplies for the bar…could I stop somewhere? No problem. I headed to Wal-Fart, which meant I had to pass the DQ. (Now that I live out in the ‘burbs, I don’t drive past a DQ very often). It was open! I got right back on that cell and screamed to Tony “DAIRY QUEEN IS OPEN!!!!” I never seem to stop on that very first day I see that it’s open. I save it. I plan for it.
The days passed. We had fantastic weather. There was bike riding, chalk drawing, basketball, roller skating, swings, bubbles. All that good stuff. Well, yesterday I made the plan. I told the girls that we could head to DQ after dinner. Ice Cream? Sprinkles? They were in. As we were getting ready to head out, I looked at them.
Oh my gosh. To put it nicely, it looked like they had a fun day. Becca had a gigantic splash of mud on the back of her shirt from throwing various objects into the sandbox-that-is-now-a-science-experiment-because-it’s-filled-with-water. She had biker shorts on. Both of their hair? Mess. Chloe had on some hand me down flowered corduroys that were too short. I made her change her pants, brushed some hair, and had them cover up with some hoodies. Becca looked at me and said “Mom! Why do we have to look nice? We’re going to get ice cream, not to a wedding!”
Smart ass. She’s never even been to a wedding.
We had a great night, got to the DQ before there was a long line, and headed to the park for a couple of hours. Chloe passed out on the couch as soon as we got home. Slept in her outfit all night.
Sure beats what was happening a month ago…more than two feet of snow and being stuck in the house for a week. Glad that’s a distant memory!
Enjoy whatever weather YOU have!!!!
Oh So Thankful
Posted by: | CommentsWell, lots of things are just going just peachy here. It’s been two weeks since I’ve had a cigarette. Do I still want one? Yes, every day. In fact, I want one right now at this exact moment. Being at the restaurant is the hardest…everybody here smokes.
I’ve also been very good about going to the gym and exercising. And even though I couldn’t go to the gym yesterday, I still exercised. I did some disco abs thingie on Comcast OnDemand. Chloe did it with me. It was quite comical.
I don’t want to gain any weight because of the whole no smoking thing. I know that if I stepped on a scale and saw that I GAINED five pounds, I would get my fat ass in the car and drive down to the convenience store for cigarettes. Plain and simple. So, I’ve also joined Weight Watchers online (just for three months…then I’m going to cancel. In fact, ‘cancel Weight Watchers’ is already in my to-do list for February). I didn’t realize how much CRAP (well, not crap in the literal sense. But crappy food.) I shove in my mouth. Especially after getting those two bags of Halloween candy for half off. The Heath bars? Long gone. But I still have the Mounds. I’m thinking I should just finish off the bag and delay Weight Watchers for a few days.
Because my timing is always so perfect, it just so happens that Thanksgiving falls this week. So, I’ll be eating a ton of food that day. Oh well. At least I don’t really have to cook anything. I still have my sister in laws convinced that I can’t cook. Which is just fine with me. My assignment for Thanksgiving dinner? Celery stuffed with cream cheese and peanut butter. I almost got found out a couple of months ago, and my sister in law Anita found out that I make a mean ham. I have since sworn her to secrecy. Since she’s not actual Downey blood, I think I’ll be OK. I’ll probably get found out right now…but hopefully they think that I’m lying right now and that I really can’t cook.
Kristina – you just roll with me here. Don’t tell your aunts. But that’s why you got stuck making pies. Because they know you can.
Happy Thanksgiving!
