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Showing posts with label Travel. Show all posts

Monday, October 24, 2016

Grilled Avocado Tacos and A Trip To Carlsbad

 Amazing Taco Shop in San Diego California  
This is my copy cat Avocado Grilled Tacos recipe from Galaxy Tacos 

Easy Grilled Avocados


2
 
ripe, fresh Hass avocados, seeded and peeled
2
 
Tbsp.
 
fresh lime or lemon juice
Olive oil or cooking spray
Sea salt to taste
Fresh ground pepper to taste
  1. Cut avocado in half and remove seed with a spoon.
  2. Drizzle with fresh lime or lemon juice and brush lightly with olive oil.
  3. Gently place cut side down on grill over hot coals for 2-3 minutes.
  4. Season with salt and pepper to taste.​
Mexican Street Corn
Ingredients
  • 1 (16 oz) bag frozen corn (or 3-4 cups fresh corn)
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 tablespoons mayonnaise (I used light)
  • 3-4 oz Cotija cheese, crumbled (I found this over in the specialty cheese section of the grocery store, but you could also use feta cheese)
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice (fresh is my favorite)
  • 1 tablespoon jalapeno peppers, finely chopped
  • 1/3 cup fresh cilantro, finely chopped
  • 2 tablespoons red onion, finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
  • salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Heat oil over medium heat. Add frozen corn and let cook until corn starts to char, stirring occasionally (it took about 7-8 minutes before my corn was lightly charred).
  2. While the corn is cooking, mix together mayonnaise, cheese, lime juice, cilantro, red onion, garlic, chili powder, and salt and pepper in a large bowl. When corn is done, gently fold it in with other ingredients.
  3. Serve immediately and store any leftovers in the refrigerator.

Slow Cooker Re fried Beans


Ingredients
  • 1 onion, peeled and halved
  • 3 cups dry pinto beans, rinsed
  • 1/4-1/2 fresh jalapeno pepper, seeded and chopped (I used about 1/4 because I wanted my kids to eat it and not think it was too hot)
  • 2 tablespoons minced garlic
  • 3 teaspoons salt
  • 1 3/4 teaspoons fresh ground black pepper
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin (optional)
  • 5 cups water
  • 4 cups chicken broth
Instructions
  1. -Place the onion, rinsed beans, jalapeno, garlic, salt, pepper, and cumin into a slow cooker. Pour in the water and chicken broth and stir to combine. Cook on High for 8 hours, adding more water as needed. Note: if more than 1 cup of water has evaporated during cooking, then the temperature is too high.
  2. -Once the beans have cooked, strain them, and reserve the liquid. Mash the beans with a potato masher, adding the reserved water as needed to attain desired consistency.
I spread a Hummus (I used Chile Lime from Haromons I has a little kick)  on the cooked Corn Tortilla
then some refried beans then grilled avocado then the Mexican sweet corn then some Cilantro to garnish then some Queso Fresco Cheeses. So yummy! We served it with fresh fruit. 

 Jackie, Diana and I 
 Kirk Jackie and Scott




 The Jesperson's have E Bikes and we went everywhere on them! So much fun!
 We eat at Jake's on the beach and it was yummy and a beautiful view.

   The Jesperson's own a home in Carlsbad and it is beautiful. We went down for 5 days. So much fun! We hiked Torrey Pines and rode the E bikes to the beach, the store and to Trader Joe's. Went to the movies and enjoyed the pool and hot tub. Great conversation. It was a fun week.  

Monday, February 15, 2016

Morning hike in Colorado August 2015


 Road trip selfie 
 We saw a harmless garden snake. 
 Stacy and Geoff are great parents!


We saw three rattlesnakes, 2 regulars snakes and a few frogs

Went to visit Geoff, Stacy and Mekk and celebrate Mekk's 1st birthday. We really loved Colorado and see why Geoff and Stacy are happy there. The weather was beautiful. Great hike but I was scared to death when I saw the rattlesnakes. Mekk is adorable!

Thursday, February 11, 2016

Elders Love Disneyland Trip from September 2015

 We went to Disneyland as a family the week of September 7




 Ian and Mekk
 We ran into Rachel and some of her girls

 Clayton and Norah 

 Toy story Mania one of our favorites
 Norah at the Princess dinner
 Small world with the whole family!!
 My cute Clayton with the hat Granddaddy bought him
 Jessie and Jason's lobby of the Hotel  
Naples Pizzeria in Down Town Disney.

We stayed in a VRBO home near Disneyland. Jessie and Jason stayed in a Hotel. We had a great time. Our family has a love for Disney!! This trip was planned awhile ago. Carlie went in 2014 over the week of Labor day and the lines were not that long. So we thought it would be a good time to go as a family. Well I guess everyone else heard the something and  decided it would be a good week. So it was a little crowed. We still had a great time. This is what I put on Instagram-

Disneyland with my peeps!! It was hotter then @&$% but we survived  It was a blast!!



"Life with you makes perfect senses, you're my best friend!" Tim McGraw-My favorite people EVER! All thirteen of us!! A lot of laughing, smiles and chasing kids. I feel blessed!


Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Cabo

One finial picture of the trip 

Jackie, Rachel stayed another week.









Jackie decided that she didn't need to get home and it was snowing in Utah so she invited us to stay. I thought for sure I would need to go home. Scott was so kind in understanding and thought I should take advantage of the opportunity to stay another week. It was beautiful weather and we had a great time, I feel so blessed to have been able to go. We lived the good life in Cabo. Swim, shop eat then repeat. Thank you Jackie and Kirk for the invite. SO MUCH FUN!

The Office for Breakfast



 The fruit bowl is always yummy. It's Scott's favorite




We love to go to The Office for breakfast. We enjoy the food. You eat on the beach. We take off our shoes and enjoy the warm sand. After we go closer to the water where the sales or venders are and enjoy a little shopping. Rachel is the most fun to shop with.