Sunday, November 30, 2014

Chile Verde & Mexican Rice

I'm a Pinterest- a-holic . I'm not ashamed to say that I get on Pinterest when I have free time, at least two to three times a week. Which is where I found these two yummy recipes that I made for dinner this evening! I've been craving Mexican food lately.

The first recipe was for Chili Verde:

This was delicious! Hubby & son gobbled this right up! This is a picture of the left overs for lunch tomorrow. I wish I would have thought to take a picture of my dinner plate. I added shredded cheddar cheese, sour cream and black olives on top of this. My hubby put his Chili Verde in a toasted flour tortilla with Mexican rice, and all the same toppings. Yum!
 
 
 
Roasted Poblano Chili Verde Recipe:
This recipe is from subeeskitchen.com
 
Ingredients:
 
3 Poblano chiles, roasted, skinned, seeded & chopped
3 tbsp. olive oil
3-4 lbs pork tenderloin cut into 1 1/2" cubes
2 large white onions chopped ( I used 1 1/2)
3 cloves of garlic
1 tbsp. dried cumin
1 tbsp. dried oregano
2 jars ( 15oz each) Salsa Verde
1 can (14 oz) chicken broth
1 chicken bouillon cube
salt & pepper
 
Directions: Broil or BBQ Poblano peppers. Leave them on the cookie sheet you broiled them on and cover them with plastic wrap as soon as they get out of the oven to steam them to get the skin off easier. Sautee the pork cubes to get the outside brown. Pull the pork out of your pan. Add some more olive oil and garlic then cook your onions. After onions are cooked, add the pork back in. Also add the chilies, cumin, and oregano. Give it a good stir. Then add the rest of the ingredients. Cover your pan and put it into the oven at 375 degrees for 3 hours. When it's finished you should be able to pull the pork apart easily with a fork. Yum!
 
 
Here is the recipe for the Mexican Rice we had with our Chili Verde:
This recipe was found on webicurean.com
 
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. olive oil
1/4 cup chopped white onion
1 spear of celery, chopped ( this was not in the recipe)
a couple dashes of garlic powder
1 cup of long grain rice
2 cups of water
1 cube of Knorr's Tomato Bouillon with chicken flavor
 
Directions:
Add olive oil to pan. Add onions, let cook a couple minutes before adding celery. Then add garlic powder, and stir well. Next, add the rice and stir well. Quickly add the water after the rice so the rice doesn't burn. Drop the bouillon in and stir until it is completely dissolved. Bring it to a boil. Then cover and lower the temperature once it comes to a boil. let it cook for 10 minutes. Once it's cooked, pull off heat and let it sit for 5 minutes before serving.
 
These recipes were very yummy! I will definitely be making these again, especially since both my boys liked them :)
 
 


DIY Christmas Stocking Holders

Last week we went over to Grandma & Grandpa's for a visit. While we were there Grandpa made us the bases to our DIY Christmas Stocking Holders! He cut 6 pieces from a 2x4 piece of wood, that were 6" long each. He sanded them and screwed them together:

K's cousin was there too! They enjoyed watching Grandpa use his cool tools!

Both boys had safety goggles on at all times.

Juice break!

Grandpa screwing the pieces together.

Finished the base! Thank you Grandpa!

Little helper!

Another little helper on a juice break.
BIG BIG BIG Hug!

Starting to prime the base.
 

First coat of primer on!
 
I just put the second coat of primer on this evening. I will add more pictures to this post as I complete the project.
Update:
I decided to paint all three different.

I found these hooks at Hobby Lobby for 3.99 each.


This is the finished stocking holder. I painted little mini clothes pins ( which I found at Hobby Lobby) and glued them to the top of the stocking holder. I decided to hang a picture instead of painting names on each holder.
 
 

2014 Picture with Santa

We went to get our picture taken with Santa last week! K did great, he told Santa what he wanted for Christmas. Which was a Bat Bot ( Batman Robot) & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle stuff.


 
2014
3 years old
 
 
Visit with Santa 2014

Getting in the Holiday Spirit with some yummy Crab Mold!

I've already made Crab Mold twice so far this holiday season:



My mom makes this dip as an appetizer for Thanksgiving & Christmas! And, I absolutely LOVE it!
I can never get enough of it. It brings back fun memories of the holidays. My hubby LOVES it too, so as soon as it became mid- November Crab Mold has been a constant in our frig! Love it!


Crab Mold Ingredients:

6 oz Cream cheese
1 can of Cream of Mushroom soup
1 Tbsp Knox gelatin
3 Tbsp of water
1 cup of mayo
1 cup of celery finely chopped ( I only like 1/2 cup)
3 green onions chopped
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Directions : Heat soup & cream cheese in microwave ( 1 1/2 minutes) stir until smooth. Dissolve gelatin in water. Add gelatin into soup mixture. Set aside to cool. When cool, add all other ingredients & stir well. Pour into greased mold & chill over night. Serve with crackers.

Playing at a new park

I haven't posted in two weeks! Ugh, I'm going to bust out a bunch of posts tonight to catch up! We've been busy!

 One of the things we did was stop by a new park that we had not been to yet:





 
My little munchkin enjoyed the new park.

Sunday, November 16, 2014

Topher's 3rd Birthday Party

We went to Topher's Birthday party today! It was at the zoo! We had a bunch of fun!!!




Stop! Stop, we are not taking anymore pictures!

Enough! You adults need to stop taking so many pictures of us!




















 

Happy Birthday T!!




 
 
What a GREAT idea to have his birthday party at the zoo!
We all had a lot of fun!