Loco comida mexicana que va a bailar en tu boca!~ Crazy Mexican food that will dance in your mouth

There is nothing better than a quick and easy, CRAZY "D"lish Mexican Meal to add a party atmosphere to your family dinner.  This is an Easton household favorite... From top to bottom, HERE WE GO!

LOCO BUEN GUACAMOLE- 

CRAZY GOOD GUACAMOLE

Ingredients needed:

* 3 Haas avocados, halved, seeded and peeled 

* 3 Tbs. lime juice

* 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

* 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin

* 1/2 teaspoon cayenne

* 1/2 medium onion, diced

* 2 Roma tomatoes, seeded and diced

* 1 tablespoon chopped cilantro

* 1 clove garlic, minced

In a large bowl place the scooped avocado pulp and lime juice, toss to coat. Drain, and reserve the lime juice, after all of the avocados have been coated. Mash the avocados with a whisk... keeping some chunks makes it SO GOOD!

Add the salt, cumin, and cayenne and stir well.

Then, fold in the onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and garlic.

 Add the reserved lime juice. 

Let sit at room temperature for 1 hour and then serve with tortilla chips.

Awesome Super Taco Platter!

This quick, crazy easy dish, is taken from the cookbook 

What Can I Bring by Yvonne Baker.  This book is great when needing to feed a larger group.  Many recipes can be converted to 'church supper' or family renunion portions.  Some Great ideas!

Ingredients needed:

* 1 lb. ground beef

* 1 cup water

* 1 packet taco seasoning (I use Taco Bell's seasoning)

* 1 pkg. 3oz. cream cheese softened

* 1/3 cup milk

* 1 can 4oz mild green chiles drained

*1 cup shredded lettuce

* 1 cup diced tomatoes

* 1/4 cup chopped onion

* 1 jar 4 oz. salsa

* 1 cup sliced ripe olives

* 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese

*1- 8 oz. container sour cream (they only call for 2 tbs. 

 OY VEY- more sour cream!)

*2 Tbs. chopped cilantro for top (this is my addition)

* Tortillas

Easy step!  In a skillet, brown ground beef, drain grease, then add taco seasoning and water and stir to combine

Next, mix cream cheese and milk until smooth.  Line a large platter with mixture and place your ground beef mixture on top.

Place green chiles on top of meat and then add lettuce on top!

Layer tomatoes, then onions then salsa!

Follow with sliced olives, cheddar cheese and dollops of sour cream, and a sprinkle of cilantro which adds excellent color, and a great taste.  You have a dish that deserves applause!  Tastes good, and looks pretty too.  I serve this with tortillas so guests can scoop the salad up and get the crunch of the tortilla along with the crazy fabulous taste of the salad.

I also add a bowl of Mexican Refried Beans with Cheddar on top.

You now have a meal that is quick, easy, and definitely company worthy or just a crazy great meal for a family dinner!

Loco comida mexicana que va a bailar en tu boca!  ~ 

Crazy Mexican food that will dance in your mouth!

Hope this gives you a great meal idea to share with family and friends!

Living, Laughing, and Loving the DANCING in my MOUTH! lol

Patti

A 'CRAZY', "D"lish Poppy Seed Chicken Casserole

  I love to collect chickens and I love to collect chicken recipes.  Looking for a 'crazy' fab chicken recipe?  Well here is a winner in our household, and will hopefully become one of your family favs also!

Take 6 chicken breasts, slice them up and boil for 20 minutes.

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In a bowl Mix 3 packets of  crushed Ritz Crackers, 2 sticks of melted butter and 1 Tbs. Poppy Seeds.

Pour half of you cracker mixture in the bottom of an ungreased 9x13 pan.

Mix a can of cream of chicken soup, cream of celery soup, and 16 oz. of sour cream in a bowl!  Set aside.

Place the cooked chicken on top of the crumbs, and then pour your soup/sour cream mixture over top and smooth over chicken with a spatula.

Pour the rest of the cracker crumb mixture on top.  Pop into a 350 degree oven and cook for 45 minutes.

Pull from oven and sprinkle an 8 oz. bag of sharp cheddar cheese on top, then pop back into the oven for 5 more minutes.  And then...

I like to serve this over a bed of fluffy white rice.  The texture, the combination of tastes, the richness... so good.  And ideal dish for company, or just to make your family something 'crazy' special. Does this not look SO incredible?

Whip this dish up today!  

You, and your family will just love it!

Livin', Laughin' and Lovin' my Chicken!

Patti

Our Fabulously Crazy Easter!

What a wonderful day, from start to finish!  

The day started off so wonderfully as I was blessed to be able to play my violin at a friend's church.  As I opened the church door, I was greeted by the smell of Easter Lilies, and OH the memories that rushed back from my childhood!  New clothes,  the Easter Bunnies visit, hunting for eggs.  So many wonderful memories!

I got home, and it was time for Easter baskets... YES CRAZY BUT TRUE!  I do believe that well behaved BIG KIDDOS still deserve Easter Baskets... so Easter Baskets they received!  I think I have as much fun making them as they do getting them!  

My husband and I, both being photography fanatics, NEVER end up in photos together!  Another "Crazy, but true fact", so it was essential to take the first picture in years!  I love this pic as I am a firm believer in hugs.  Hugs are precious and so important to give... not only on holidays, but on ordinary days when craziness is going on around us!  You never know what tomorrow holds, so HUG those you love like crazy.

Onto the Easter Feast!  Such a wonderful time to sit with the ones you love, to talk, to spend time reminiscing and then looking forward to what the next holiday may bring.  Dinners around the table are the tops!

We enjoyed our meal of roast beef, carrots the Easter Bunny left behind, = ) mashed tators & gravy, green bean casserole (always a  must have) and corn!  Our family enjoys comfort food, and in a crazy way, it always puts a warm smile on our faces, 

as well as a warm spot in our tummies!

and the Place Cards... 

Were a success!  It was SO much fun hearing my 21 year old son gush over his  place card.  I think he realizes just how 'crazy' his mom is about him... it is the little things that reach their 'big kiddo' hearts!

And the 'piece de resistance' ~ "Strawberry Shortcake"!  

SO Southern ~ SO 'crazy' yummy!

Again a comfort food.  And a MAJOR SUGAR RUSH

 after all of the candy! = )

And of COURSE I must include Nermal ~ my sweetie in the EASTER MIX!  He really does love his bunny!  I just caught him in this funny pose!  Our 'whole' family, cats included is ending the day with a blessed feeling in our hearts.

Blessed for the Special Easter Holiday where we celebrate our faith and belief in a Risen Savior, and the wonderful thought of spending eternity together.  Blessed, for the love we share for each other and blessed for the times that we know are 'the stuff that memories are made of'.  Memories that will never be stolen or taken.  Memories of joy, happiness, and crazy, crazy, love for each other and our future.

On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer ~Douglas Horton

Hoping your day was just as special, and just as memorable.

Living, Laughing, and Loving the moment,

Patti

Smiling Like "CRAZY"

"A cheerful heart is good medicine"

Proverbs

I have always loved to smile as it definitely beats the alternative!  And I always love to have others smiling with me.  I thought I would share a short blog with you of things that make me smile.  And reasons that smiling is SO important for YOU and those around you!

Hugs from Family and Friends... make me smile

"If you don't have a smile, I'll give you one of mine"

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My Cats make me smile

"A cat is all love and energy"

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Being at home makes me smile

"A smile is the light in the window of your face 

that tells people you're at home."

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A Positive Attitude makes me smile

 "Life is like a mirror, we get the best results 

when we smile at it"

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Being healthy makes me smile

"It takes a lot of work from the face to let out a smile, but just think what good smiling can bring to the most important muscle of your body... the heart!"

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Creating makes me smile

"Keep smiling...

it makes people wonder what you have been up to"

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Peaceful activities make me smile

"Peace begins with a smile"

Mother Teresa

The "Little Things" make me smile

"If you smile when no one else is around,

you really mean it"

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"A smile costs nothing but gives much.  It enriches those that receive without making poorer those who give.  It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever.  None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it, and none is so poor he cannot be made rich by it.  Yet a smile cannot  bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away.  Some people are too tired to give you a smile.  Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give"

~author unknown~

Writing this blog has been an exercise of counting my many blessings... and there are so many that I am simply grinning from ear to ear!  And I bet once you start counting the things that make you happy you will be wearing a smile that lights up the world around you!

"Every time you smile at someone, 

it is an action of love"

Mother Teresa

Living, Laughing, Loving and Smiling like "CRAZY",

Patti