What do you call cheese that isn't yours?

NA-CHO CHEESE!!!!


Do you ever have a hankering for something, but don't have everything you need to make it? That's how I felt tonight. I wanted nachos but didn't want to go out and I didn't have any taco seasoning packets on hand. So, I did my best, and it turned out mui delicioso! I even topped it with some fresh homemade guacamole! I love avocados!


Here are the recipes for both!


Tacos Meat

1 teaspoon butter (kinda heaping...don't like level it off or anything...)
2 tablespoons green bell pepper
2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon chili powder
1/2 lb ground beef

1. In a large frying pan, melt butter at about a medium heat. Add the bell pepper, onions and garlic salt and let it cook for 2-3 minutes.
2. Add the hamburger and the chili powder and mix with the onions, cooking until the hamburger meat has browned.

You don't need to drain it or anything...I used either 85/15 meat or 90/10 hamburger and there wasn't any excessive fat/fluid/grossness in the pan. Just spoon your hamburger meat over your favorite chips and top with shredded cheese and whatever else you like on your tacos/nachos!

Also, the chili powder you're adding isn't enough to make it hot, just enough to give it really awesome flavor. I don't have super expensive spices, and honestly, when I bought the bottle of chili powder I have, I bought the super cheap one because I didn't know what to expect.


MOLE! MOLE! MOLE!

I love guacamole.

2 avocados
1 teaspoon finely chopped yellow onion
2 tablespoons fresh diced tomato
garlic salt--I just gave the container a few good shakes....Add it to your taste
Juice from 1/8 lemon

1. Prepare the avocados by cutting in half and removing the seed and the peel. (If you hit the HEB, they have vacuum packed avocados for pretty cheap and they're peeled and seeded and fresh.)
2. Cut the avocados into cubes and place in a bowl with the onion and the garlic salt. Mix together, mashing the avocado pieces as you go.
3. Add the tomato pieces and mix gently. You don't want to mash the tomatoes!!!
4. Squeeze the lemon juice into the avocado to help it stay green and give it some zip and you're set!

If you can make this a little bit ahead of time, do it! The flavors will mingle a little more and it'll taste even better. If not, it's still freakin' good.



I tried to take a picture of the nachos I made but it didn't turn out well...and then I realized I was starving so I ate them.

Have you guys ever had the "Julio's" brand tortilla chips? They are made out of San Angelo, Texas and are PHENOMENAL!!! They are thick and crunchy and they flavor them with paprika, but not too much so they're ick. Keep an eye out for Julio's chips! Bright yellow bag....delicious chips!



Alright y'all, Happy Cooking!


Amy