Sunday, July 22, 2012

Easy Taco Salad

My husband and I came up with this a couple of days ago:

Easy Taco Salad
1 lb of ground beef
1 package of taco seasoning
1/2 head iceberg lettuce, shredded or chopped
2 green bell peppers, diced
1/2 red onion, diced
1 can of mexicorn, drained
sour cream
salsa
shredded cheese
tortilla chips

Follow taco seasoning package directions to cook ground beef. Drain. Set aside. In a bowl combine lettuce, bell peppers, onion and mexicorn. For each serving put salad mix in bowl and add taco meat, sour cream, salsa, shredded cheese and tortilla chips as desired.

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Pinterest

I haven't posted in awhile. Quite a lot going on during the summer. I've also spent a bit of time on Pinterest.com. Some of you have probably already discovered this site. For those that haven't let me explain how it works. If a person comes across a website, oftentimes a blog that gives instructions on how to do something, and they want to remember where the site is so they can go back and try it, they pin it. If someone finds a cute accessory for sale or a great furniture design and want to be able to find it again, they pin it. It is like having bookmarks but they are all stored in one place, and your friends can see what you have pinned. If they like it, they may repin it to their own boards (like cork boards but online). You can do the same with things that they have pinned. Good recipes, how to's, etc. The other great thing is that you can search for a certain subject like "magnet" and see all the pins that have been made with that subject. I have found and altered or adapted many, many ideas from making hand soap, to spot removing tips, to easy hair styling, to easy chicken enchiladas, to an easy idea for making magnets (except I am going to make them necklace focals instead). Every so often I will come across one where the site has been deleted but all-in-all this is a great resource site for finding how-to's and ideas. But beware, it can be addicting and occasionally you might find a pin you don't care for. But all-in-all, this is a great one stop shop for finding what you are looking for D-I-Y without having to Google through hundreds and hundreds of sites for the same thing. (Next will be turning 16 cent bathroom tiles into decorative coasters - using the tiles, felt, felt glue, scrapbook paper and Modge Podge.) Can't wait!

Our board is Rachel Cross in case you want to follow it.