Dinner: tacos! (with "pickled" onions)

Dinner tonight was tacos with "pickled" onions. Not sure if that's the right word (were they ceviched?), but they were tasty! This was just a make-as-you-go recipe, so here's my stab at a recipe.

Slice medium/large red onion in thin slices. Sprinkle with salt and put in a bowl. Juice two limes over the onion slices and stir to combine. Let sit for an hour or so.

Put about a pound of steak in the freezer for half hour.

Cook corn tortillas wrapped in foil in oven at 425 degrees, for about 15 minutes.

After steak is firm, slice it into small cubes. Sprinkle with seasoning (any) and cook over medium high with a little bit of olive oil. Once there is a lot of liquid in the pan (might have to do with cut of meat - I just bought cheapie chuck steaks), add about half a jar of salsa and cook over medium heat until sauce is thickened and has reduced.

Serve tacos (tortillas+steak+onions) with cheese and lots of cilantro. These were very tasty! We will definitely have them again.

Shamrock Shake time!

We treated ourselves to McDonald's tonight, which can only mean we must feel gross now. As MK said, you're not doing McDonald's right if you don't feel gross after.

I tried the new McBites tonight - not really a fan. Shamrock Shake though? Always a fan! Even if it does have a disgusting number of calories.

OOTD: February 22, 2012

It has been awhile since I took a picture of my outfit in a mirror but I figured I would go back to my "fashion blogger" (aka "too much shopping blogger") roots and try it again.

So here is today's outfit. The top has a cute pink dot pattern on it but is a little loose so may be going in the donate pile!

Lying low

Tonight I am just relaxing, trying to keep my puppy as comfortable as possible. He's having some health issues (pretty sure they are back-related), and it has been a pretty stressful week for us. We are going to the vet tomorrow though, so hopefully he will be on the mend soon.

Spring Vegetable Pasta

I made a delicious pasta dish from America's Test Kitchen tonight, swapping out the leeks for a regular onion, mainly because I didn't feel like going to the store to get leeks. :)

ATK's recipes are typically fairly involved, especially when it comes to the number of dishes/kitchen tools involved, and this one was no exception. I managed to use just one pan, but the sink is still full of dishes.

Definitely worth it though!