Saturday, August 28, 2010

mmm...

I get really nervous when I invite people over for dinner.  I have a little bit of anxiety all day worrying if the food is going to turn out or not.  We had some friends over last week and thankfully the meal turning out great!  I made sweet pork chimichangas.  Her is the yummy recipe that my mom put together:



What you'll need:
3-5 lbs Pork Roast
16oz Chunky Salsa
1 Can Dr. Pepper
2 Cups Brown Sugar

Shredded Lettuce
Sour Cream
Tomatoes (diced)
1 can Green Chile Sauce
Flour Tortillas
(The amount of the above 5 ingredients depends on how many you want to serve)

How to make it:
1. Place Pork in Crock Pot with water and cook for 4 hours on high.

2. Blend Salsa and Brown Sugar in Blender.  Slowly stir in Dr Pepper (***Don't blend Dr. Pepper with salsa and brown sugar because you will have an explosion).

3. After pork has cooked for 4 hours drain water and cut up pork in smaller chunks.  Add Dr. Pepper mixture to crock pot and cook for 4 more hours on low.

4.  Check meat the last two hours to see how it is cooking.  It might need to be turned up to high heat depending on your crock-pot.

5.  Shred meat the last 30 minutes so the meat can soak up some more flavor.

6.  When meat is cooked, heat oil (about 1/4 inch deep) in skillet.  I test the heat by putting a little piece of tortilla in the oil.  If the oil starts boiling when you drop it the skillet it is ready to go.

7.  While oil is heating place desired amount of pork onto tortilla and wrap it up like a burrito.

8.  Place burrito into hot oil.  Let cook until it crisps up a little bit and then flip over.  Cook until that side crisps up too.

9.  Remove burrito using tongs and cook rest of the burritos in the same manner.

10.  Garnish with lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and green chili sauce.

11.  And now for my favorite part!  Eat!



Thursday, August 26, 2010

One Mans Junk

Funny story about this frame.  Me and my sister went "thrifting" while I was home visiting.  We came home with this frame and a bunch of other stuff.  While we were showing off our purchases to my mom she quietly stared at this frame.  We asked her what was wrong and she said "I'm pretty sure I just took that to the DI."  We laughed it off and she said "No, really I just took that to the DI."  Well we bought it back and spiced it up a little bit.  Too bad I didn't go through her DI pile before she took it there.  I could of saved 50 cents.
Before:

After:



Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Redo

My dresser top has been a disaster for the past year.  I didn't know what I wanted to put on it and found to many cute ideas to mesh them all together.  I was sick of it being the place where I put my laundry when I don't want put it away.  Here is what I came up with...




I received this Owl Pitcher as a surprise in the mail.  It's on my top 10 lists of favorite surprise gifts.


I was at a friends home when I saw her and her husbands marriage certificate framed on their wall.  I thought it was such a great idea to have it displayed as a constant reminder of the commitment you make as a couple.


Oval frame from Hobby Lobby/Candlestick holder from Recycled


Bell & Howell Vintage Camera from Recycled/Clothbound books from Amazon