Taco Salad

Someone a few years ago taught me how to make Taco Salad. I used to make it all the time back in the day but had forgotten all about it! I guess with the recent Super Bowl and all the pizza/taco/nacho commercials...it kind of jogged my brain a little.

This recipe, like many of the recipes I try out these days, is an easy one. It's just like making tacos!!

Ingredients

• 

  Because I put the sour cream on top of the
  salsa, the red smears into the white...
  BUT don't let that look fool you!
  It's a masterpiece!

  1 pound of Ground beef
• Taco Seasoning
• Lettuce
• Sour Cream
• Shredded Cheese
• Salsa
• Tortilla Chips ( I prefer Tostitos Scoops)

Steps

1. Brown the ground beef and add the taco seasoning.
2. Drain the ground beef
3. Layer the taco salad as you see fit!!
• for instance, I layer my salad laying the tortilla chips down first, then the lettuce, ground beef, cheese, salsa, and sour cream

Easy, peasy right! Lol. This is a meal that doesn't last long so I'd suggest doubling, even tripling, your portions if you have a bigger family.

Try this quick recipe and let me know how you like it!

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Revamping An Old Hairstyle

Flexi Rods Refurbished!

Remember my Flexi Rod Set post from last week?? In that post I revealed that I tried something new during my most recent wash day. The results yielded a very nice look that I got many compliments on but too much frizz for my taste. I was determined to make this style last longer than a few days because I never wash my hair before the 2 week mark!

Here's a look at a before picture.

So, with my head looking like this (I mean, of course I had it pinned up so you couldn't tell it looked this rough), I began my extensive research on YouTube.

One problem I have with YouTube is I have a hard time finding YouTubers with hair like mine (with the same texture but specifically with the same length of hair as I have for the styles I'm trying to achieve). For example, I've tried to find quick protective styles with no luck. Most of the natural hair YouTubers I subscribe to are ladies with curlier patterns and longer hair...so most of the styles they show don't look quite the same on me. I would love to see more ladies with hair like mine...but that's another story for another day (unless you happen to know some, then please share)!

This time I got lucky! I happened to find two videos I could use for my revamp so I was ecstatic! The first video I found was Flexi-Rod Revamp. The finished look this Youtuber achieved fell right along the lines of what I was looking for. I still wanted to keep my spiral curls but I needed to tighten up the style so there wasn't as much frizz showing.

Flashback Friday

It's Flashback Friday Again!!

Since I've been in Betty Crocker mode late, let's take a look back at some of my favorite recipe posts!!

Loco Moco, Mionna Style | Bacon and Cheddar Potato

My Sautéed Meal | Green Bean Casserole

Tuna Salad | Steak Marinade

So Kale Got The Best of My...I Got Something For That!!

I Tried Something New: Couscous | What In The Kale Is Going On?!

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Quick Strawberry Shortcake

I don't know if you guys know this, but I love strawberries!! I've pinned more than my fair share of strawberry recipes on Pinterest. I've recently started buying strawberries (although I'm sure they're not in season) and the thing about buying fruit is you definitely have to use them before you lose them. So I figured, why not try one of the many strawberry recipes I've pinned?!

This recipe was pinned by Pillsbury, so I knew it would be good. I deviated from the recipe a bit because although I baked the amount of "cakes" (or biscuits) suggested in the recipe, I only fully prepared two cakes. The original recipe link is below.

Grands! Strawberry Shortcake

Now, here's how I prepared this dish. Remember: the biscuit ingredients are for 5 cakes but the strawberry ingredients are for 2 cakes.

Ingredients

• Biscuits
• Pillsbury Grands Buttermilk Biscuits
• 2 tablespoons of melted butter
• About 1/2 cup of sugar 
• Strawberries
• 4 to 6 strawberries, sliced
• About 1/4 cup of sugar
• Whipped Cream
• I completely deviated from the recipe and used Reddi Wip since it's an already sweetened whipped cream

Steps

1. First, I started the strawberries. All I had to do with these was rinse them off and cut them into slices. After that was done, I sprinkled sugar on them so they could make their own juice
2. Then I opened the can of biscuits to prepare them for the oven.
3. I took each biscuit and rolled it around in the butter so that it was covered.
4. Then I rolled the butter covered dough in sugar.
5. I placed 5 of these on an ungreased cookie sheet and baked for about 15 minutes.
6. I then took them out to cool for about 5 minutes.
7. Next, I cut each biscuit in half...
8. And layered the strawberry/sugar mix and Reddi Wip as you see in the picture. Finito!!

This was very good and quick dessert. I was so excited about finding out that I wouldn't have to go to work the next day that I made these treats.

I think making this can be kind of a waste if you're not going to use the whole can of biscuits because you can't store opened biscuits without destroying the quality of the dough. What I would suggest is to bake all the biscuits in the can so you can store the cooked biscuits. It would be much easier to reheat the cooked biscuits then to try and store dough! Either way, I plan on using this recipe again. It was a hit!

Try it and let me know what you think!

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Flexi Rod Set

Flexi Rods on transitioning hair

A New Hairstyle for Wash Day

I finally caved and washed my hair. Instead of doing the regular twist out, I decided to try something different.


I bought a set of flexi rods when I was transitioning. I had gotten to the point where I couldn't wear my hair straight anymore because my roots were taking over! The thing is, I only used the flexi rods one time but the results were great!! Here's what it looked like....

Nice, right?!? I didn't know half the stuff then that I know now, so I figured why not give this another whirl. I couldn't quite remember what products I used during that time so I had to pick products I thought worked best for me now. The products I used were:

• Design Essentials Curl Cleanser Shampoo
• Beautiful Textures Rapid Repair Deep Conditioner
• It's a 10 Miracle Leave-In Plus Keratin
• Influance Natural Oil
• Beautiful Textures Moisture Butter
• Design Essentials Defining Creme Gel

I used the same formula for wash days as I normally do (see here for pics) except when it was time to twist my hair, I put in flexi rods. Before rolling, I sprayed each section of hair with the leave-in conditioner, followed by a little oil, then creme gel. Next, I wrapped each section of hair around a flexi rod until my whole head was complete. As I was putting the rods in, I could tell I probably should have used setting lotion. Since I'd just washed my hair, I didn't want to use too many products. I wanted to make sure I wouldn't have to wash my hair before hitting my 2 week mark for hair washing.

Here's the finished product! Overall, I think it turned out great. The only problem I had was that it wasn't as polished as it could have been. It was very frizzy and didn't last as long as I know it can. It was also very dry. I tried to put moisturizer in, but it was hard to do that without making it more frizzy than it already was. For the amount of time I kept the style, it looked good!

The next hair post I'll be doing is I did was about what I did to revamp this rod set after it got too out of control (frizz-wise).

What do you guys think??

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