Munchie Monday- Family Dish

This week I'm sharing with you guys a dish that has been passed down through my boyfriends family. His abuelita (grandma) has passed this to his mom, his mom to him and him to me. Now I'm sharing it with you guys! Enjoy! :)

Beef Enchiladas

Ingredients:

My boyfriend thought this looked cool LOL!

1lb Ground beef

2 Roma tomatoes

1-1 1/2 cup chopped cilantro (about half a bundle)

1-1 1/2 cup chopped onion

1/4 teaspoon garlic salt (we like to add a little extra)

1/4 teaspoon steak seasoning

1/5 teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon ground cumin

3 cups pinto beans

oil

corn tortillas

Directions:

1. Brown ground beef, while its browning add cumin, salt, steak seasoning and garlic salt.

This is when it's cooked down some.

2. Drain ground beef. Add cilantro, onion and tomatoes and cook with the ground beef for about 5 minutes on medium heat. Don't forget to stair and it will cook down so if it looks like a lot don't worry.

It may not look good but its delicious!

3. Put the beans on to boil. You know that they are ready when they aren't hard anymore. Take about 2/3-1/2 of the entire pot drained and and them to the ground beef mixture and mash them with the mixture.

We like using cast-iron skillets!

4. Pour oil in a small skillet about half full. Heat oil up on medium-high heat. Fry 1 tortilla at a time for 10-20 seconds on each side. Shake off extra oil with a non-fried tortilla.

I had the flash on the aren't as greasy as the picture shows.

5. Spoon about 1 tablespoon of the ground beef mixture in a tortilla, roll and set on a serving platter and form a pyramid with each enchiladas to keep them warm.

Our snack! Just the ground mixture on a slice of bread.

6. Serve with shredded cheese and or the green sauce on top with rice and the remaining beans on the side. These will make quite a few the most we made was like 24+. They taste good as leftovers!

Green Sauce

Ingredients:

1/2 bundle (1-1 1/2 cup)Cilantro

2 Large Tomatillos

1/2 Onion

2 Roma tomatoes
3 large Jalapenos
Garlic
Salt

Directions:

1.  Place all items in a medium sauce pan and boil till tender.

2. Take each item out and place in a blender. Try not to get any of  the water, a little is okay but you don't want little to no water!

3. Add one clove of garlic and a pinch or two of salt. Liquefy it in the blender. This sauce is NOT suppose to be chunky at all its suppose to be smooth.

I hope you enjoy this traditional Mexican meal! Let me know how yours come out by tweeting me, tagging  on Instagram or posting on my Facebook page.

Throwback Thursday- In Honor Of

If any of you guys have followed me on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram then you would know that I lost a very special animal yesterday. I thought this would be a good way to honor her memory.

Her name was Sweet-pea and she was only 8 years old. She was a purebred longhorn that I raised by hand since she was two months old (her mom died). She only had two live babies both boys about 4 years apart. She was a great mom and when she didn't have a baby she watched over the babies other cows had. 

Her and this year baby, he's about 2 months here.

I know that to some people saying that I lost a member of my family might sound strange but that's the truth I was her mother, caretaker and friend. When she lost her baby last year I was right there petting her and telling her that everything will be okay and that she will make it through this.

I just never imagined that I would loss her so suddenly. The part about her death that makes me really sad is that she was fine just a hour or so before we found her in the pasture. 

Loving mother moment!

She left behind a 3 month old baby boy that we will now care for now that his momma is gone. Living on a place that I get to have a lot of animals I learn that I will see them again over the Rainbow Bridge. Those that don't know what I'm talking about let me share this poem with you.

Just this side of heaven is a place called Rainbow Bridge.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food, water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable.

All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor. Those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by. The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing; they each miss someone very special to them, who had to be left behind.

They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. His bright eyes are intent. His eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to run from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster.

You have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.

Then you cross Rainbow Bridge together.... 

Author unknown...

Her with her this years baby.

Knowing that I will she her again makes me feel better. I am still very sad and upset that she passed so soon and as I wipe my tears away I smile because I still will always have a piece of her with me in my heart. If you want to see pictures of her sons follow me on Instagram.

Random Friday- Random Facts

Hi everybody! I thought I would do a kind of get-to-know-me post. I will give yall 20 random fact about me.

My tattoo about an hour after I got it.

1. My full name is Marguerita Victoria Hernandez. Marguerita is pronounced margarita like the drink LOL.

2. About two days after I turned 18 I got a tattoo on my wrist it says 'Amor' which means love in Spanish.

3. I am half Mexican.

4. I know like 30 words in Spanish.

5. I was in band in middle school and played the flute.

6. I was in choir in middle and high school.

7. In high school I was in Marine Corps Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps for all four years.

Before a choir concert.

8. I broke my arm just below my shoulder when I was 12

9. I was a cheerleader in middle school.

10. I wanted to join the US Army but I hurt my back when I was 17 bad enough that I wouldn't be able to join. :/

11. In high school I took a Veterinary Assistant class but didn't have the money to take the test to make it official. 

12. I have 2 half sisters and 1 full brother

13. I have never played in real snow. In central Texas the "snow" we have is not the same as snow in like Colorado or places like that.

14. My first solid food as a baby was watermelon and it's now one of my favorite foods.

At a JROTC competition.

15. In 1998 I almost lost my house due to a flood in central Texas. I also missed like a week of school because we couldn't get out of the property.

16. I can shoot a gun but I am the WORST shot ever!

17. The first car I drove legally was a standard 1998 Ford Ranger that later caught on fire on my way to school my junior year...NOT a fun day :(

18. My favorite Disney movie is currently Tangled. That's right I'm 20 and love Tangled!

19. I am 4 months and 3 weeks older then my boyfriend.

20. It took me just two weeks to fall in love with my amazing boyfriend.

That's all the facts I can think of at this time. Comment below if you have any random questions for me to answer if I get 15-20 questions I will answer them.