I once was a blue haired freak

A friend of mine asked me for this recipe. I’m putting it here so that it is easier to find should I need it again. The magazine page is getting a little worn. (This was originally found by my wife in Family Circle magazine. May 2008 pg. 204)

(To make actual tostadas, add cheese beans, lettuce, salsa, etc to a tostada shell along with the beef. The meat is also good in a variety of other applications…)

What you need:

1 1/2 lb. boneless beef round
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1/4 cup lime juice
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
1 jalapeno, seeded and chopped
1 large onion, chopped
1 tbsp chili powder
1/4 tsp cumin
1/8 tsp cayenne pepper

What you do:

Sprinkle steak with salt and pepper. Place 3 tbls of the lime juice, the carlic, jalapeno, onion, chili powder, cumin, and cayenne in a slow cooker. Place beef on top and cook on HIGH for 6 hours or LOW for 8 hours.

Remove beef to a cutting board and when cool enough to handle, shred with fingers or using two forks. Place shredded beef in large bowl. Add remaining tbsp of lime juice and liquid from the slow cooker (along with solids –this is where I differ from the magazine - not a huge thing, but whatever.) to the shredded beef.

At this point, you can use the beef in tostadas, tacos, burritos, salad, whatever.

In honor of Talk Like a Pirate Day, I present my son:

I broke my foot the day after my last post. I should probably write about that story, I’ve certainly told it enough times. It’s on the mend, and it’s gong slower than my doctor would like. I’m now (finally) in a walking cast and using a single crutch, but I want to see about switching to a cane.

The boys are doing well. Trouble is sleeping through the night and eating solid foods. Big Trouble loves being an older brother, and has been amazingly helpful during the last few weeks while I’ve been semi-out-of commission due to the broken foot.

I picked up “Spore” for the PC and “The Force Unleashed” for the Wii recently. I haven’t much of either, but I am (mostly) enjoying them. I just got to the Act I / Act II transition in TFU. I must say that is an interesting plot development/twist the writers snuck in there. (Not going to spoil it for anyone that stumbles across this post.)

My foot hurts - I think I need to go take some advil and a calcium supplement.

Gregory Michael Belknap
Born May 1st, 2008 at 22:21 PDT
Weight: 8lb 14oz
Length: 21in

Mother, baby, big brother, and father are all doing well.

What happens if I …

I’m about to update to WP 2.5

Updates have gone smoothly in the past, hopefully there will be little (if any) breakage.

Edit: all done - now I just need to find a new theme… (ans see about hacking it so gravatars appears on posts as well as comments…)

I’m parring things down on my blog for a bit. I’m returning to the default theme and removing/deactivating (most of) the plug-ins. I’m going to take a look at WP 2.5 soon, and I want to have a bare-bones(ish) site to install it to. Once the upgrade is complete, I’ll take a look at what my choices are like plug-in wise.

To the second. (Or near as I can get using WordPress)

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