Have you ever stared at someone in the car next to you while they were picking their nose? I have. And it makes me wonder how many people have noticed me picking my own nose. I mean, I don’t ever do that. But if I did, how many people would see me? We think of our car is this safe zone, no one can see us. But unless you are Kim Kardashian and get tickets daily for how dark your windows are, people see. And they see you do your weird things. Like smoke weed while driving. Or put on make up. Or read a magazine. Or pick your nose. Except for me, because I don’t do that. Moving on.
So, for a while now, I’ve been thinking about a few things I regret in my life. I’ve never felt that way in my 25 years of life and now I have a few. I’ve always been able to see the positive in things. Understand why a certain something happened. And then move on. But now I’m thinking more about some of the decisions I made and am frustrated I can’t change those poor decisions. One of them includes my tattoo. I want to remove it. I have two, actually. But one of them I will absolutely love forever. While the other one is large. Mucho large. At the time, I loved it. Nowadays, I hate it. It’s on my side, on my ribs. Which was stupid painful. I don’t get how people get crazy big tattoos. I even remember having a dream about hating my tattoo the night before I got it. And I still went through with it. Always go with your gut, it never is wrong. Never. Figuring that out the tough way.
Anywho, I about cried my face off while getting it. Painful sh*t. And now I don’t even want it. Shame. But I heard getting a tattoo removed is way more painful than even getting the tattoo. Fudge. This tattoo is not small, it will take multiple sessions, and I’m sure it will be expensive. I can’t decide what to do. I didn’t think long enough about getting the tattoo so maybe I should think longer about getting it removed. I’m pretty much scared sh*tless to go through that pain. I’m ticklish on my ribs so imagine a laser burning off my tattoo on my ribs. Kill me. What to do, what to effing do.
Wanna know something creepy? This human on Twitter who has a twitter handle that has to do with loving foreheads recently wrote me a comment. And it included a compliment about my forehead. Yes, my forehead. But that wasn’t the creepy part. When I clicked on the humans profile, their avatar was a picture of me in Mexico. I’m not really sure how to feel about this person. Flattered, no. Creeped out, yes. At least this person is creepily complimenting my forehead. I’ve always thought it was quite large.
Hatch Chile Mexican Casserole
- Yield: 4 1x
Ingredients
- 16 large hatch chiles. roasted and peeled* (check notes section on how to roast hatch chiles before moving on with the rest of the recipe)
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 white onion, diced
- 1 jalapeño, seeds removed and diced
- 2 teaspoons cumin
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 2 tablespoons hot sauce
- 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes
- kerrygold grass fed cheese, to garnish (optional)
- coconut oil, to grease pans
- 2 avocados
- handful of cilantro
- juice of 1 lime
- juice of 1 lemon
- 2 teaspoons olive oil
- pinch of cumin
- salt, to taste
Instructions
- Roast and peel hatch chiles*
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add ground beef to a large pan over medium heat. Once meat is halfway cooked through, add onion, jalapeño, cumin, oregano, paprika, cayenne pepper, and salt and pepper.
- Once meat is cooked through, add hot sauce and diced tomatoes and let cook on low for 3-5 minutes.
- Once meat is cooked through, grab out individual baking dishes to create the casseroles with. If you don’t have individual baking dishes, you can use a bread pan to create the casserole.
- Grease each individual baking dish (I used four) then begin the layers. Lie 2 hatch chiles flat, then top with ground beef mixture, cheese (if you are eating dairy), 2 more hatch chiles, ground beef and more cheese. Repeat with other individual baking dishes.
- Place in oven and bake until cheese is melted, about 10 minutes.
- While casseroles bake, add avocados, cilantro, lime, lemon, olive oil, cumin and salt to a food processor and puree until smooth.
- Top casseroles with avocado puree.
Notes
*I found my hatch chiles already roasted at Whole Foods. All I had to do was peel them. If you can’t find already roasted chiles, this is what you will need to do: 1. Prick holes in peppers with knife or fork. 2. Roast them by placing them in oven broiler for about 5-10 minutes or until the chile begin to blister. Turn the chiles over and roast again until it blisters on the other side. 3. Remove and put in ice water. 4. Once cool, peel then go forth with the rest of the recipe.
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That looks so freakin good
Julie, have you ever used 505 southwestern green chili? It’s in a jar, only 3 ingredients, green chilies, lime juice, and garlic salt. Just curious what you think about it?
sounds delicious!
My hubs has been in the process of removing two tattoos for almost a year. One on his calf and one on his ankle (same leg). He says it is painful but he makes the machine go as high as it can, so it will remove the tattoo faster (so he thought). So, there are levels that the machine will use…that might be helpful. He can only go once a month and has skipped several months. They both have faded a lot, he thinks 3 more sessions and they should be gone or not noticeable. I hope that was helpful 🙂
they have hatch chilis at sprouts and I had NO idea what to do with them. Can’t WAIT to make this!! yum
Great recipe!
*** If you decide to peel the Hatch Chiles yourself, wear some type of gloves. If you peel enough of them they can start to burn you hands, kinda like pepper spray. Didn’t feel good.
Oh my god, this happened to me with a boatload of jalapenos that I halved and de-seeded a couple weeks ago…two sleepless nights later, the burning finally subsided (massaging coconut oil into my hands and rinsing with dish soap repeatedly seemed to help a little). Next time, gloves for sure!
Ok I’m a huge pepper person. (I have a shelf dedicated to hot sauce in my fridge) if you ever handle peppers without gloves and your hands start burning here is the solution…
Wash with dish soap then wash again with bleach (yeah laundry bleach). Then you just have to deal with”bleach hands” which is much better than “burning hands”
You can also use a 1:10 mix of bleach to clean cutting boards, knives, and other pepper contaminated surfaces.
The bleach destroys the capsaicin (which is the hot in the pepper)
1. Recipe looks amazing!
2. I have gotten a very small (a peace sign about 1″x1″), black-ink tattoo lasered and after 4 sessions it is still somehwhat visible (looks like faded Sharpie.) The laser feels and sounds like someone is taking the world’s largest rubberband and popping it against your skin repeatedly. Your skin is burning, so between the burn and the impact of the laser your skin blisters, swells, and mine even bruised (this tattoo was located on the inside of my bicep, up toward my armpit). You also typically wait 4-6 weeks in between treatments, too.
3. Do not get your large sidepiece removed. I had a large sidepiece I didn’t like, and got a cover-up tattoo that I now love. If that’s not an option, just embrace it and learn from it.
4. Based on everything I just said, I should really stop getting tattoos.
🙂
Also, give it some time before you do anything drastic. I went through a period of hating my first tattoo, and now I love it. Or, as Amber says, you can always edit it.
Tattoos are a bit like lines on your face – they are a reminder of where you’ve been: don’t regret your life, learn from it.
Not to scare you, but I had laser treatment to remove a 2inx2in tattoo from my ankle. About 22 sessions, 3 different lasers, and over $2500 and I still have a very light tattoo. But I have had friends with entire back tattoos get them removed in just 4 sessions. So, it is a gamble, and you never know. And you are correct, it hurts so much more than getting the tattoo. Just letting you know the worst case scenario. When I was researching all I heard were stories of people who had great success, which got me really bummed when I did not! Good luck.
I can’t wait to make this!!! To bad I have a ton food that is already cooked in the fridge lol I agree with the above comment, think about what you really want, and get a cover up…
Can anything be substituted for the hatch chiles? This recipe sounds delicious but there is nowhere to get hatch chiles around here.
you could roast some poblano peppers instead!
You can order hatch chile straight from our farm at http://www.hatch-green-chile.com
I have a very large tattoo with multiple colors across my pelvis and started the removal process 1 1/2 years ago. I have 2 treatments to go and it is so faint only I can see the few remains. It is not that painful and so worth the effort and investment if you don’t like your tat. How many treatments depends on the colors. I would go through the removal process again in a heartbeat- so happy it is gone!
how many treatments have you had?