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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I love your posts and your recipes. Over here in the UK, there’s not much paleo inspiration to be found. I’m doing paleo for autoimmune illness but I’m in the middle of converting my husband and 3 young children. I’ll be definitely making some of your treats to keep the kids on the paleo straight and narrow. Some ingredients are hard to get here though and we just cannot get spaghetti squash at all – why? I do not know.
Keep up your good work and watch out for that weirdo guy who likes your forehead!?! Talking about gut instincts – mine says that ‘forehead stalkers’ are a definite no no!!
I hear that! The farm delivery service I use in London had some spaghetti squash once – I was so excited, but when I ordered it, they had run out. So still stuck with courgette pasta….
“Little things in life” indeed. One of my simple pleasures is catching people picking their nose on the road. And I mean really digging for gold. It’s fabulous.
Ooo, the chili guys are on the street corners roasting their crops. I cannot wait to try this recipe!
And the twitter guy with your pic as his avatar–yea that’s creepy.
Just discovered your blog this morning: LOVE IT!
Never regret anything because at one time it was exactly what you wanted. I made many questionable decisions in my life-especially when I was young. You know what? I wouldn’t change any of them because they all made me into the strong woman that I am today 🙂
I need to make this. I need this for lunch now.
And on the tattoo note, I don’t have one, but I did have a major scar from my nose ring that I got lasered. It was maybe 3 zaps of a laser and it was so damn painful. I can’t imagine how people do this for large areas. AWFUL!
And the Twitter creep? Totally weird. I find as a blogger, I am flattered when people use my images, but that is just straight up creepy.
xo Jessica
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I’ve had a tattoo removed. I thought it was really painful, but just like getting a tattoo – it’s different for every person. People I spoke with before getting it removed said it didn’t hurt, but I thought it hurt a lot, and I had to go for about 20 sessions (eventually stopped going because I couldn’t stand it anymore). You can still see some of it, but only if you’re looking for it. Speak with a dermatologist to see if they have recommendations, and speak with a few different people who have the laser. Technology is getting better and better, so waiting might be to your benefit. The end product will also depend on a few things, including your skin tone and the color of the actual tattoo. It’s not a decision to rush into, after all the tattoo isn’t going anywhere 😉 best of luck!
This looks fantastic! Any thoughts on whether or not this would work with roasted poblanos? I was planning on getting some from my local farmers market this weekend, but didn’t have any plans beyond that yet. It looks like I just found some, though!
absolutely!! just roast them yourself!
I had a 3″ black and white tattoo on my wrist lasered off. Each time they injected a numbing agent right underneath that made it very tolerable, except the last session where the nurse went too deep with the needle and I got to feel all of it. I went to a very reputable place in DC so I’m assuming it was legit, though I’ve been surprised to hear friends who have lasered with no numbing agents. Previous comments are spot on — 6 weeks between treatments, lots of scabbing, mine were $225 a session and I think I had 10. My tattoo is almost completely gone (faint scar in one small spot) and the laser center provided me with a bleaching cream to use for a year, which I did, though I’m not sure it did anything. If you do decide to get it done, temper your expectations — the first session will be dramatic and the rest are just meh but eventually it will all go away (unless it’s green (?) ink, heard that was the toughest to laser). However, areas like your wrist and ribs should be a bit easier to erase since the tattoo artist couldn’t go that deep.
I’ve heard that there is new technology coming soon (don’t know how soon) that will be a much better solution for tattoo removal. Maybe find the best cosmetic dermatologist you can in your city for a consult.
Think on the tattoo removal for a while. I have lots of tattoos, and the only one I’ve ever considered removing is my first one. It’s kind of a stupid tattoo and I got it done with an ex that later ruined my life, but I love that little tattoo now. It reminds me of how much better my life is now and how fortunate I am. Plus it IS kind of cute (a little bumble bee). Maybe you’ll grow to love yours too 🙂