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 had a tattoo removed about 10 years ago. WAY more painful than getting the actual tattoo in the first place. And SO expensive! $3,000 and ten treatments later, and you can still see it faintly- it was blue (hardest color to remove- lucky me!) and on my boob- seemed like a genius idea when I was 16. So people now think it’s a bruise. Sigh. All around fail!
OK that looks INCREDIBLE!
Question, do those little sealer jars your guac’s in keep it from going brown longer?
And the forehead dude is a creeper for sure. I’m a guy and I’m creeped out!
Yep, they are awesome!! My avocado is still perfectly green today!! But the lemon juice helps as well
Ah, tattoo removal. I’ve been going through removal for about 10 years for a smallish (2″), black-only souvenir I picked up in Bangkok 20 years ago (makes me sound more hard-corps than I really am). Treatments have been around $200 each and I’ve probably had about 8 so far and it’s almost gone. I haven’t had them done with the recommended frequency due to the expense. Now when my friends kids talk about how much they want a tattoo I have actual personal credibility when I advise against it. When they say ‘no, I swear I’ll love it forever’ I ask them what they were most into 5 years ago; clothes, music etc. Then suggest that in 5 years they check to see if what they’re so into today is still their thing. If so get the tattoo. What Amber described as the removal experience pretty much matches mine.
Looks tasty! What’s in your avocado purée? How long does it last in the jar?
It’s in the recipe. And less than a week
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I’m having my 2nd tattoo removed, a large multi-colored piece on my lower back. It has cost me approx. $3,000 and will require about 11 total treatments, with 6 weeks in between each. I paid up front and received a discount on the package price. I know…$3,000 is the discounted price!!!! It is definitely an investment, both monetarily and in the total time involved. It is also EXTREMELY PAINFUL, and it can blister and bruise quite badly afterwards. How easily your tattoo can be removed depends on its age, the type of ink used, and the colors. Green is the hardest color to remove. I would definitely think about it for a while before deciding to do it. It’s not like you want to decide half way through that you just can’t take the pain anymore. Then it would just look weird. Just my 2 cents. Let me know if you have any questions. Oh…and I make your mayo recipe almost weekly. Love it, and use it on everything.
During the Middle Ages women took to hairstyles that emphasized their foreheads, even shaving their hairline to increase it. You’re in excellent company.
Your site was recommended by my CrossFit instructor. Looking forward to trying the recipe.
I love your blog and have been obsessed with it lately making lots of your recipes. I’m going paleo full blown now and thanks to you everything tastes great! By the way I have the same tattoo problem as you. I have a big one on my lower back and really want it removed bad!
Gotta love Green Chile season heare in NM! Roasting can also be done on a grill, or the grates of your gas stove if you want to be really low brow about it. Always good to find a paleo recipe that is also a New Mexican comfort food!
If you get the laser treatments, use LMX lidocaine cream and you will feel almost nothing! I would not have survived my laser treatments without it!
That is so so creepy!! Flattering to your forehead but super creepy!!