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 am intrigued and really want to see this tattoo. The casserole looks delicious too.
I catch people picking their noses all the time in the car. GROSS! If you despise the tattoo that much, go for it and remove it, no matter how painful. As for the creep…CREEPY!!!!
So I agree with almost everything you included in this blog! Ahh! I to have a HUGE side tat and after growing up and “changing” into a mature woman I know HATE it! I would love to get it removed also but it is dark black and would cost me over $5000 to get it removed! 🙁 I guess its lessons learned right?!!? PS Cant wait to try this recipe this weekend!
I made this for dinner last night. My husband is always scared when I try a new recipe…. He said this one was a keeper!!!
Sooo I cant have spicy foods right now!! 🙁 This looks amazing Juli!
Juli, this comment has nothing to do with today’s Blog or recipe. Just something I need to tell you…So when I decided to go “paleo” and accidentally fell upon your site, I instantly fell in love…Not in a creepy kind of way. Anyway fast forward to 2 months later, I feel so much better about myself, have more energy, work out harder than before and just all around feel great!! But then vacation time comes, and I kind of let paleo go to the way side. Let me tell you…I suffered!! A Lot!! My old stomach pains came back and I was keeled over for 2 days!!! I’m now back on track, and things are slowly going back into place…Thank God because it wasn’t pleasant. All this to say that I am now a believer first hand of the benefits of your recipes and the ways of Paleo!!! I am not going back to that person who is in pain all the time…
Thank you Juli for coming into my life!!
That’s all…xo
Thanks so much for the comment Trisha!! So glad my website has helped in your paleo path!! And I totally know how vacations go when it comes to hurting after the food decisions I’ve made
hi.. I am very new to paleo, am just beginning the information and looking at the recipes. this does look amazing.. but can you answer something for me?.. I know that the grass fed cheese/raw cheese is optional, but I noticed that many of the recipes here have black beans or rice or such in them, which is fine, but it this for a rare occasion or is it ok to eat these things…
thanks
I can promise you that absolutely none of my recipes have beans in them. And whenever it says rice, it’s a cauliflower made into rice
Juli, I love your blog. I am 48 yr old and you remind me of me when I was 25. Having said that, don’t kick your self too hard over poor decisions. Some of the posts you’ve gotten on here are really spot on about “how we make decisions that make sense for us at that time in our lives”. By the time you are my age, you will have made even more mistakes! At the time, they seemed right.
I think the thing that really makes us or breaks us as we age is how we handle our mistakes. You don’t get to skip making them. But you can either look at them learn from them, and have compassion for your fellow man who makes them too or you can deny them and refuse to consider them, concede that you might have been wrong and get scared to even look at your past.
Be kind to your self. We are all learning and growing all the time. Your diet and exercize are things you will always be proud of even if this is just for a certain period of your life.
And keep your sense of humor. Since you apparently can’t seem to NOT keep your sense of humor, I predict excellent things for you!
Keep blogging girl.
umm. you are a genius. i use your recipes practically every week for my meal preps!! thanks for your ideas and your inspirations!
I’m new to all this paleo world, but bought your book and cook and read you religiously!
about this blog and recipe i have one thing to say COME TO NM!!! Because…
1) We get our Hatch chile from… well.. Hatch, NM! Fresh and happy!
2) We have the best Tattoo guy here… seriously, he could cover up that tat so good it will make you glad you got it
in the first place!! And…
3) We could use a good laugh here! You are one funny girl!
Thanks for all the good stuff!