Have you ever have one of those days, where you need to dye your hair so bad that you have no choice other than wearing a hat or a headband everywhere you go? No? Whatever. I’m there right now. My roots are so bad that I only have the choice to wear something to cover my head. A bag might work. Somebody once told me on a comment I should just wear a bag over my head so no one had to look at me. Sometimes d*ck head comments make sense. #notreallybutkindof.
I’ve been getting some weird comments lately. Lots of mean ones. It’s so strange to me that people have nothing better to do than say mean things over comments. Not even about my recipes, just me. Which is strange to me. I’m just not a super mean person, or angry, and I only dislike a total of probably 3 people in this world, so it’s very weird when people have such built up aggression towards someone they don’t even know. But they keep commenting. And I keep deleting their comments. No need for anger on my blog. I like happy things. Like unicorns and butterflies.
You know what makes me real happy? I installed my window air conditioning unit in my room the other day. When you walk into my room, it changes by 20 degrees. 20 freaking degrees. It’s ridiculous how much of a difference it makes. I mean, my room is the size of a water closet, whatever that means, so a window unit makes a huge difference. I sleep like an infant now. A good infant.
So I literally had nothing to eat yesterday. Nothing. I haven’t really been grocery shopping since I’ve been traveling so I just eat out of my freezer now. So that means lots of beef. I really only have beef in my freezer so I’ll be eating that for a while. And since I had canned tomatoes and green chiles, I decided it was a mexican salad and easy guacamole kind of day. Is this boring? No. It’s delicious. Is this creative? Absolutely not. Would this be good with lettuce? Hell yeah! I just had none. I should just go to the store.
Quick Meal Friday: Easy Mexican Salad
- Yield: 2-4 1x
Ingredients
For the mexican salad
- 1 pound ground beef
- 3 garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 yellow onion, diced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 cayenne pepper
- 1 (14 ounce) can of diced tomatoes
- 1 (4 ounce) can of diced green chiles
- green onions, to garnish
- juice of 1 lime
- salt and pepper, to taste
For the easy guac
- 1 avocado
- 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon onion powder
- pinch of cayenne pepper
- juice of 1/2 a lime
- salt, to taset
Instructions
- Place ground beef in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat.
- Once beef has browned half way through, add onions and minced garlic.
- When beef has almost cooked through, add oregano, cumin, some salt and pepper, cayenne pepper, tomatoes, and green chiles. Mix well.
- Lower heat, squeeze lime on top and mix.
- While meat is finishing up, mix together all guac ingredients.
- Top guac on the mexican salad. Mix together, because it’s good that way.
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Just what i needed for dinner tonight! I just returned from a long trip and also have an empty pantry and fridge…except for the ground beef in the freezer. Yes, it is always there and we are glad for it.
As for the rude and mean comments, some very small minded people have nothing better to do in their life than routinely find fault with others and it is so safe when sitting in front of a computer screen. Sad, sorry loosers for which the delete button is made for.
Just discovered your site and it is now in my favorites.
Blessings.
Just discovered the Paleo diet.. started today. Sort of. Love your blog and recipes. Please leave a few negative comments up. I like them. Makes me laugh. People are funny. And hateful.
I made this for my son (age 4) and myself last night, while mommy was working late. My 4 year old raved about it! He kept saying “I could eat this everyday”, or “mmm this is soo good daddy!”. It was easy, and and very tasty. I put the meat mixture over top of iceberg lettuce, mixed in some shredded cheese, full fat sour cream, and guacamole. Yum!
Made this two nights ago and my husband and me were in love with it! It tastes amazing! I also added some ground red pepper and it gave it some real kick. Definitely putting this on our family’s meal rotation.
Love this and you! How could someone say that about you?! #SomePeopleAreJustJerks! I only put 1/2 the spices in it because I’m a wimp and I’m ok with being a wimp! Thanks for another great recipe! (On a side note, I like exclamation points! Can you tell?)
Trader Joe’s fresh hot salsa is a great “quick” add in with the meat– it hits your tomatoes, chilies, onions, etc. and is very well seasoned. Love your blog! Rock on.
When I get in a cooking rut, like today, I come to your website. You’re all I need! After reading this post, I just had to tell you! Mean people suck and you’re awesome! Just keep that in mind!
Thanks for this! You saved me tonight with this recipe- I had everything on hand and love Mexican favors, but definitely wouldn’t have come up with this deliciousness on my own. Cheers!
I am hispanic, (not that it makes me any more or less credible, ha) and I felt inclined to leave a comment to this recipe — it is SO GOOD. I’ll admit that the guac isn’t super traditional but the beef seasoning is so perfect, and the use of diced tomatoes makes it stewy and amazing. Pure amazing-ness, actually. I really could eat this every day and admittedly have eaten it for a month straight with varied sides and without loss of interest. Maybe that’s an exaggeration. You get my point 🙂
You have made paleo work for me!!! Thanks! It is 5:30 and I am just now figuring out what to make for dinner… so thank you for this easy option!!!!! Your carnitas recipe is delicious too- I might be making that once a week.