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- Guacamole Recipe – Ole!
  
  Posted at 10:10 am by StephMo
  
  Feb 4th
  
  I love guacamole and how there are so many different variations that make them all slightly different. The only thing I don’t like about guacamole is that every time I see it I think of that guacamole song my children used to sing by Dr. Jean, “Guacamole, gauc, gauc-amole”. Is anyone else familiar with these food songs? Anyway, this recipe is easy, and everyone that has tried it LOVES it! It differs from most guacamoles by not including cilantro as an ingredient. I’m not a huge fan of cilantro. This recipe also uses cayenne pepper to give it a little kick.
  
  If you have never worked with an avocado, let me tell you they are not the easiest things to work with. I knew I was going to make guacamole for the game Sunday and bought them three days ahead, which surprisingly worked out perfectly! Ripe avocados are the key to a good guacamole and a ripe avocado is not an easy thing to find. A ripe avocado is just slightly soft, which they never are when you think you want one and go to a store to buy one. Then while you are waiting for them to be ripe enough to use, you basically sneeze and they have gone bad. I’m exaggerating, but barely.
  
  Well I didn’t sneeze and they were exactly how they should be! I showed them!
  
  Here are the ingredients you need for guacamole:
  
  3 ripe avocados
  
  1 lime
  
  1 tsp. salt
  
  2 plum tomatoes – finely chopped
  
  1/4 cup chopped yellow onion
  
  1 tsp. minced garlic
  
  A pinch of cayenne pepper
  
  Slice the avocados all the way around and cut them in two.
  
  Then just use a spoon to scoop out the insides. Watch out for the pits, they are quite slippery and I shot one right onto my shirt while trying to remove it.
  
  Combine avocados, salt, and the juice of the lime in a small mixing bowl. Mash them together until most of the lumps are gone. I like to leave a few lumps so it is a chunky guacamole.
  
  Add tomatoes, onion, and garlic and mix well.
  
  Stir in cayenne pepper. Refrigerate for at least an hour before serving.
  
  Left over guacamole can be saved for a day or so, but avocados turn brown once they are exposed to the air. It doesn’t mean the guacamole isn’t still good the following day, it just may look a little different.
  
  Posted in Dips, Guacamole | Tagged avocado recipes, avocados, easy guacamole recipe, food blog, food blogger, gaucamole recipe, guacamole, lifestyle blogger, Recipes
- Easy Nachos
  
  Posted at 3:30 pm by StephMo
  
  Oct 6th
  
  Who doesn’t love nachos? They are the perfect food to eat while watching a football game right? Well that is what I gathered from my husband’s puppy dog eyes as he mentioned how one of his clients had said he was going to be having nachos for the Patriots game last night. Despite his insincere “oh no you don’t have to make nachos”, I made nachos. I am not complaining because they were a yummy treat!
  
  Let me start by saying I did not make gourmet nachos with all homemade ingredients. I made easy, no frills, but delicious nachos. I know making nachos may seem like a simple thing to do, which it is, but in case you have never made them I thought I would share how I make nachos.
  
  If I were making these for company I might make my own guacamole https://stephaniessliceoflife.com/?s=guacamole, maybe use homemade pulled pork https://stephaniessliceoflife.com/?s=pulled+pork, a combination of fancy cheeses, a better looking presentation, etc. The beauty of nachos is that you can make them however you like!
  
  Last night I decided to use the following ingredients:
  
  Tortilla chips
  
  Shredded cheddar cheese
  
  Queso
  
  Ground turkey (or beef)
  
  Taco seasoning
  
  Lettuce, chopped
  
  Tomatoes, chopped
  
  Black beans
  
  Sliced black olives
  
  Banana peppers, chopped
  
  Jalapenos
  
  Sour Cream
  
  Guacamole
  
  I cooked ground turkey until no longer pink in a frying pan, drained the grease, and added the taco seasoning and water (follow instructions on the package). Cook for about 5 minutes until the mixture thickens. You can also use shredded cooked chicken mixed with the taco seasoning if you’d like.
  
  Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil and spread a layer of tortilla chips covering the sheet.
  
  Add shredded cheese on top of the chips. You can use as much or as little as you like.
  
  Spread half of the taco meat on top of the chips.
  
  Add another layer of chips and more shredded cheese. I don’t know about you but I like nachos stacked.
  
  Now add the rest of the meat, the olives and black beans. My son doesn’t like beans or olives so I had to leave a section without. I then added some queso on top as well. You can never have too much cheese!
  
  Bake at 375 degrees until the shredded cheese melts.
  
  Then top with the remaining ingredients and that’s it!
  
  Since not everyone in my family likes sour cream and guacamole, I served it on the side.
  
  Posted in Appetizers, Easy Nachos | Tagged Comfort Food, easy nachos recipe, food blog, food blogger, game day foods, game day recipes, loaded nachos, nachos, nachos recipe, quick nachos recipe, Recipes, stacked nachos, stephanies slice of life
- Halloween Treats
  
  Posted at 11:20 am by StephMo
  
  Oct 31st
  
  Happy Halloween!! When my children were younger I used to love decorating for Halloween and making spooky fun treats. I haven’t had the opportunity in a few years but I loved looking back at these photos and remembering how much fun my children had.
  
  One of my favorite creations was this meat foot, in fact I think I will make this tonight for dinner. Why not, right? My husband might think I’ve lost it, but I am pretty sure he already does.
  
  I just made a regular meatloaf, you can use any recipe you like. Shaped it into a foot, used onion slices as toenails and more slices and a chunk of onion for the bone stump (gross to even say that), and ketchup as blood. Then just bake it as you normally would and voila! Spooky meatloaf!
  
  This Guacamole Frankenstein is perfect for younger kids, or older. Spread guacamole onto a platter, use blue corn tortilla chips as the “hair”, sour cream as the eyes, and then use black olives as the facial features. So cute!
  
  Every Halloween gathering needs a spooky Witch’s Brew! This Eyeball Punch was just plain fruit punch with some floating plastic eyeballs. Of course if it is for an adult party you can add some alcohol if you choose.
  
  Who doesn’t love Deviled Eggs? Halloween is a perfect time to turn those deviled eggs into bloodshot eyes. Make them as you normally would, add a black olive slice and a little red gel frosting, and there you go!
  
  And of course the classic Pillsbury Crescent Rolls Mummy hot dogs. So easy and fun, and yummy!
  
  Ok, now this final Halloween treat is gross. Really, really gross so be prepared.
  
  This was one of the funniest, and grossest, things I have ever made and tricked someone with. Years ago, hence the poor quality photo, when my husband and I were first married we had a Halloween party and put out this cake to fool people. At the time we did have a cat which made this cake more believable. I think the worst part was that until everyone found out it was a cake, people thought we were the type of people that left a dirty litter box in the middle of our kitchen.
  
  At one point during the party my husband picked up the “litter box” and said he was sorry it was there and excused himself to go empty it. As he was walking through our guests he picked up the scoop and took a bite. The look of pure horror on everyone’s face was priceless!
  
  Warning, this cake looks real and absolutely disgusting in person. Even though you know it is a new clean litter box and scoop, it still grosses you out to eat from it.
  
  Kitty Litter Cake
  
  Ingredients:
  
  2 boxes yellow cake mix
  
  1 package of vanilla sandwich cookies like Oreos
  
  1 package vanilla pudding mix
  
  Green food coloring
  
  Tootsie Rolls
  
  Cook the cake as directed, cool and crumble. Crush the sandwich cookies into crumbs. Prepare the pudding as directed.
  
  Mix the crumbled cake with the pudding and half of the crushed cookies. Spread the cake mixture into the kitty litter pan. **New and clean kitty litter pan.
  
  Mix the remaining half of the crushed cookies with a few drops of green food coloring, this makes it look like the chlorophyll in actual kitty litter. You don’t want the mixture green, but for there to be little bits of it green here and there.
  
  Sprinkle the green tinted crushed cookies over the top of the cake.
  
  Microwave the Tootsie Rolls for a few seconds until they are soft enough that you can shape them to look like poop. So gross, I know!
  
  Then place them on the cake as a cat would, and kind of bury them a little.
  
  Serve with a new, clean kitty litter scoop.
  
  Posted in Blog Posts, Halloween Treats, Holiday Treats | Tagged food blog, food blogger, halloween food ideas, halloween food recipes, halloween recipes, halloween treats, lifestyle blogger, mom blogger, mom life, Recipes, spooky food ideas, spooky treats, stephanie's slice of life
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