She's following in her old man's footsteps and becoming a techie. Well a food techie anyway, and a decent photographer too.

Here's her food and recipe blog, at http://artichokesandgarlic.blogspot.com/

Yes, I'm exploting some voices linkjuice, whattya gonna do, call the netpolice? Hahahahhahah!

Here's an example: Taco Salad

So, I think I've mentioned before how much I love tacos. It's been awhile? Really? It's only been one day. Okay, well let me refresh your memory. I love tacos. The plan all day today was to make meatloaf, baked potatoes, and steamed broccoli for dinner tonight. Well, on our way to the store to pick up the potatoes, we both decided we were too hungry to wait for over an hour to have dinner, and decided instead to have taco salad. Boss. This is one of those awesome meals that takes about 20 minutes to make, and is so good no matter what. It's really really hard to mess up taco salad.

Ingredients needed:

1 lb lean ground beef(not too lean...ground chuck works really well)
1 packet of taco seasoning
1 tomato
1/2 large onion, diced(preferably a vidalia onion if you can get it, but if you cant, a sweet yellow onion works just as well)
Lettuce for the salad part(I prefer romaine hearts, and usually buy the pre bagged stuff. it's way easier)
1 avacado
tortilla chips(no set amount, just however much you like)
taco sauce
sour cream
anything you like on your taco's

To make:

Pour a little oil into a large skillet, and let heat up at around med-high heat. Once the oil is sizzling a bit, throw the diced onions in there and let them soften, about 3 minutes or so, or until the onions become translucent.



Add the beef, and cook until brown(my little secret here, and a few generous splashes of worcestershire sauce to the browning beef...makes all the difference in the world). Then add taco seasoning, and prepare according to package directions. Once you've got the taco seasoning in the beef, you're going to want to let the liquid cook down for about 5-7 minutes, which gives you ample time to dice the tomato's,



tear up some lettuce, crush some tortilla chips, and slice an avacado. Throw all this on a plate or in a bowl, and mix it all together. Add some sour cream and taco sauce, stir that in as well, and ta da! Taco Salad. If you like olives and peppers and things, you can add those too, but they're not necessary.



This meal is always a hit at my house, and it's incredibly filling. Too filling, some might say. To those people, I say hush up, and eat your taco salad.

Pretty cool, eh? I'm proud of her. Good job Sara!

Tho hun - ground beef in everything? Tsk tsk tsk!