Saturday, June 30, 2012

pico de gallo



Our garden at the house is starting to have stuff come in - best time of the summer! There’s not a lot better in the world than eating a tomato right off the vine :D We eat a looooottttt of Mexican food at home, and this time of year is awesome [insanely hot temperatures notwithstanding…] because we can get most of the ingredients from the garden - no comparison to store bought veggies!

what you will need:
[there aren’t many fotos because chopping up tomatoes doesn’t mix well with cameras, haha]

3-4 large tomatoes, seeded and cut up
2-3 large jalapenos [more or less depending on how hot you like it], seeded & diced
half a large onion [~1/2 cup], diced
1/4 cup fresh cilantro, chopped finely
juice from one lime [~2 tbsp]
2-3 cloves minced garlic [to taste]
1/2 tsp salt
pepper to taste



Chop up veggies and cilantro and throw into a bowl; add lime juice and spices and mix well. Then devour with some corn chips :D It also tastes awesome in tacos, on nachos, in rice casserole like I had for lunch the other day, and probably lots of other things too!

Sunday, June 17, 2012

wardrobe redux: cobalt & white patterned dress

I found this dress at Goodwill a few weeks ago [yesss bathroom mirror fotos!]:



As far as dresses circa mid-late 80s go, it’s not toooo terrible [cue the not quite convinced expression], but not not terrible enough where I would feel compelled to actually wear it in public…. but it fit well [= way less altering] and I like the fabric a lot, so for $3.50, I decided to take it home and add it to my pile of stuff to fix up… and I actually did fix this one up, hooray!

The end result, after shortening the hem about 4 inches, removing shoulder pads/lace collar, and hacking off the sleeves:



I’m pretty excited with how it turned out, although I may play around with the bodice a little more at some point. I do have to say, though, that finallyyy completing one major goodwill alteration successfully has given me a little more motivation to tackle the rest of the ones I have…. stay tuned to see if I actually follow through on that :D