tacos with a twist.

i love tacos. all kinds of tacos. i had tacos tuesday night & last night i made tacos again.

however, these were made with lots of love & a lot of flavor. i found this recipe here on pinterest.

i usually take a recipe & switch things up & do my own thing, & last night it could not have been more perfect. we had a friend over & we all set down & enjoyed a meal together. there is something so special about sitting together as a family or with friends & enjoying something you have created. its very intimate & there are no distractions, just each other & conversation.

so, this meal came about with a pot roast sitting in the freezer waiting to be man handled & so i did that pot roast a favor & turned it into something yummy. a pot roast + love + garlic + other yummy things = korean tacos

i put 2 TB of minced garlic & 1 TB butter in the pan & let it get a little brown. 

i added the pot roast. this was like 2 lbs. 

let it get brown on each side & the start adding your other ingredients. 

1/3 cup soy sauce

1/2 cup brown sugar

3TB of minced garlic (you can use garlic cloves, i just didnt have any

2 TB rice wine vinegar

1 TB sesame oil

1 ts red pepper flakes

you guys, your house is going to smell like korean heaven. 

you let it cook slowly for about 8 hours. i put mine on around 11:30 & it was done around 7:00.

ahhhh. i can still taste it. the meat literally just pulls apart so easily. so after i pulled the meat apart i put it in a little dish with a cute lid bc i am all about presentation. 

then i started on the lime cream. 

1 cup sour cream - i used a little more

1 lime zest

juice from 1 lime

salt- like a little dash.

i had some corn that i twice baked- i just put butter, cayenne pepper & sprinkled with parmesan. 

it was so good. 

we had some cilantro, black beans, & this is actually mexican cheese  you just break apart with your fingers., & last but not least juice from the pot of meat.

i got corn tortillas & regular ones & we feasted. so good. 

if you are wanting something really easy for your family this is the way to go. 

--E

vacation part 1.

i really was hoping to wake up and see the ocean today, but sadly i am at my desk working. vacation got off to a pretty rough start, but read on please- it got better.

last friday after work i drove to ronda's to pack up the cars and then head to augusta to pick up cory. he was playing a show with andy velo at the country club. when we got there i texted him to let him know i was there & then he called and told me the club let someone walk out with his book-bag- & then he told me our macbook pro was in the book-bag. i felt my stomach drop. we just bought this computer & all my pictures were on it. needless to say cory was pretty angry & couldn't shake it for a while on vacation.

say a prayer they find the guy with our stuff. the club knows who he is & we are hoping they are proactive in getting it back.

we drove through the night to ponce inlet & as soon as we arrived everyone took a nice long nap. i actually loved driving through the night bc we got a whole extra day from our suffering. all the girls, (ronda, megan, jill & i) drove in one jeep and the guys in the other. we made plenty of stops for drinks and junk food & kept busy playing games & talking about anything & everything.

 the condo we stayed in was  ponce inlet club south. this was my view every morning.

gorgeous right?

we stayed in the bottom condo so you walk out the door and the pool was to your left and the ocean was right in front of you. i am reminded of the lords awesomeness every time i hear the ocean. something about it is so calming. 

now onto my favorite part- the food. yum. in one post i wrote about some places i read about & wanted to try & some of them were amazing. 

our first stop was tia cori's

you could tell it was going to be good, i love those small little hole in the wall places where the line is out the door, don't you?

i had ordered a mexican torta, but they ran out of bread so i got to order whatever i wanted off the menu at no extra charge- score. fish tacos for me & 5 different tacos for the husband. 

cory also ordered horchata.

the scenery was also nice- i mean check out this post office right next door.

so pretty!

cannot wait to share more & trust me there is a lot. if you are ever wanting to try somewhere new to visit- i highly recommend ponce inlet! 

cheers,

mrs. estes