Pepper Tacos!

Hey Monday! My favorite day as far as TV is concerned.  It's been very lazy.  I did some house work and Brylee took full advantage of playing all.day.long! Another cold front hit so we stayed in and kept warm. 


Due to our lazy day, a really good dinner sounded so good.  Pepper Tacos is an all time favorite around here so I thought I'd share that recipe. 

It's super simple, really good, and low cal (if you're counting)!


Here's what ya need:

Pictured:
3-4 medium sized bell peppers
1/2 cup shredded cheese
1/4 cup Salsa
Taco Seasoning - low sodium

Not Pictured:
1 lb ground beef (I use ground sirloin)
toppings (lettuce, tomato, sour cream)*
2 cups of water (to boil)

-Preheat oven to 350°
-Brown beef in skillet
-Bring water to a boil
-While meat is cooking, cut around stem of peppers, pull stem out and then cut the peppers in half.      Remove the rest of the seeds if desired.
-Place peppers in boiling water for 3-5 minutes (will be slippery and color will darken)
-When meat is finished, add taco seasoning (according to package), cheese and salsa.
-Place peppers on pan and scoop taco mix into it
-Bake for 25-30 minutes
-Top with whatever you'd like, and voila!

We added a side of spanish rice and called it a meal! It was so good. 

*Total calories (without extra toppings): 265 per pepper!

Let me know if y'all make it and what ya think! Have a great week.

Leah :)

Pickles. Football. Coffee. Friday!

Happy Friday! Once again it's time for a 5 on Friday link up with these ladies: Darci, Natasha, Christina and April! Still new at this, but I think this week I'm finally getting the hang of it.

{One}
Can we talk about National Pickle Day?! I absolutely love pickles and didn't even know that was a such thing! Thanks Kathy Lee and Hoda for informing me this morning.

Can't say I love ALL pickles, but definitely Dill and Sour!

{Two}
I have a new favorite K-Cup! Hands down Peppermint Mocha is my favorite all time coffee, but I've been loving the Green Mountain Carmel Vanilla Cream k-cup!

If you haven't already, and you're into flavored coffee, give it a try!

{Three}
Where is fall?! It's like Mother Nature just decided to skip fall and bring us winter! It  went from 80 to 40 in just a day! Not just cold, it was wet and sleeting here! I refuse to turn on the heater because it's back in the 90's tomorrow so we just bundled up.

 Brylee didn't seem to mind.. she played all day.  Tomorrow we are getting a start on Christmas shopping... what!?

{Four}
Football. Season. Is. Over. Well, for Edinburg High at least. Completely bittersweet, but it's been a rough season.  I love football, don't get me wrong, but living a coaches' schedule is hard and adding a transition season on top of that.. wow!

I don't think anybody realizes the amount of time a coach puts it.  Sitting in the stands gets hard sometimes when you have someone bad mouthing your "coach". Yes, a bad call may be their fault, but they also aren't the ones out there playing, your kids are!   If they only knew the passion these guys have for their players and team, I think they would understand just how hard, yet rewarding their job is. Tate truly does love his job and he's so good at it, but it's very stressful!

{Five}
On another note, I got my Ipsy bag yesterday! $10 a month for anywhere between 4-6 products (some trial size) and a bag, I'll take it. I'm definitely no makeup artist, but I do love makeup!

November was 'Girl Meets Glitter' and I love it! The bag was teamed up with Forever 21 (explains the sparkle). Side note: the floor in Forever 21 amazes me; I almost can't fully focus on shopping because I'm intrigued by it! Back to my bag, there's an OPI glitter polish, liquid highlighter, lip crayon, roll on perfume and a liquid eyeliner. I'm most excited about my eyeliner! Mine was discontinued and I haven't found one I really like yet. 





 Link up with the girls for your 5 on Friday post!

 Happy Friday,
-Leah! :)

Mid-Week Check In

Halloween. Bridal Shower. Bachelorette Party. Odessa. Austin. San Antonio.

All in a weeks time that's been my schedule.

And today I've had way too much coffee. My excuse: it's cold and I would rather just stay by a fire. Oh wait, we don't have a fireplace! That's right.Who knew it would get this cold in the Valley?  Maybe I'm just use to the really warm and humid weather and just being a baby. More than likely not.  :)  Anywho, I somehow pulled myself out of bed, got ready (do sweatpants count?), and made cookies. I may or may not have been listening to Christmas music and burning fall candles while doing this. Coffee, cookies and Apple Pumpkin has my house smelling sooooo good! Not to mention I'm about to make some chicken and dumplins! I am taking full advantage of this weather because come Saturday it's back to the 90's! Welcome to South Texas.

While I had so much going on last week, I hardly took any pictures! I guess I was having way too much fun to keep my camera and phone out.  Here are the pictures I do have to catch you up to this point...

Halloween: A witch and a leopard!

My makeup done by Rachel. As for my little witch, it was last minute.  Her hat was super cute if you could actually see it. Like I said, I didn't get many pictures.  She wouldn't stay still long enough and then passed out after 2 houses! ha!

We also got this....

Meet Snow Belle Sparkle. She came while we were in Odessa. This will be our first year with our little elf and I'm excited!:)

As for the bachelorette party.. I guess I had too much fun to take pictures. Someone has some, but not this girl.(;


Chicken and dumplins are calling my name...

so is reality TV. :)

Happy Wednesday, y'all!

-Leah :)