Home made Pico De Gallo

Where have I been? Why have I never made my own Pico De Gallo! This is wonderful and fresh and beautiful! Everything is right in the world because I now make my very own! The Mr. does not like onions at all! He loves the flavor but not the texture. So, I pulled some aside and made some without onions. He was a happy man!

Ingredients
5 to 6 roma tomatos (diced)
1 medium onion (diced very fine)
1 bunch of cilantro (chopped)
3 limes (squeezed)
You may also add jalapenos
Please click here to learn how to pick and choose the perfect lime.

Directions: Dice and chop all ingredients and then add to a medium size bowl and squeeze with lime juice. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Serve with anything.
Yadira dicing the tomatos

MK chopping the onions, not one tear

The amount of cilantro we used

The two seperate bowls. One for the Mr. minus the onions

Squeezing the juice of 3 limes

Perfection!

Magic shell

When I was a kid I loved this stuff! My favorite is a double dipped vanilla soft serve icecream cone at DAIRY QUEEN! I order it to this day if my feet happen to find their way to a Dairy Queen parlor. The recipe with butter and using semi sweet chocolate chips remind me of my beloved DQ.

SORRY THE PICS aren't the greatest!
I researched many recipes and found different variances but have settled on highlighting this ladies blog, PLEASE GO HERE.

RECIPE

one cup coconut oil (if you do not have coconut oil, refer to recipe at bottom)

one to two cups semi sweet or dark chocolate chips

DIRECTIONS

Melt coconut oil over low heat in a sauce pan. Melt chocolate chips gradually in pan, stirring or whisking in a little at a time. Consistency should be very runny.

Store in a canning jar or a plastic container at room temperature. If stored in fridge, please re heat slowly.

Containers, WE use the melting chocolate candy containers from wilton or a washed out ketchup bottle works great too!

Just save a previous magic shell bottle and make your own refills! It is sooo much cheaper and better too.

You can change the look of magic shell by melting white chocolate. However the food coloring will resist bonding to the chocolate because food coloring is water based. However, if you use the wilton colored chocolate this would work.

Also the fat content can change your magic shell, as to using butter or coconut oil. The use of milk chocolate chips or semi chocolate chips will vary the flavor.

ADD INS to spice it up:: Drops to taste of mint, almond, lemon oil, lime oil or even orange.

>RECIPE, with butter

6 oz. bag of chocolate chips

1/2 stick butter

1/4 cup vegetable oil

Melt chocolate chips and butter in pan or microwave.

Once melted add oil. Mix well and spoon over ice cream

Chive Garlic Butter

I absolutely love what this little number does to a piece of steak! ::swoons:: Just a little pat or two on your favorite cut of meat will send you into heaven. Caution: It did not have the same effect on my husband or my dad, go figure:

1 stick butter (softened)
1 clove garlic, minced or pressed (for each stick of butter use one clove of garlic)
Fresh cloves chopped finely (amount varies to your personal tastes) Careful fresh chives are very flavorful.
For every stick of butter add one clove garlic.
Whip butter, chives and garlic in small bowl. When mixed pour out onto saran wrap and shape into a log or you can spoon into a pastry bag and fit with a medium star shape. Pipe onto wax paper and pop into fridge until firm. Place the butter log into fridge until firm. Remove from refrigerator and allow to set to room temp.
Once at room temp. Place a pat or dollop onto steak and enjoy!