#TastyTuesday – Shredded Beef Tostadas

A couple of weeks ago I asked some of my blogging friends for recipes using roasts. You see, we get beef a half a cow at a time from farmers that we know well. We have it taken directly from their farm to our favorite locker (Lewright Meats in Eagle Grove, Iowa) and then it all comes home and fits (almost perfectly) in our upright freezer!  For some reason we seem to have a lot of “extra” roasts, so I’ve been trying different things from Pepsi Roast (it was pretty tasty) to other recipes that were not so much! (That one with the red wine, gak!)  Anyway, Jenny from In the Kitchen With Jenny was kind enough to share her Tostada recipe with me!  (You can find her recipe HERE!)  Now, mine were not hers!  Hers inspired mine, but I will admit that I don’t keep a lot of spices in the house and didn’t have the majority of what she used to make hers, so I just went with the general idea and came up with my version of Shredded Beef Tostadas.

Comments For a Cause: Remembering Baby D!

It’s the beginning of a new month, March is over! Where did that time go? I remember when I was younger hearing the

Amy Elizabeth Hild, 1987-2015

“older” generation around me lament that “time just flies by and speeds up every year”! I couldn’t imagine what that felt like, but I do now! I swear (not literally) that every month is going faster and faster! But, I digress. During the month of March, I had declared that my Comments For A Cause was going to the Amy Hild Memorial Fund to remember my dear friend Amy of Modern Rural Living that was taken from us way too soon! I’m excited and sad all at the same time to say that because of your commenting efforts, I will be mailing her parents a check for $50.00.  It is so bittersweet!  I’m happy to continue to honor Amy’s memory this way and yet sad that I’m even having to do it in the first place!  God continues to teach me patience in understanding.

Share Your World 2015, Week 10

Well, due to life last week, I missed a week of Share Your World, so I’m excited to be back at it…even if it is at the end of the week!  I hope you enjoy my answers this week…make sure you keep reading because there might be a funny story about me as a young child! 😉

When you lose electricity in a storm, do you light the candles or turn on the flashlight? How many of each do you own? Both!  I love candles and have lots of them much to T’s dismay (I have candles at home and at work, so I’m covered on all bases!), so those would probably be the choice for constant light, but I’m sure for specific things or looking “in” things like cupboards, etc. flashlights would be used!

My current candle at work from Ikea!

You are given $5,000 and the chance to exchange it for one of two envelopes. One envelope contains $50,000 and one contains $500. Do you make the trade? Why or why not?  My gut reaction is to keep the $5,000 because no matter what was in the other envelope, I would always have $5,000 more than I had prior! 

Saving the Best for Last

How do you eat your meal? Do you mix everything up and eat it all at once? Do you eat it in rotation..a little bit at a time of everything? Do you eat all of one thing first? Do you save your favorite thing till last?

I will admit that I traditionally eat my meals a few bites of everything on rotation…keeping things even, bu if there is something that I really love then I tend to hord it till the end!  At Applebee’s, I always order the Fiesta Lime Chicken and I always eat the cheesy and yet crisp tortilla strips last.  At our local restuarant 7 Stars when I order an omelet, I always keep the middle two bites till last (becuase that’s the best part, full of ingredients and flavor).

Comments for A Cause: Amy Hild Memorial Fund

Disclosure:  I’m sorry this is a bit delayed getting going, but as you read on, I think you will understand why. 

Before stepping into this month’s Cause, let’s recap February!  February was Library Lover’s Month.  As I’ve gotten to know more about the Sheffield Public Library I was excited to show my appreciation for libraries in general, but especially to the ladies at this library for (what I think) is a fantastic job they do with their programming considering the size of their library and town!  I’m happy to report that due to your commenting, I have presented the library with a check for $23.00 (50 cents for each comment made).  They will be using this to go towards their Summer Reading Program!

Presenting library director Jill, her check!

This month, my cause is the Amy Elizabeth Hild Memorial Fund and to be honest, I can’t believe I’m typing that!  On February 25th, the fellow #NorthIowaBlogger was killed in a tragic car accident.  She is greatly missed, but was such an amazing person that a Memorial Fund has been set up in her memory to do amazing things with.  (You can read more about her HERE)  For every comment that is made on my blog this month, I will donate 50 cents to the Amy’s Memorial Fund.  So, please comment like you’ve never commented before!

Amy Elizabeth Hild, 1987-2015