Tasty Tuesday (sorry a day late!)

Hello Loveys!! It is Tasty Tuesday! I am so excited. I haven’t posted a Tasty Tuesday in a while. Normally called Munchie Mondays. But Tuesday seems to be the best day. so a change was needed.

Today’s yummy meal is: Green Chile Chicken Chili. Some people call it white chicken chili. But I think I make mine differently. Any who. Below is a photo:

YUMMY! The recipe is as follows:

Ingredients:

·      3-4 chicken breasts cut up in chunks seasoned in salt an pepper and about a Tblsp. of olive oil and mixed in a bowl and put aside

·      ½  medium onion chopped

·      1Tblsp of olive oil

·      2-3 cloves of garlic chopped

·      2 cans of Northern Beans (white beans)

·      1-2 Cups of Green Chile chopped

·      1 32oz. container of Chicken Broth

·      Shredded cheddar cheese and sour cream to garnish with

Directions:

1.     In a skillet put a little olive oil and cook the chicken until it is done.

2.     While the chicken in the cooking, in a stew pot sauté the onion and garlic until onions are clear.

3.     Once chicken is cooked and onions and garlic are sautéed. Add chicken to stew pot.

4.     Next, add chicken broth, green chile, and beans to the pan. Give it a stir and place a lid on top.

5.     Let simmer for 20-30 min on medium heat.

6.     Garnish with cheese and sour cream as you want!

7.     ENJOY!!

Love and Blessings,

Carlise

Beauty Holy Grail: Makeup Remover

Hello Loves!! I pray you are having the most of joyous days. So today I am sharing the first of the products in my Beauty Holy Grail Series. This product was an easy one for me. This is a trusty make up remover.

Sephora’s SUPREME CLEANSING OIL!

I love love love it! It truly removes all my make up. Literally, it melts off. And it does not dry off my face.

This product ladies is A-MAZE-BALLS!!! It takes off even the hardest to remove mascara and eye makeup. It is a cleansing oil. It works as you put it on your dry face. Massage and then rinse. Then follow up with your night time cleansing routine…

The Sephora Supreme Cleansing Oil retails at $14.00.  Exclusively at Sephora!

I hope you check it out.

Love and Blessings,

Carlise

Daily TidBits:

·      I am sicky poo.. Noah is sicky poo. So He is home from school and Im about to Snuggle on the couch

·      I am ready for a new fall hair do. I’m going back to a weave, and getting some bangs. WooHoo!! I am so excited about that.

·      I’m making Green Chile Chicken Chili for dinner tonight. It will be tomorrow’s Tasty Tuesday.

·      I need to steam clean carpets when I feel better.

·      I LOVE FALL!! 

I'm BACK

Hello LOVES!! Just a quickie to say I am back!! My computer took a dump and my wonderful husband Just came home with my new computer. So Now I can get back to blogging! I am so excited.

I have several I am working on. I have the first one in my beauty holy grail series. I am working on a few more as well. I also have some Tasty Tuesdays to post as well. As well as a Trendy Modesty I am getting ready to work on. HAPPY FALL!! I am so happy to be back! Love ya'll!



Love and Blessings,

Carlise

Intro to Finding my Beauty Up Holy Grail Series

Hello Loves! I am starting a new series called Finding the Holy Grails of Makeup. I am so excited about this. As anyone knows me, knows I love trying makeup out and different colors and products. But sometimes a girl just needs the trusty, never fail products, that no matter what, you know will look good on you. On this quest, I need to try as many as possible. So needless to say, Sephora samples are my friends.  I will go through each category of make up. Then at the end, put all of these “Holy Grails’ or HG’s as I will call them in one makeup bag. I may do a giveaway at the end with a customized bag of my HG’s for a lucky reader! Ok Sounds fun.

As a mom, I some days don’t have time to play with my makeup. Some days I don’t  want to have to think about it….so I want to just have the fail safes to go to automatically. The areas I will be finding my HG’s are:  

·         Primer

·         Foundation

·         Powder

·         Bronzer

·         Blush

·         Highlighter

·         Eyeshadow-which will be a palette

·         Eyeshadow primer

·         Eye Liner

·         Mascara

·         And Lipstick and Lip gloss

*   Skincare products

 I am so excited to get started. I have started sampling already. Once I narrow down to two or 3 I will post a review on each one and reveal what I chose. I am starting with Primers and foundations first. I am so excited about this.

By no means will I stop trying all kinds of things. I just thought this would be fun to do! So YAY! Very exciting.

 Daily Tidbits

·         I am obsessed with Whole Foods. I love that store.

·         Currently trying to find a book to read to focus my attention on

·         I am loving Hatch Chile white cheddar cheese, it is so yummy.

·         Trying to figure out how Google + works is the pain in the booty

Have a great day!

Carlise

Monday Munchies: Sweet Corn Tamale Cakes (Cheesecake factory Copycat recipe)

James and I love Cheesecake Factory! It is so yummy! But as I can’t go there everyday and eat my favorite menu item of Sweet Corn Tamale cakes, then I figured I need to get on the ball and make them at home. So that’s what I did! The recipe is courtesy of Food.com. It is a copy cat recipe of The Sweet Corn Tamale Cakes.

A little about these cakes:  They are  made of sweet white corn and masa flour as the main ingredients. Also has butter, salt, AP flour. They are topped with a Salsa verde , Tomato Salsa, and a southwest sauce. Garnished with Sour cream, Cilantro, and Avocado. They are so full of flavors and healthy at least to me. So here we go the  recipe

Ingredients

Salsa Verde

• 2 tomatillos, diced
• 4 ounces mild green chilies, drained and diced
• 1 green onion, minced
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, minced
• 1 1/4 teaspoons granulated sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper

For Tomato Salsa

• 1 medium tomato, diced
• 1 tablespoon minced Spanish onion
• 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, minced
• 1/4 teaspoon lime juice
• 1/2 small jalapeno, seeded and minced
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash ground black pepper

For Southwestern Sauce

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon white vinegar
• 1 teaspoon water
• 3/4 teaspoon granulated sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/4 teaspoon paprika
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper
• 1 pinch onion powder
• 1 dash salt
• 1 dash garlic powder

For Cakes

• 1 1/2 cups frozen sweet corn
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 3 tablespoons sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 1/2 cup corn masa harina flour ( corn flour)
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

For Garnish

• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 1/2 avocado, diced
• 2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped

Directions

1.     Prepare salsa verde by combining all prepared ingredients. Chill.

2.     Prepare tomato salsa by combining all prepared ingredients. Chill.

3.     Prepare southwestern sauce by combining all ingredients. Chill.

4.     Preheat oven to 400°F.

5.     Prepare the tamale cakes by chopping 1 cup of the frozen corn in a food processor until it's coarsely pureed. Combine pureed corn with softened butter, sugar, and salt. Blend well.

6.     Add masa and flour and blend well. Mix in the remaining 1/2 cup of frozen corn kernels by hand.

7.     Measure 1/2 cup portions of the mixture and form it into 3" wide patties with your hands. Arrange the patties

8.     Carefully flip all cakes with a spatula and bake for an additional 5 to 7 minutes or until other side is browned.

9.     Assembly: Place all three cakes on a warmed serving platter. Dollop each with one of the three sauces. Garnish with diced avocado, cilantro and a dollop of sour cream.

It Makes 4 and they are 606 calories per serving.

 

Daily Tidbits:

·         I am trying Greek Yogurt for the first time… its not bad. Why did I wait so long to try it!

·         My hubby is back home! Yippee!

·         I am on the hunt for this particular dog shampoo..

·         I am obsessed with redecorating my bedroom

 

In Love and Christ,
Carlise