Puerto Vallarta Tacos

When I worked for an airline company my parents were able to travel on my flight benefits. For their Anniversary they went to Puerto Vallarta for a few days. While staying at a local resort they had a very simple dinner that has been a long time favorite and simple recipe to make.

Things you will need:

• Chicken- boneless, skinless (I will pound it out so it will remain tender while cooking)
• Chili Powder
• Olive Oil
• Corn Tortillas
• Fresh or canned Pineapple- sliced
• Cilantro- chopped
• Tomatoes- sliced
• Avocado - sliced (optional)
• Limes - sliced
• Sour Cream (optional)
• Hot sauce - I like Cholula (optional)

Prep the chicken and pound it out with a meat tenderizer, if you desire. Place in a baking dish and sprinkle as much Chili powder on each side to give good coverage, then pour olive oil over your chicken so it will cook better in the oven. Broil each side for 4 minutes. Once it's finished cooking cut into slices

While your chicken is broiling, chop cilantro, slice pineapple, tomatoes, avocados, and limes. Sometimes I place it in separate glass containers (as shown below). This will make it easier to store in the refrigerator once you have finished your meal. Heat up as many corn tortillas you will need for your meal. Once you are finished you can add each ingredient to your corn tortillas.

This meal is a great time saver if you don't know what to make for dinner or lunch one evening. If you have other ingredients you love and wish to add, then create away! Enjoy

Smooth 'n' Silky Banana Hair Mask

I stumbled upon this blog that had this recipe they got from Dr. Oz's show a while ago. I thought I would try it out and see for myself how well it worked.
Dr. Oz assembled a team of enthusiastic researchers to determine what food, in fact, was the most repairing, the most conditioning, for hair. They found it was bananas.

Bananas as a hair mask is effective, because bananas contain things like potassium, vitamin B6, folate, and other properties that are great for your hair (and also helps with hair loss).

Milk is full of protein to make your hair stronger, as well as lactic acid to help whisk away old, dead skin cells that might have accumulated on your hair and caused it to become lifeless, limp, and mildly suicidal.

Smooth 'n' Silky Banana Milkshake Hair Mask

• 1-2 bananas (maybe 3, if your hair is really long and thick)
• Whole Milk or coconut milk, enough to thin out the bananas
• Honey (optional)
• Cocoa powder, strawberries, or a peach (optional)

We're just going to talk about the basic hair mask, which is a very lovely and perfect as it is, and then in a moment we'll talk about the other ingredients to add some spice.
~YOU CAN ALSO DRINK THE LEFTOVERS TOO~


First, you want to take your banana(s) and blend them in some way, either in the blender, food processor, with a stick blender, or just by mashing and stirring really well. You want to do this until you have a slimy paste. No chucks. Just slime.

 

Partway through the blending process - you can still see some chunkies in there.

 

Then, you just drizzle in milk, monitoring the thickness of the banana. You want to aim for a consistency that is nearly identical to regular hair conditioners.

 

 

 

Once you have this blended and smooth, it should be relatively runny, but still thick enough to stay on your hair. Again, go for the consistency of regular conditioner.

 

After this, you can add in your optional ingredients and blend them in there very well.

 

Here are a few ideas:

• Honey, for even more moisturizing
• Cocao powder, which is also moisturizing, and it's great for brunettes or redheads who want to boost their deep brown tones.
• Strawberries are clarifying, but they'd also be great for anyone interested in adding a bit of a slight red highlight (note: none of these "highlights" are strong, and they won't last past your second wash)
• Peaches are great for delicate, broken hair, as well as blondes who want to soften the brassiness of their hair.
• Strong green tea, wonderfully clarifying, would be great for any hair type, and it would make for an interesting flavor combination when you drink up what you don't use on your hair.

How to apply the Smooth 'n' Silky Banana Milkshake Hair Mask

• Start with dry hair and work over the sink or in the bathtub
• You will need a shower cap or a towel to wrap your hair up in to prevent dripping.
• Apply as much of this mask to your hair as you can, making sure it's saturating your hair and caressing your scalp
• Leave this on for 15-20 minutes
• Wash as normal (you may or may not need to condition your hair, just see how it feels after you wash it), but make sure you get ALL of the mask out of your hair, of you'll walk around smelling like old banana and sour milk. Yikes!
• Enjoy your silky smooth hair