Anniversary Unlocked: 3 years together

3 years ago today, over text message, I convinced a guy that I had known my whole life, who I really barely knew at all, to let me be his girlfriend. Almost exactly a year and a half after that, he let me be his wife. It's weird to think that half of the time we've been together we've been married. Some people have called us crazy for it and sometimes, I think we are too.

Thank you Lem, for not running away screaming, like you probably should have. Thank you, for putting up with all of my insanities, and not killing me while I tried to figure out how to clean our house. Thank you for believing in everything I do, supporting me in the things that I love, and showing me what patience is. You're an amazing provider, and way more than I could have ever asked for. You don't always bring me flowers, or shower me with romance, but you keep us out of debt, and you kiss me everyday, and that's more than I deserve.
Here's to eighty more years of insanity, learning, and so much love.

Co-op Salsa

                               
Husband works at a gas station. A few days ago his boss, sent him home with 2 large shopping bags FULL of fresh tomatoes.

When he brought them home I glanced through my shopping list, frantically trying to find SOMETHING, to do with the plethora of lycopene that had been bestowed upon us. Low and behold, we were out of salsa.

Husband loves to take salsa and chips to work with him, so we run out pretty quickly. Needless to say, the tomato timing, was perfect, and not just because of our lack of chip dip.

This is the last day we are dogsitting for my parents, who are visiting family (yes, Mickey Mouse is family) in California. So we decided to utilize the ample space provided  in their kitchen, use all 30 tomatoes, and go all out.  Husband made a stewed salsa, and I chose to make a Pico de Gallo (a la Emeril. BAM!)

I started by coring and dicing 10 varying sizes of tomatoes, which measured out to about  8 cups, and quintupled the size of my recipe!

Next, I diced one large, red onion. 

I had to leave the kitchen several times to prevent my eyes from falling out, or adding any unnecessarily saline to the mix. After I ran around flapping my hands at my face, I  regained eyesight, and slap-chopped 2 large jalepenos.

                                                                   

                                                                        I like it spicy.

Now, I will admit that even though, I enjoy fresh, hand prepared ingredients in almost ALL of my meals, but sometimes,  I cheat a little. Thankfully, I can still make it sound fancy.

 So, in went 1/2 a cup of hand poured lime juice (plus a few splashes), and 1/4 a cup of home-scooped-from-a-jar, diced garlic.  Finally, I added my favorite part, chopped cilantro.

Seriously. You should smell this kitchen. It's heavenly.

I served this to myself with avocado and tortilla chips and I'm enjoying every bite. 

If you want to make this yourself, here's Emeril's outline. Have fun with it. I made it spicier and added more lime.

 Husband used the same ingredients, but blanched the tomatoes, used more peppers and simmered it all on low for about 4 hours.

This was all quite fun, and now I must find a small army to feed this to.

Pwn Appetit,

Sunshyne