This is one of my absolute favorite meals and I make it at least once a week. Its very quick to make, very healthy and totally yummy! Here's what you need for it: Ingredients 1 - 1/2 cup canned black beans 1 onion 2 garlic cloves 1 tomato 1 jalapeño 1/2 lettuce head sour cream Mexican cheese Taco seasoning Guacamole seasoning small size tortillas For Guacamole 1 avocado 1 lime Guacamole seasoning Approx cook time: 25 minutes Directions 1. Finely chop the onions and garlic and sauté them with olive oil in a sauce pain. Sauté till the onions are brown and transparent so about 10 minutes 2. Add the beans to the sauce pan and cook for about 2 minutes 3. Add 1 table spoon of taco seasoning and cook for another 3-4 minutes 4. In the meantime, chop the tomatoes, lettuce and finely chop the jalapeños 5. Serve the beans, tomatoes and jalapeños, lettuce in a separate bowl along with sour cream and cheese 6. Heat the tortillas one at a time in the microwave. I eat these each time I want a new one. For Guacamole Mash the avocado in a bowl with 1 table spoon of guacamole seasoning and juice from 1 lime In the tortilla, add beans, tomatoes, jalapeños, lettuce, cheese, sour cream and guacamole and make your very own soft shell taco! This is an awesome dish and its super easy! I made this fresh on my trip to Glacier National Park so it makes a great camping dish too! Hope you enjoy this =) The assortment of fillings for soft shell tacos. Justin eats this with chicken instead of beans and the process is is exactly the same. Fully made soft shell taco!
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I am getting way behind on writing about some of my favorite escapades! Someone asked me a few days ago what my favorite place in the world was and without a doubt in my mind I blurted "Jackson Hole!". This got me thinking why I loved being in Jackson so so much. It could be because its unique in character and due to its bold Western lifestyle, or because all seasons offer amazing outdoor activities. But when I thought about it a lot I realized that its the people in Jackson driving to protect its beauty that makes it so gorgeous. Jackson Hole boasts the best ski resort in North America : Jackson Hole mountain resort (duh!) and is home to the Teton National Park and the Teton mountain range. The mountains give the city a resort-y feel and it is surely reflected in real estate prices (try finding something under a mil - good luck to you). I will try to write a lot about JH especially when I'll be spending my second ski season there but for now I try get down there every few weekends to enjoy the best view, weather and people. A few days back we decided to go camping in the Teton national park and white water rafting in the Snake River. Unfortunately for me, I got horribly sick but managed to have a great time (its hard not to...). We started the weekend by driving later in the evening to Teton national park to find a campsite. We just purchased a new tent and a new Thermarest sleeping pad for Justin and wanted to try it car camping before taking it backcountry. Since we hadn't camped in the park before, we were totally unaware of how quickly the campsites were taken. Lucky for us, we managed to get the last site available in the entire park at the Signal Mountain campground. This ended up being an RV site and cost us ~$40 instead of the usual $20 (dammit!) but at least we had a place to rest our heads for the night. Our original plan was to camp at Jenny Lake Campground but we soon learned that over the weekends, the campground is FULL by 7:30 AM!!! Anyway, that evening we had a nice dinner at Peaks, a restaurant in the signal mountain campground area. The restaurant is awesome with great food and just stunning views. You can see Mt. Moran clearly and its right on Jackson lake which made for a beautiful sunset that evening (see pic below). I had the garlic soup and beet salad and Justin had the trout - both were great and very filling. What I loved about the restaurant most (aside from great food, views and service...ha!) was that they were handing out pamphlets about eating seafood sustainably! If you have heard of seafoodwatch.org, you'll know what I am talking about. After retiring to our campsite, I slept quite well. It was our first time camping with our dog, Snow and she was thoroughly confused. It was hilarious. Anyway, the campsite was snugly situated between trees with gorgeous view of the mountains and the lake nearby. For breakfast we had bagels and juice that we purchased the night before at the grocery store in town of Jackson. We enjoyed our camping experience so much that we wanted to stay a second night. So thinking we were awake and ready early, we drove to Jenny Lake campground at 9 am expecting to find another campsite. We soon found out we were wrong and the site was full way before we got there. Next time, we will have to get here way earlier than that! Because I was getting sick, we decided to go rafting and return home that night instead of camping again. We were smart and purchased a Groupon for rafting with Mad River Boat Trips so we got to go rafting for half price! It was totally awesome experience. This was my first time rafting in the US. I have been white water kayaking a few times in Wisconsin and rafting in the Ganges in India but who knew the Snake River had a few thrills up its sleeve! I highly recommend checking out rafting if you're spending your summer in JH. Another advice - take a guided trip if you're not totally sure what you're doing. It will be worth it. After a fun time rafting we had lunch at one of my fav restaurants in town - The Bird. The place is totally weird and totally awesome at the same time. Being vegetarian, I got the veggie burger which is cleverly named- For the Patchouli Lover: The Bushy beaver. Ha!!! I had to look up "Patchouli" on urbandictionary and I was not disappointed lol. Here are some pics from our trip! We went to Glacier National Park couple weekends back so I will make a list of the "must haves for camping in that post". I can't recommend Jackson Hole enough - its truly an awesome place!! Panorama of our view from Peaks restaurant Justin and Snow hanging out near our campsite View next to our campsite at signal mountain campground Ready going rafting on the Snake River! We had an awesome time with great friends!! Thanks Mad river boat trips!
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