Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date - Jungle and Tacos

Welcome to Rain's Thursday Art and Dinner Date. The art theme is 'Jungle'. 

First I wanted to tell you how happy I am with this white pastel pen I am using.  It is great for use on black poster paper for example.   It is called Edding pastel pen in soft white.

Here is my 'jungle' piece, depicting a red eyed tree frog in the jungle. It is an ACEO (2 1/2" x 3 1/2").  I used my edding soft white pastel pen to fill in the shapes and then coloured over top with Sharpie oil paint markers.  In this way the Sharpie markers display well on the black poster paper.

 For the dinner date, I am showing some tacos I made using old el paso taco shells and old el paso seasoning mix. 

 You brown a pound of ground beef in some olive oil, add the seasoning mix and 2/3c of water and simmer for 10 minutes. 

 Then you toast the shells in the oven at 325F for 7 minutes.

 

 For the toppings, dice some tomatoes, shred some lettuce. You will need some salsa, sourcream and shredded cheese. 

 To assemble, place 2-3 spoons of the cooked ground beef into a taco shell. Top with salsa, sourcream, tomatoes, lettuce and cheese. I microwaved the taco for 35 seconds in the microwave just to melt the cheese. Yum!

taco shells and seasoning mix

 

toppings

cooked ground beef

assembled tacos