Taco Bites

Sunday night was a devotion followed by a fellowship meal at our church.  My sweetheart wanted to take something including deer meat (since he recently got a beautiful 9-pointer with his bow).  I had seen Taco Bites on Pinterest, but I had not (and still haven't) taken the time to read the recipe...So, I made my own as I went.  Apparently they were good because my dish came home empty!

I started my fresh deer meat.  I love to begin with some olive oil and fresh garlic before I add the ground meat.  After the meat was completely cooked (browned) I added my home-made taco seasoning!  After I add the seasoning I let the meat continue to cook on low for a few minutes.  While the meat is cooking I prepared some refried beans. In the interest of time, I opened a can and added 2T water, and heated them for about 1 minute.

Lightly spray your pans.  Line with tortilla shell.  I have made these myself...and oh my - so delicious! However, as I mentioned earlier - in the interest of time, I chose to use store bought.  I purchased the small size and cut them into quarters.

 Next, I added a small spoonful of refried beans.

On top of the refried beans I added a small spoon of the seasoned meat, and sprinkled with a mixture of mozzarella and cheddar cheeses.  

I then repeated the first three steps.  This makes two layers of tortilla shell, beans, meat, and cheese.

Bake at 325 for about 15-20 minutes and....

They smelled so delicious!  Everyone seemed to enjoy them.  I would serve them with a bowl of salsa and a bowl of sour cream.  That way people can customize them for their own preferences!  

Enjoy!

Laying Floor...

First of all, I am most certainly not a floor expert...but, when someone asks you to help and you are a person like me - someone who has not acquired the ability to say 'no'...you help!  So...I helped lay new floor in our church nursery.  It was a kind of flooring I was not aware of.  I have had laminate flooring and have seen hardwood, and of course carpet...but this was vinyl strips that looked like laminate flooring...it was called a floating floor.

Our first step was to pull up the existing carpet and fill in any holes/large spaces of different height than the rest of the floor...

You cannot really tell from the picture, but this floor is very uneven!  However, the flooring covered over it just fine!   Each strip of flooring had a sticky edge all around it and it overlapped the pieces around it.

We cut the pieces of vinyl using just a box cutter type tool.  I was very surprised at how easy it was to cut and size.  The door frame was probably the most tricky part, which I think can be true with any floor project. 

This is the finished product!  We were very proud of ourselves....two ladies who had never done this before and some help we recruited for the door and final edge..and it looks great!!

This can be purchased at Lowes or Home Depot for a little less than $2 a square foot.  A bonus about the vinyl is that it is more waterproof than the laminate or hardwood.