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Guest Blogger: Lisa from Letting It All Hang Out

Hey everyone! My friend Lisa from Letting It All Hangout has graciously agreed to share one of her yummy recipes with us. She is a fellow wife and momma to not only two puppydawgs but also two of the cutest lil munchkins you could ever meet!

Psole Recipe:

I have to say my husband (who is Mexican) is pretty picky when it comes to Mexican food because he grew up on his grandma's cooking and she's an excellent cook! So when I was given this amazing recipe for the yummy soup, Psole, I jumped at the opportunity to see how good it was. Turns out this is such an easy recipe and tastes amazing!!! The best part is that it makes enough for leftovers!

What you'll need:

Serving 4-6 people

Prep Time: 30-45 mins             Cook Time: 1-2 hours

1 family pack of porkchops (bone in or boneless both work)/ if you don't like pork chicken also works with this recipe
1 15oz or 8oz can of tomato sauce
2 chicken bullion cubes
2 garlic cloves minced or garlic powder works great too
6-8 anahiem peppers
1 dried red pepper
1 medium can of Hominy
1 Bay leaf


1. Brown your meat, then cube your meat and put into crock pot or a big pan. Add a little bit of water enough to cook the meat until tender. Add 1 chicken bullion cube, the bay leaf and 1 clove of garlic into the pan to help flavor the meat.

2. While the meat is cooking, roast your peppers. I don't have a grill or a special pan I just turn on my oven to a low broil and put the peppers on the top rack until they the skin starts to look brown, then I rotate to get that affect over the entire pepper. It doesn't have to be 100% brown but roasted. Once I get the look I want I take the peppers out and put them in cold water and remove the top lay of the pepper. I just use my fingers and run the peppers you'll notice the skin will start to peel off a little bit.

3. Once the peppers are skinned then cut the top off and de-seed it if you don't want it too spicy. Keep the seeds for a little more kick. Put all the peppers into a blender. Next add in the tomato sauce, other garlic, and chicken bullion cube. Add the dried red pepper and blend all together. (The dried red pepper also adds a kick to the soup if you need it a little less spicy I wouldn't add it in.)

4. Once the meat is cooked add the sauce you made in the blender to the pan. Then add the can of hominy. Mix and cook on low-medium heat for about an hour-2 hours depending on how long you want to wait.

That's it!  This is really one of the easiest meals I have ever made.

To really make it good you'll also want to add the toppings.

It's traditionally served with chopped up cabbage or lettuce and a combination of diced onions and cilantro. Add both of those on top of the soup and it tastes even better!

The best part about Mexican cooking is that the spiciness is really in your hands. This recipe above gives it just enough of a kick that you're not sweating as you eat it.  So I encourage you to really play with it and fine tune it to your liking.

Girls Trip 2012-Bahamas

I went on a girls trip with my two sister and mom! We traveled to Miami and caught a cruise to the Bahamas!!!!!!!!!

We rented a convertible to cruise around in and it started POURING cats & dogs! Annalyn got caught in the rain.

 Miami Beach!

 Puppy shop!

Hotel Chelsea in the back

 My mom's friend Diane joined us for the cruise!

 We stopped in Nassau and went to the Atlantis resort!

 That would be a glass sculpture worth one million dollars behind Nikki!!!!

We met Wally at Atlantis and he was kind enough to show us.... TURTLES!!!! 

(can you tell they are my favorite?!)

Alaskan Adventure

On the latest Damon family vacation we headed to Vancouver to catch a cruise up the Alaskan coast and it was PHENOMENAL!!!!!! I hate the cold but I could happily bear it to live somewhere as breathtakingly beautiful as Alaska.

21st Birthday Shenanigans!

My husband went above and beyond for this birthday. He took me out to The Melting Pot for my first fondue dinner. Later that week we left for Vegas and Matt had arranged for my sister Annalyn and her husband Adam to join us. They pulled the surprise off perfectly I was shocked and so touched that Matt would go through all of that effort. We had a BLAST sunbathing, catching shows, and watching Matt get bit by the gambling bug.

Thanks Momma for the uber cute outfit!

Matt bought me a LeCreuset pot!!

I had just told mi Padre about my new juicing obsession and he and Barbie send me this. Thank you!!!

Thank you Adam & Annalyn for helping to make my day special I really enjoyed our trip and the spa day was FABULOUS!!!!!!

I love this guy!

Thanks Momma Damon for this outfit!

As if Matt hadn't already gone above and beyond he took me to see "O" by Cirque du Soleil!! It was phenomenal!!

Thank you to all of my amazing family who made my day so special and a special thanks to my wonderfully sweet incredibly thoughtful and devastatingly handsome hubby!