Mexican night at the Griffin's was a success!

Good afternoon!

A few weeks ago, Brooks and I had dinner with some wonderful friends and the meal was amazing. Lesley made a Taco salad, I brought the re-fried beans and we also had spanish rice. Delicious! It was so good that I had to make it myself, sooner than later!

Last night my father and his wife stopped by to see the progress of the new house so I shared the Taco Salad treat with them. 

Taco Salad

1 large bag of Iceberg lettuce, chopped

1 bunch of green onions, diced

3-4 small tomatoes, diced or

1 large cucumber diced

1 lb hamburger - cook, drain & let cool

1 can of red Kidney beans

1 bottle of thousand island dressing

1 bag of red nacho Doritos

Mix well all but the dressing and Doritos in a serving bowl

Crush up Doritos and add to salad (may not use entire bag -- don't forget they get soggy so don't use all at once if eating at different times/leftover)

After crushed Doritos are added to the salad, add dressing to salad and toss.

Enjoy!

I can not forget to add that my sweet husband took me chair shopping Monday on our lunch for dining room chairs to go at my grandmother's table that seats 10. We had enough of standing and eating for 2 weeks! Check out the dining room's new look with the chairs. I did something out of the ordinary and mixed two types of chairs for a formal but simple dining room look. We bought 6  Neapolitan wooden chairs (I am sure they have a proper name but this is what they called them in the store) and we bought 2 skirted Parson chairs. Planning for 2 more of the Neapolitan chairs because this table will seat 10 with another leaf we have stored in the closet..

Before: Casual look. We plan to get two more of the wooden chairs and put at the end as well when we don't want the formal look with the skirted Parson chairs. We will move the Parson chairs to the corners of the room for extra seating!

 After: Still got to figure out a centerpiece plan!

PS: Don't mind Finley's dog crate and the pictures to be hung.. laying on top! :)

Note: Please bare with the terrible iPhone pictures. I need to get out the digital camera more often. You can not tell in this picture but the chairs have black backs and legs and a walnut colored seat. The fabric on the Parson chairs is floral with golds, greens, orangy-reds and a black back ground.. all my colors in a more formal look!

Thanks y'all! Happy Thursday!

~Morgan