As most of you know, and most of you are experiencing, it has just been blazing hot recently. We've seen temps as high as 118 degrees on the pool deck in the direct afternoon sun. That kind of heat makes one want to enjoy cool, refreshing meals that require little or no time cooking outside. This is a crazy idea I came up with a week or so ago hanging out in the pool with the ever-present margarita. A couple different variations ran through that twisted mind of mine but I ultimately decided on this one. Got everything prepped and ready early afternoon yesterday in case I had issues with the avocados, which is all too common for me. From there it all went into the fridge till later, just before supper time. Gut feeling tells me that our good friend Brian (
BrianGSDTexoma
) might possibly get a kick out of this one 
Start out cooking the ground beef and season it up with my taco seasoning.
The avocados, skin and pits removed. I took a spoon and enlarged the cavity so it'd hold more meat. This is just before assembling them and one of the avocados darkened a bit while in the fridge. I cleaned it up before building the final meal.
Lettuce, tomato, and onion.
This is the creamy jalapeno ranch sauce I stole from John (
SmokinVOLfan
) a few years ago. This stuff is amazing!!
Time to start the build. Load the avocados full of taco meat. Kind of a blurry pic. Not so sure about this new phone just yet.
Pile on as much cheese as you can. Lost a lot on the plate but it'l get eaten later
Lettuce, tomato, and onions next.
A nice drizzle of the jalapeno ranch sauce. Another blurry pic.
Plated up with some Mexican rice and it's time to eat.
This is where things start getting messy. Sliced shot.
And of course....you guessed it David (
DRKsmoking
)
Yep, it's kinda freaky, bizarre, sloppy, and just a mess but believe it or not, these were really good!! All of the components were chilled so it was a cool and refreshing meal. Although not a "flavor bomb" this dinner certainly did not lack for flavor. All of the ingredients melded together to create a very nice combination of flavors, complexity, and textural components. All in all a successful experiment. I've developed a propensity recently for posting ugly meals, this one included, and the only reason I'm posting this is to possibly give somebody else an idea for some sort of variation they might like to try. It is somewhat creative as far as I know. Never seen anything like this done before.
Oh well, I'm done. About time for a cold barley pop and a trip to the pool. Y'all have a great weekend and see everybody soon.
Robert
BrianGSDTexoma
) might possibly get a kick out of this one Start out cooking the ground beef and season it up with my taco seasoning.
The avocados, skin and pits removed. I took a spoon and enlarged the cavity so it'd hold more meat. This is just before assembling them and one of the avocados darkened a bit while in the fridge. I cleaned it up before building the final meal.
Lettuce, tomato, and onion.
This is the creamy jalapeno ranch sauce I stole from John (
SmokinVOLfan
) a few years ago. This stuff is amazing!!
Time to start the build. Load the avocados full of taco meat. Kind of a blurry pic. Not so sure about this new phone just yet.
Pile on as much cheese as you can. Lost a lot on the plate but it'l get eaten later
Lettuce, tomato, and onions next.
A nice drizzle of the jalapeno ranch sauce. Another blurry pic.
Plated up with some Mexican rice and it's time to eat.
This is where things start getting messy. Sliced shot.
And of course....you guessed it David (
DRKsmoking
)
Yep, it's kinda freaky, bizarre, sloppy, and just a mess but believe it or not, these were really good!! All of the components were chilled so it was a cool and refreshing meal. Although not a "flavor bomb" this dinner certainly did not lack for flavor. All of the ingredients melded together to create a very nice combination of flavors, complexity, and textural components. All in all a successful experiment. I've developed a propensity recently for posting ugly meals, this one included, and the only reason I'm posting this is to possibly give somebody else an idea for some sort of variation they might like to try. It is somewhat creative as far as I know. Never seen anything like this done before.
Oh well, I'm done. About time for a cold barley pop and a trip to the pool. Y'all have a great weekend and see everybody soon.
Robert
