A Quick Food Update

In an attempt to not leave it too long without blogging about food (heaven knows I can't go more than a couple of hours without talking about food,) I wanted to catch up on food from the past week!

Tuesday, February 24th

Heuvos rancheros, hash browns, banana burritos. This was mine! So, I generally don't do eggs. Not that I'm against eating them, I'm just not really a fan. However, I went to a restaurant for brunch a little while ago, and I had read about how fabulous their huevos rancheros were. So, I decided to give them a shot. (It was a nice place, so if I was going to like eggs, Metropolis was a great place to start.)

There was quite a bit involved in these, however. In an attempt to put as much non-egg into these as possible, there were several layers:

1. "Black Bean Hash"

2 t oil

1/2 onion

2 cloves garlic, minced

jalapeno pepper, minced

4 t cumin

medium potato, petite diced

1/2 t salt

15 oz. black beans

2 T cilantro

pepper

1. Saute onion, garlic, jalapeno in oil.

2. Add potato, cook 5-7 minutes.

3. Add cumin, salt, saute briefly.

4. Stir in black beans, heat till cooked through.

5. Stir in cilantro, pepper. [If serving alone, serve with lime!]

2. Eggs [Yes, I'm going to write out how I made scrambled eggs. I had never done it before!]

1. Whisk eggs and a splash of milk, plus salt and pepper.

2. Melt some butter over a medium-high flame.

3. Pour in eggs; cook till they begin to set, then stir (and add red pepper and jalapeno and cheese.)

4. Finish cooking - till there's no more runniness!

3. Salsa [Homemade salsa is my current obsession.]

Tomatoes + corn + cilantro + onion + chilis + garlic + lime juice + salt + pepper (+ black beans)

Layer these, and garnish with avocado slices!

As there's never a good reason to not eat potatoes, I also made spicy hash browns again.

And, because there's never a good reason to not eat dessert, I made Banana Chimichangas. Ummm, yeah, and I fried them in more butter, instead of oil. They were awesome.

Also, in case anyone was wondering (I didn't know!) you can totally nuke eggs for a couple of days, and they're delicious. I had huevos rancheros for a couple of lunches following this dinner!

Sunday, March 1st

Potato soup, cheese biscuits, lemon bars. M3's night! So, I've always been slightly picky about soup - I like minestrones and some tomato-based soups, but I don't do stews (the whole no-meat thing,) and I've never really found many creamy soup that I like. So, I was a little nervous when I heard that M3 was making soup.

NO NEED. It was awesome. I'm still thinking about it. You can see the recipe here. (She left the bacon out, and made it with vegetable stock for my sake - so nice!) She also made cheesy biscuits, which were great for dipping in the lovely soup.

And, there were lemon squares for dessert. I always forget about lemon squares - when I think "dessert," my mind instantly goes to chocolate, sometimes berries...

[I greatly apologize for the lack of pictures of this fabulous meal.]

Tomorrow, it's my night again! I made croutons tonight... And I'll leave you with that for now!