1. Buy fresh ingredients in the market.
2. Buy a frozen chicken, being grateful it's not a live one.
3. Make tortillas from scratch.
4. Boil chicken, remove meat from bones. Feed skin and bones to frenzied dogs. Freeze the broth.
5. Boil beans, drain and mix with onions, garlic, and tomatoes.
6. Chop onions, garlic, tomatoes, and green peppers for sauce.
7. Figure out conversions from "can of soup" to powdered soup mix plus water.
8. Figure out conversions from "can of Rotel tomatoes" to chopped fresh tomatoes.
9. Discard cookbook's ideas about rolling the tortillas, dipping them in sauce, and filling them with chicken.
10. Grease the pan, layer the ingredients, insert it into the oven.
11. Make guacamole from avocados from the garden.
12. Make salsa from scratch.
13. Pretend the plain yogurt is sour cream.
14. Comfort distraught daughter who swallows her loose tooth along with the guacamole.
15. Enjoy all 20 minutes of a dinner which literally took days to completely prepare.
16. Wash dishes, pots, and pans.
and finally,
17. Thank the good Lord for a great house helper who makes this possible so I can teach my kids at home, keep up with my toddler, and still be reasonably sane by dinnertime.
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
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