Taco Wagon

Date & Time: October 30, 2008 6:30pm
Main Course: Noah had a Halloween party that ended at 6:30pm. So we had tacos after the party. We didn’t have taco seasoning so Carolyn looked up on line and found a tasty recipe to make your own taco seasoning similar to the packages…
Sides: We had a home made salsa with canned tomatoes; plain ol’ sour cream, jalapeño hot sauce; black beans; taco sauce from a jar; and chips.
Beverage / Libation: Large bottle of chardonnay that was half gone before Carolyn came home with the kids…
Desert: they had a enough candy at the Halloween party.
Guests: Tom and Sue.
Misc.: Following dinner we carved a dozen pumpkins. Yes I have a band aid on my left index finger from a pumpkin carving incident. Lot’s of blood. The seeds didn’t get toasted yet…
Cheerio,
NATE

Mile high enchilada pie

Note forgot to post the update last week. It was sent out via email but not updated here..
Date & Time: October 23, 2008 6:30pm
Main Course: Carolyn made a crock pot dish called mile high enchilada pie. It involves layers of corn tortilla and sauce and other tasty ingredients. You lift it out of the crock pot and cut it like a pie… hmmm.
Sides: We had a home made salsa with canned tomatoes, home grown tomatillos, onions, lime, garlic…; Also there was Mexican sour creama, jalapeño hot sauce and chip.
Beverage / Libation: Large bottle of Livingston chardonnay and some Lienies Oktoberfest. .
Desert: Let over pumpkin pie that Carolyn made the night before. Hmmm. Needs whipped cream.
Guests: Tom. Sue’s in England….
Misc.: not much to say…
Cheers,
NATE

Spicy Enchilada

Date & Time: October 16, 2008 6:30pm
Main Course: Carolyn cooked up some tasty enchilada using the frozen left over chicken from last week andchicken broth from her mother. They came out very good.
Sides: We had a bunch of cilantro in the fridge form the week before so I whipped up a salsa with half an onion, one lime, two can of diced tomatoes drained, a can of black beans drained and a can of Mexican style corn (yellow corm with red sweet peppers???) , and some garlic and salt; Carolyn bought a bag of scoops which needs the ‘fresh’ style salsa; sour cream Mexican kind; and jalapeño hot sauce.
Beverage / Libation: Box/cube of wine from Target it was a chardonnay we use a carafe to make it look elegant...
Desert: Ice cream, Neapolitan. Noah wants only chocolate and vanilla, Wyatt wants all flavors, Tom had strawberry, Carolyn had chocolate and I had strawberry and vanilla.
Guests: Tom. Sue came late but the food was already cleared. She quit her job and went out for drinks with the old coworkers….
Misc.: Sorry for the late update but work got in the way…

Cheers,

NATE

Blown off!!!

Date & Time: October 9, 2008 6:30pm
Main Course: We had Grilled chicken marinated in a paste made from onions, garlic, lime juice, salt and cumin. There were also thick onion slices brushed with oil and grilled.
Sides: We had some tasty sides to go with today. We had 4 avocadoes that got turned into a tomatillo guacamole. The tomatillos were roasted and blended with garlic and smashed into the avocadoes (Delia probably ate an entire avocadoes worth with a spoon); black bean with extra chorizo; store bought fresh like salsa; Mexican sour cream; shredded cheese; homemade Jalapeño hot sauce; blue and yellow corn chips; corn tortillas that were still warm when Carolyn bought them from Tony’s.
Beverage / Libation: Jug of Livingston Chardonnay served with ice cubes.
Desert: None.
Guests: Tom and Sue. Lisa and her family were supposed to come over for dinner. They were flying up from Texas and the airline offered them money to take a later flight; they are no longer welcome at burrito night…
Misc.: The boys danced around to fine music including the Chicken Dance, Our House by Madness and others.
hmmm guacamole…
NATE

Carne Asada is Not a Crime

Date & Time: September 25, 2008 6:30pm
Main Course: The crime might be we didn’t have Carne Asada only ground beef tacos. What can I say I browned one pound of ground beef in the skillet. Then I added ¾ cup of water and the packet of Taco Seasoning from Aldi and simmered for 5 or ten minutes. This is the kids favorite and is clearly shown with Noah eating two tacos plus extra meat and lettuce with chips.
Sides: Tortilla chips and salsa (we mixed the medium and hot salsa from the week before into one bowl since they were basically the same thing); taco sauce (it’s not a taco without taco sauce although I don’t’ think I had any…); black beans with chorizo; Sour cream; cheese not sure what kind but it was yellow and preshredded; homemade Jalapeño hot sauce (preflood peppers); soft flour tortillas; crispy taco shells; and diced tomatoes from the store, Wyatt shared this week.
Beverage / Libation: Some sort of large bottle of Livingston wine and a couple Sam Adams October Fest beers.
Desert: Market day cookies that Noah wouldn’t eat because they were spicy. As it turns out they did have a mild and unusual black pepper aftertaste/burn in the throat. Nothing that would prevent me form eating them but Noah took only one bite. More for me I guess.
Guests: Tom and the lovely Sue.
Misc.: With a part from Tom I installed a new aquastat on the flooded hot water boiler. Unfortunately this did not solve the problem and I need another part for safe operation. Let’s hope we don’t get an early frost… Carne Asada is Not a Crime is a trade mark of saveourtacotrucks.org

Cheers,
NATE