Date & Time: August 20, 2009 6:30pm
Main Course: Ground beef tacos with tacos seasoning from packet. Nothing fancy. We had crispy shells and flour tortillas.
Sides: Sour cream; black beans with garlic; salsa from a tub; homegrown tomatoes; homemade jalapeños hot sauce; chips; lettuce; Mexican shredded cheese; taco sauce; Valveta with salsa cheese dip..
Beverage / Libation: wine and water
Desert: Nothing
Guests: Tom and Sue; and Liz.
Misc.: Liz got a job...
Cheerio,
NATE
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Lot’s of food
Date & Time: August 13, 2009 6:30pm
Main Course: Ground beef tacos. We didn’t have a taco seasoning mix so we had to whip up a home made kind. There’s lots of recipes on the internet for taco seasoning. The one I choose was pretty good but I’ve used a better one in the past.
Sides: Sour cream; black beans with chorizo sausage; salsa homemade with homegrown tomatoes and some store bought tomatoes; Guacamole home made; homemade jalapeños hot sauce; chips; lettuce; Mexican shredded cheese; taco sauce; and potatoes with chorizo.
Beverage / Libation: wine, a couple bottles of it and three flavors Jarritos for the kids… Desert: I forget
Guests: Tom and Sue; Sarah, Jake and Dillon; and Liz.
Misc.: Following dinner the kids ran off to play and the younger kids had a dance party in the front room.
Cheers,
NATE
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Party Time
Date & Time: June 6,2009 6:00pm
Main Course: Steak.... Chicken and more chicken, with a couple vegetables. The grill was lit once again and some boneless chicken breast and thighs were cooked along with some thick sliced onions and bell peppers (the opinions and peppers were supplied by the guest from a farmer basket). Additionally some sort of super thin beef was cooked. The beef was not of very high quality but ended up tasting fairly good after being marinated in lime juice and cumin and being grilled. The food was all served with flour and corn tortillas.
Sides: Refried pinto beans with Chorizo sausage; homemade guacamole hmm; onions and chorizo, hmmm; salsa from a bucket (it looked better then it was) but my tomatoes were still yellow next week they should be red); yellow shredded cheese; and Tabasco sauce and Reds hot sauce (need to get some jalapeños to make homemade sauce).
Beverage / Libation: Jug of Livingston Wine. Lemonade, apple juice and water.
Desert: Sugar or chocolate chip cookies that Eileen brought which we made sandwich cookies out of.
Guests: Tom; Aunt Liz; Eileen; Tony; Maggie; Asa and Audrey.
Misc.: The kids all ran around and had fun. We were planning on eating at 6pm but didn't really sit down until 6:40 since the kids were having fun on the pirate ship.
Cheers,
NATE
Main Course: Steak.... Chicken and more chicken, with a couple vegetables. The grill was lit once again and some boneless chicken breast and thighs were cooked along with some thick sliced onions and bell peppers (the opinions and peppers were supplied by the guest from a farmer basket). Additionally some sort of super thin beef was cooked. The beef was not of very high quality but ended up tasting fairly good after being marinated in lime juice and cumin and being grilled. The food was all served with flour and corn tortillas.
Sides: Refried pinto beans with Chorizo sausage; homemade guacamole hmm; onions and chorizo, hmmm; salsa from a bucket (it looked better then it was) but my tomatoes were still yellow next week they should be red); yellow shredded cheese; and Tabasco sauce and Reds hot sauce (need to get some jalapeños to make homemade sauce).
Beverage / Libation: Jug of Livingston Wine. Lemonade, apple juice and water.
Desert: Sugar or chocolate chip cookies that Eileen brought which we made sandwich cookies out of.
Guests: Tom; Aunt Liz; Eileen; Tony; Maggie; Asa and Audrey.
Misc.: The kids all ran around and had fun. We were planning on eating at 6pm but didn't really sit down until 6:40 since the kids were having fun on the pirate ship.
Cheers,
NATE
Monday, August 3, 2009
Updates Updates Updates...
Date & Time: July 30,2009 6:30pm
Main Course: Smoke. I smoked some chicken breast on the Weber, they may have turend out too smokey but they were good with all the other stuff on the burrito. They were served on smaller flour tortillas heated on the smokey grill and grilled onions.
Sides: Refried pinto beans with Chorizo sauagse; homemade guacamole hmm; homemade corn and bean salsa (that I used the cilantro in teh guacamole); salsa from a jar and chips; yellow shredded cheese; and red hot sauce.
Beverage / Libation: wine and lots of it. We finished an open bottle finished another bottle and opened another bottle...
Desert: Cupcakes from Wyatt's birthdya party and icecream..
Guests: Tom and Aunt Liz.
Misc.: Well it was a busy weekend and I've already forgotten what we did on burrito night... Plus I missed two burrito night ipdates since we've been back from vacation. One night we had standard crispy tacos and anotehr nigth I think we had grilled chicken thighs. I had a really good quote for the title this week but I forgot that also. I gues it's old age.
Thank you for tuning in,
NATE
Main Course: Smoke. I smoked some chicken breast on the Weber, they may have turend out too smokey but they were good with all the other stuff on the burrito. They were served on smaller flour tortillas heated on the smokey grill and grilled onions.
Sides: Refried pinto beans with Chorizo sauagse; homemade guacamole hmm; homemade corn and bean salsa (that I used the cilantro in teh guacamole); salsa from a jar and chips; yellow shredded cheese; and red hot sauce.
Beverage / Libation: wine and lots of it. We finished an open bottle finished another bottle and opened another bottle...
Desert: Cupcakes from Wyatt's birthdya party and icecream..
Guests: Tom and Aunt Liz.
Misc.: Well it was a busy weekend and I've already forgotten what we did on burrito night... Plus I missed two burrito night ipdates since we've been back from vacation. One night we had standard crispy tacos and anotehr nigth I think we had grilled chicken thighs. I had a really good quote for the title this week but I forgot that also. I gues it's old age.
Thank you for tuning in,
NATE
Monday, June 22, 2009
Date & Time: June 18, 2009 6:30pm
Main Course: We had the old stand by ground beef with a taco seasoning packet. We served them with flour tortillas and nachos. Well Noah's the only one who had nachos since he doesn'tlike flour tortillas.
Sides: Refried pinto beans fried in bacon and garlic; salsa from a jar and chips; Mexican shredded cheese; lettuce; and the last of Sues jalapeno hot sauce
Beverage / Libation: wine and lots of it.
Desert: There was some chocolate frozen yogurt.
Guests: Tom and Sue.
Misc.: Seems to be a rather boring burrito night. I am pretty sure something else interesting happened but I'm at a loss to remember something that long ago; it being Monday and all. I think Sue may have given the kids baths well Wyatt and Delia at least but that could be my imagination. Right now I'm just writing something to fill some space because it seemed a little short and I really can use the practice writing and I was listening to Merlin Mann this morning talk about being creative and the creative process and the main thing I heard was that everybody is sure everything they do is crap; and that the people who make it just come to accept that most of what they do is crap. So I'm accepting this entry...
Cheerio,
NATE
Main Course: We had the old stand by ground beef with a taco seasoning packet. We served them with flour tortillas and nachos. Well Noah's the only one who had nachos since he doesn'tlike flour tortillas.
Sides: Refried pinto beans fried in bacon and garlic; salsa from a jar and chips; Mexican shredded cheese; lettuce; and the last of Sues jalapeno hot sauce
Beverage / Libation: wine and lots of it.
Desert: There was some chocolate frozen yogurt.
Guests: Tom and Sue.
Misc.: Seems to be a rather boring burrito night. I am pretty sure something else interesting happened but I'm at a loss to remember something that long ago; it being Monday and all. I think Sue may have given the kids baths well Wyatt and Delia at least but that could be my imagination. Right now I'm just writing something to fill some space because it seemed a little short and I really can use the practice writing and I was listening to Merlin Mann this morning talk about being creative and the creative process and the main thing I heard was that everybody is sure everything they do is crap; and that the people who make it just come to accept that most of what they do is crap. So I'm accepting this entry...
Cheerio,
NATE
Monday, June 15, 2009
Taco Time!
Date & Time: June 11, 2009 6:30pm
Main Course: We had the old stand by ground beef with a taco seasoning packet. We served them in flour tortillas and hard shell tacos. I enjoyed a double decker, being a crispy taco wrapped with a flour tortilla with beans and cheese in between and the standard crispy taco fillings. Makes me hungry just typing about it.
Sides: Sour cream; very garlicky (that’s in the spell checkers?) pinto beans with out any chorizo sausage (we ran out and I forgot to pout it on the list…); salsa from a jar and about 6 chips chips; Franks hot sauce; Mexican shredded cheese; lettuce; and jalapeño hot sauce (which Sue brought over).
Beverage / Libation: wine form a box and a large bottle of Yellow Tail merlot which was missing a couple of glasses…
Desert: Left over cupcakes, From Delia’s birthday
Guests: Tom and Sue, and Aunt Liz.
Misc.: All three kids enjoyed dancing around the living to the Chicken Dance and Elvis.
Cheers,
NATE
Main Course: We had the old stand by ground beef with a taco seasoning packet. We served them in flour tortillas and hard shell tacos. I enjoyed a double decker, being a crispy taco wrapped with a flour tortilla with beans and cheese in between and the standard crispy taco fillings. Makes me hungry just typing about it.
Sides: Sour cream; very garlicky (that’s in the spell checkers?) pinto beans with out any chorizo sausage (we ran out and I forgot to pout it on the list…); salsa from a jar and about 6 chips chips; Franks hot sauce; Mexican shredded cheese; lettuce; and jalapeño hot sauce (which Sue brought over).
Beverage / Libation: wine form a box and a large bottle of Yellow Tail merlot which was missing a couple of glasses…
Desert: Left over cupcakes, From Delia’s birthday
Guests: Tom and Sue, and Aunt Liz.
Misc.: All three kids enjoyed dancing around the living to the Chicken Dance and Elvis.
Cheers,
NATE
Friday, June 5, 2009
"Liz who?" or "Two Liz's no waiting" or "I'm the Tooth Fairy and I'm an alcoholic"
Date & Time: June 4, 2009 6:30pm
Main Course: The grill was fired up and alts of food was cooked and only some of it was over cooked... We had steak and chicken breasts with lots of thick cut onions and grilled red and yellow bell peppers. The meat was seasoned with the standard of late season salt, I admit I've gotten lazy but I enjoy the flavor. The meat was maybe a little over cooked but still good. The flank steak was still pink and the chicken was still juicy. White and whole wheat flour tortillas were available of which I'm not sure I can tell the difference between if blind folded.
Sides: Sour cream; Newly cooked pinto beans with lots of chorizo sausage; salsa from a jar and chips; home made guacamole; Mexican grated cheese; and Franks hot sauce.
Beverage / Libation: A bottle of white and a bottle of chardonnay plus a large bottle of Merlot which was not completely drank.
Desert: a bag of 22 funny English candies which included: smarties (like little M&MS), some sort of white chocolate chip things, a chocolate bar and pastlies some sort of gummy candy.
Guests: Tom, Sue and there aughter Lizzie; Jon my brother aka uncle blue hair; Liz my sister aka Liz.
Misc.: Wyatt was supposed to act like he had no idea who Liz was when she showed up but he failed to play along. Liz also managed to knock a tooth out of Noah's mouth. I think she hit him with a pillow or something. This lead to the tragedy of realizing the tooth fairy may have a drinking problem and failed to stop by which resulted in one distraught 7 year old Friday morning....
Cheers,
NATE
Main Course: The grill was fired up and alts of food was cooked and only some of it was over cooked... We had steak and chicken breasts with lots of thick cut onions and grilled red and yellow bell peppers. The meat was seasoned with the standard of late season salt, I admit I've gotten lazy but I enjoy the flavor. The meat was maybe a little over cooked but still good. The flank steak was still pink and the chicken was still juicy. White and whole wheat flour tortillas were available of which I'm not sure I can tell the difference between if blind folded.
Sides: Sour cream; Newly cooked pinto beans with lots of chorizo sausage; salsa from a jar and chips; home made guacamole; Mexican grated cheese; and Franks hot sauce.
Beverage / Libation: A bottle of white and a bottle of chardonnay plus a large bottle of Merlot which was not completely drank.
Desert: a bag of 22 funny English candies which included: smarties (like little M&MS), some sort of white chocolate chip things, a chocolate bar and pastlies some sort of gummy candy.
Guests: Tom, Sue and there aughter Lizzie; Jon my brother aka uncle blue hair; Liz my sister aka Liz.
Misc.: Wyatt was supposed to act like he had no idea who Liz was when she showed up but he failed to play along. Liz also managed to knock a tooth out of Noah's mouth. I think she hit him with a pillow or something. This lead to the tragedy of realizing the tooth fairy may have a drinking problem and failed to stop by which resulted in one distraught 7 year old Friday morning....
Cheers,
NATE
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