Home cooking...

Yesterday, I actually cooked.  Yes, I said cooked as in C-O-O-K-E-D!  And I don’t mean putting a frozen dinner in the microwave either!

Since I was home all day, I decided to prepare a good home cooked meal.  I don’t know what got into me.  I guess the fact that it was cold and I felt like something warm and good to eat.  I’m not one to cook every day, and I never learned how to cook like my mother.  Now, I wish I had paid more attention when she tried to teach me.  I look inside my pantry and/or cupboard to see what I can find to make for dinner and when I don’t find what I need to prepare a dish, I’ll use that as an excuse not to cook and pick out a frozen dinner instead or order out.

This time, I put a pot of beans to cook and while the beans were on the stove, I prepared “carne y papas con chile colorado” (meat and potatoes with red chile).  I’m not sure how my mom makes it, but I tried my best and put my own spices.  I also made Mexican rice.  I couldn’t believe it took me almost two hours to prepare everything.  That’s a lot of time when you’re always in a rush.  By the time the beans finished cooking, everything else was ready to be served.  So I quickly made refried beans, as my daughter loves them.  I have to admit, this time, I truly amazed myself.  Everything came out pretty damn good!

I couldn’t wait for my husband to come home and surprise him with my delicious dinner.  But soon it started to get pretty late, so the kids and I ate dinner before everything got too cold.  Finally, I got tired of waiting for him and we all went upstairs to watch TV.  He didn’t come home until 9:30 p.m.  I heard him go to the kitchen and yell out “Wow!  Man this looks good!  What’s the occasion?”  I was already in bed and too tired to come down.  So he ate by himself.   When he came upstairs to bed, he said, “That was good! All that was missing were homemade flour tortillas!”  

Ya know, you just can’t have everything!