It was wonderful!
I had to bring it back so I could cook dinner and because I was still dealing with the need for something with a Mexican taste (not true Mexican, cause I am from Texas, maybe border Mexican), that is where I went.
First a salsa - finely chopped ripe tomatoes, onions, cilantro and some of my peppers (I grow my own, I have a jalapeno plant that I have over wintered 3 years and the peppers it produces takes away any pain I might have). blend it with some salt and lime to taste.
Then I went after a cilantro sauce - cilantro, my jalapenos, onions, chili powder and some sweet pepper slices. Blend them with a bit of Olive oil (you can use what ever oil floats your boat). Add salt to taste (I was using sea salt today, so I use less than normal salt).
Then the rice - yellow rice with - you guessed it, cilantro, and chicken stock .
The main course - Some Cod (not Mexican, but it is what I had) cooked in some oil with butter and chili powder and a bit of lime on top of the stove.
Plating - important!
one corn tortilla (warmed and I should have used 2) - cilantro sauce on top, place cod on top of that. Salsa on one side, rice on the other.
I have no picture, we ate it too fast!
I think my mind came back, but it wants to go one another vacation - next Sunday!
I forgot! I got a cupcake award from "This Side of Town". Just what I needed! A cupcake to finish the day!
12 comments:
Sounds like a wonderful vacation day! Yes, take one next Sunday!
your meal sounded so delicious. and if that's what you do when your brain goes on vacation? then vacation often!! :-)
love Gail
peace.....
As my mother-in-law used to say "scrumpdilicious".
What a great day. I did a bit of that relaxing thing myself the last two day :-). Congrats on the cupcake.
This could get to be a habit. You start taking vacations every Sunday, you feel better, more relaxed, salsa ingredient stocks begin to rise, confidence returns to the American economy, the recession ends.
Hey, could happen!
I did the same today. It was lovely. Back to the grindstone tomorrow.
whew, sounds so delicious, great to know you make such good mexican dish. and topped with a cupcake. hope you had a good rest.
That is just making me hungry. I've been craving good, authentic tex-mex and now I must have it. Black beans, extra guac (homemade) and some corn tortillas, homemade. Can you join me, Whitemist, for a feast?
PG - I will be right over
To all the rest - I think Next Sunday will be similar!
Barry - who knows? Anything is possible!
I love me some good Tex-Mex, but I cannot abide the taste of cilantro. I don't know anyone who is in the middle about it, either you love it or you hate it. To me it tastes like cologne.
I love that cupcake photo.
The cilantro thing is genetic, to some people it taste like soap or the way you described it. To the others, it is a wonderful spice - I think It is a high percentage that can not abide the taste.
The problem with the food at the restaurant was it had NO taste, not even chili powder.
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