Saturday, December 26, 2009

Fiesta Soup


As I begin to share my adventures with food and my family, we are celebrating Christmas tomorrow and I know we will have LOTS of leftover turkey. This soup was my mother's solution for making a meal after the holidays even though we were tired of turkey. It is so easy and can also be made with chicken breasts and store bought broth. Mama and Papa spiked it liberally with some habanero hot sauce but the little one LOVED it.

FIESTA SOUP

leftover turkey meat
   OR 2 chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
homemade turkey stock made by simmering carcass in water overnight in crockpot
   OR 32 oz chicken broth, organic and low sodium
12 oz favorite salsa, I use Trader Joe's organic tomatillo and roasted yellow chili
15 oz corn
15 oz kidney beans
15 oz black beans

Simmer meat in broth (until cooked if using raw chicken) until tender. Add remaining ingredients, cook on medium and by the time you heat the tortillas it will be ready. I love frying handmade corn tortillas (TJ's again) in organic olive oil until they are chewy. Garnish with cilantro, avocado and queso fresca.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Santa Claus is coming to town.



It is a good thing that Santa has great elves to help put together all of the goodies!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

I love you too, I love you too



I love you too - Ziggy Marley


I love you too, I love you too
I tell you I love you
I love you too, I love you too
I love you

When you smile I'll smile along
When you cry my comfort comes
When you walk I'll be beside you
Holding your hands
When the sun come out we play
I'll never be far away
When you tell me that you love me
This is what I'm gonna say

( Chorus )

Like the fish loves the sea
Like the honey and the bee
Like a lizard loves to climb
Up into a tree
Like a bird loves to fly
Way up in the sky
Like a worm loves to go
Way down low

( Chorus )

Like the grass loves to be green
And the earth loves to be clean
Like the sun loves to shine
And the monkey loves to climb
Hey it happens naturally
And that's the way it's got to be
And the worm still loves to go
Way down low

( Chorus )

From the first time that I saw you
I knew that it was true
There'll be a lifelong time to spend
Around the corner around the bends
Up the hills and through the valleys
No matter how things change
This one thing will remain
I'll sing it again and again

I love you too, I love you too
I love you too, I love you too
I love you

When the sun come out we play
I'll never be far away
And when you tell me
That you love me
This is what I'm gonna say

I love you too, I love you too
I tell you I love you
I love you too, I love you too
I love you too, I love you too
I tell you I love you
I love you too, I love you too
I love you too, I love you too
I tell you I love you
I love you too, I love you too
I love you too, I love you too
I tell you I love you

Friday, December 18, 2009

A little pinch













Welcome and happy holidays! I have been wanting to start this thing for a while now, to document this great life that I am having so...here we go! This particular photo was taken at our favorite beach, Fitzgerald Marine Preserve just north of Half Moon Bay. We were there during the Thanksgiving break while my mom was in town and the weather was better than it was in August. Harbor seals were sunning on the rocks, it was low tide so we were able to feel the sea anemones and I was with my favorite people. I have to pinch myself sometimes.