We're having a very relaxing day after our Hundred Mile Drive yesterday, all in town I might add. I'm not sure if we actually drove 100 miles but it sure felt like it with all the hauling and collecting of the various children. After all that driving, I came home and made a huge pot of Chicken Tortilla Soup to take the chill off.
3-4 bnls/sknls chicken breasts, in 1-inch cubes(or smaller)
1 green pepper, chopped small
1 onion, chopped small
2 cloves of garlic, pressed
2 tablespoons olive oil.
Combine the above and cook til chicken is mostly done. Add the following:
2 chicken broth cubes, dissolved in about 6 cups hot water(I think I may have added more water than this total)
1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
1 can whole kernel corn, drained or 1 cup frozen corn
1 can diced tomatoes, drained
1/2 cup salsa(or more to taste)
1-2 teaspoons each: cumin, chili powder, oregano
1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
Simmer for about 30-45 minutes and serve over crushed chips and a handful of cheese and sour cream on top.
We hit the sack early and slept well.
Today after lunch the men went fishing at Lone Star Lake and the womenfolk are here at the house. The younger ones have been outside all day long, enjoying the 65 degree sunny weather, and I've been inside deciding on paint colors. I posted a while back about wanting to use orange in our dining room and kitchen but after reading about how reds can raise blood pressure, that's NOT what I need. I'm 99% sure now that we'll be using a light yellow-green, the shade of these beautiful leaves.
I had a nice relaxing bath with salts, soaps, and conditioners from my friendPatricia's online store, Herbal Grace so now I smell fantabulous. We've nibbled on chips and hot sauce(our favorite is a mix of Albert's Hot Sauce and Herdez Salsa Verde). We're about to make Blondies from SpruceHill's recipe. YUM. Our microwave gave up the ghost today so we're having to wait on the butter to soften the old timey way.
Right now girls and I are watching Planet Earth and Africam at the same time. Over the past two years we've seen 30 different types of animal at the watering hole, including a cape buffalo being caught and eaten by lions, rhinos fighting, wildebeasts, hippos, snakes, bugs, zebras, baboons, turtles, antelope, cheetas, elephants, hyenas, giraffes, warthogs(so cute!), cervals, porcupines, and all kinds of birds. I would LOVE to visit this place!!
The men will be home shortly after dark and, after showers, we'll heat the leftover soup and sit around being lazy for the last few hours of the day. I wish all our weekends were this restful.
4 comments:
I bet Caleb would love that soup! I'll have to make him some:)
You're so lucky, we had more snow yesterday.
That didn't make me too happy:(
I can't wait for our trees to look like yours.
Yuck for snow!!! I bet Caleb would like the soup too. It is quite tasty!
Our oak tree stayed that beautiful bright green about 2 days and now it is a nice grass green.
I like the new blog name/space. I scrolled down and read the explanation. I fear this former friend has forgotten that the second commandment, according to Jesus not me, is to "Love your neighbor as yourself."
Just hypothetically lets suppose you WERE all those things (which I know you're not - - - ) Does she think she would be helping you find TRUTH by bashing you in this manner?
I HATE it when I hear of "Christians" (quotes intentional) doing things like this because it dishonors Christ and besmirches the name of all of us who call ourselves Christians.
Good gravy. There's an Africam? Where have I been?
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