I’m hanging out with my parents tonight. Yay!
Here’s where I’ll be sleeping:
SO COMFY.
(And don’t you like my purse? Thanks!)
But that’s not really the point.
My dad was in dire need of a visit. I HAD to come. I mean, look:
I know. Seriously.
My mom and I made dinner together while he contorted in the other room (in front of the Seahawks in high-def.)
I contributed the salsa and the guacamole (which I had to make more smooshy than usual, due to the firmness of the organic avocados):
My dad ate all the good stuff and then left the salsa (lime) juice.
Dad!
AND he got all up in the guac.
See?
But we kept cooking while he ate.
My mom made an amazing filling for the (pretend) enchiladas by roasting pork, shredding it into a marinade of lime juice (which she left overnight), and then cooking it with chile’d beans the next day until it reduced into soft deliciousness:
SO good.
Then we rolled it into tortillas and baked it with a little cheese and sour cream:
Please note: a) I had to take a bite before I took a picture; and b) I had forgotten to put my napkin on my lap. Classy!
It was very, very good.
And a lot of food.
Certainly enough food that I should not have found myself in the Dairy Queen drive-through with my mom two hours later.
But that’s how we roll(ed).
I love my parents. And also?
My earrings:
Ah, weekends.
Meg, that food looked scrumptious. Definitely HBO, not Cinemax.
You’ve been reading The Pioneer Woman cooks again, havent you?
http://www.thepioneerwomancooks.com
Even though I’ve already eaten, this food looks fantastic. It’s an all around lovely bunch of words and pictures you put together too. Have a great time with your excellent parents!
Attn Canadians! I think your food looks lovely, but I must point out that an enchilada by its very nature involves enchilada sauce (en-chile-ada – a tortilla dipped in chile sauce; enfrijolada – a tortilla dipped in bean sauce; entomatada – a tortilla dipped in tomato sauce, etc).
Yours from a mostly Mexican neighborhood,
Suebob
Suebob, I guarantee my mom knows that, having lived in Texas, but we like to bastardize everything here, especially coffee (Tim Horton’s is like drinking charcoal.)
It’s just shorthand for “stuff in tortilla with salsa on top.” We’re total dorks. But I edited the post… see above!
And now I’m hungry again. THANKS A LOT.
First, jealous of the bedding.
Second, that “enchilada” looks amazing.
Last, I think I need to eat now.
That’s even better than the steaks I grilled last night (w/homemade marinade. Don’t ask what was in it, ’cause I can’t remember), served with garlic mashed potatoes and grilled yellow and orange bell peppers. But wow, that pork… mmmm.
The ‘enchilada’ looks so good it makes me drool! I’m not surprised that you had to take a bite before you took a picture. I am surprised that you didn’t inhale it and then show us a picture of an empty plate!
By the way, is your mom so relaxed that she lets you take pictures of food, or is it something you do anyway despite her objections? I love to take pictures of the random, ordinary stuff but I get comments all the time about how that’s inappropriate. I suppose it’s people not understanding the idea behind a blog….post pictures, even of food, to compliment what you right.
OMG! Last word in my comment above should be WRITE! It’s very early and the coffee isn’t done brewing yet. Good Grief!!!!
I understand the coffee thing completely, Shannon. ;-)
I don’t usually take pictures of food, but a) I had my dad’s camera RIGHT there (whereas all I now have is my phone camera); b) I made half of it, how could she object; and c) my mom loves the blog. Devotedly.
I probably wouldn’t do it anywhere but here and my house, but it just looked so GOOD.
I don’t know your parents, but I do love your earrings.
Mrs F, um.. can i invite myself over for a repeat of the above foods if i promise to bring your daughter with me sometime?
Very nice. My daughter heads out to college tomorrow, so I’m feeling very Daddish and all Daddy today. And contorting like your old man do.
love the earrings, and you look beautiful in that picture. the food looks scrumptious.
HOTT DAMN
You are so pretty Meg!
Meg,
The salsa, excellent. The guacamole, most definitely good. The enchilada… hmmm, not convinced. But your mom seems to know how to make “tinga poblana” or a Texan version of it anyways. I agree with Suebob. By the way Suebob, I make amazing enchiladas. My Mom (who is Mexican) gave me her recipe ;-) We can invite Meg and her parents sometime if you want!
Meg, I like your blog, though sometimes I don’t come visit as often as I should! Keep up the good stuff!