A birthday meal for someone special

Our recent trip to the Heard Museum yielded a new book.

I know Grasshopper thinks up these plans just so she can pay a visit to the gift shops.

Anyhow...  Cook books are hard to resist.

I picked out a few recipes from this book...

... to help celebrate TJ's birthday.

I cooked it all outside.

The fajita style ones were my favorite.

Can't you tell?

These are lox and cream cheese with capers.

The Cuban style quesadilla was prepared with jambalaya rice, black beans, ham, and Tabasco.

Que delicia.

Home made tacos

TJ loves tacos... and I never got around to making any.

The moment had the right ingredients: craving and willingness to do the work. So he set off to make us a batch of tacos.
We ate gourmet tacos for dinner.

Barbecue Chicken Tortilla Wraps

This is really easy to make. Just place the chicken breasts in the slow cooker and add lots of barbecue sauce. Let cook for 6 hours.

Ready to eat.

Sprinkle the shredded chicken with Jack cheese and add sliced avocado.

Home Made

Walking the isles of the supermarket can be inspiring. As I stared at the vegetable section I made a snappy decision to make my very own salsa and guacamole.

Aren't these just pretty? Being that I don't make this often and it was a snappy decision to boot, I didn't bring home all the necessary ingredients. Missing are the green onions.

Salsa y guacamole for Monday lunch.