Good 45º very overcast gloomy still drizzly morning. On the news they just
said we'd get 80º next week! OMG. Everything this rain has soaked will grow two
feet!
Rain and more rain yesterday....... just over 1/2".
About noon:
Here's a recipe that came from a high school pal and former LAPD, Steve
Geon.... Thanks Steve!
EASY TORTILLA SOUP:
Original recipe makes 6 servings
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained ( I substitute Trader Joes Corn Salsa)
2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth (you should have extra can on hand in case you want more broth)
1 (10 ounce) can chunk chicken (I buy broasted chicken)
1 (15 ounce) can black beans (drained)
1 diced avocado, onion, cilantro and oregano to add to soup as deserved
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, drained (I use Homeboy Salsa from Ralphs)
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Directions
1. Open the cans of corn, chicken broth, chunk chicken, black beans, and diced tomatoes with green chilies. Pour everything into a large saucepan or stock pot. Simmer over medium heat until chicken is heated through.
2. Crumble Tortilla chips into bowl and pour soup over it.
3. Have diced avocado, onions, oregano, and cilantro to flavor as desired.
Original recipe makes 6 servings
1 (15 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained ( I substitute Trader Joes Corn Salsa)
2 (14.5 ounce) cans chicken broth (you should have extra can on hand in case you want more broth)
1 (10 ounce) can chunk chicken (I buy broasted chicken)
1 (15 ounce) can black beans (drained)
1 diced avocado, onion, cilantro and oregano to add to soup as deserved
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, drained (I use Homeboy Salsa from Ralphs)
Check All Add to Shopping List
Directions
1. Open the cans of corn, chicken broth, chunk chicken, black beans, and diced tomatoes with green chilies. Pour everything into a large saucepan or stock pot. Simmer over medium heat until chicken is heated through.
2. Crumble Tortilla chips into bowl and pour soup over it.
3. Have diced avocado, onions, oregano, and cilantro to flavor as desired.
As for the carmelized onions from yesterday, the recipe was told to me by Liz (aka Lizardbreath) my dental hygienist. Sorry Liz, forgot it was you. Brain fart. And yes, they are soooooooooooo good. Great idea.
Historically
this date..........
1901 – New
York becomes the
first U.S.
state to
require automobile license
plates.
1939 – DC
Comics publishes
its second major superhero in Detective
Comics #27; he
is Batman, one
of the most popular comic
book superheroes
of all time.
1945 –
The Nazi occupation army surrenders and leaves
Northern Italy after a general partisan insurrection by the Italian
resistance movement; the
puppet fascist
regimedissolves and Benito
Mussolini tries to
escape. This day is taken as symbolic of the Liberation of
Italy.
1960 – The U.S.
Navy submarine USS Triton completes the first
submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
1965 – Teenage sniper Michael
Andrew Clark kills three and wounds six others shooting
from a hilltop along Highway
101 just south
of Santa Maria,
California.
2011 – At least 300 people killed in
deadliest tornado
outbreak in the Southern
United States since the 1974 Super
Outbreak.
And births this date
include....
1940 - Al Pacino, American actor
Rode hard? Put away wet? Ewwww......
1964 – Hank Azaria, American actor, director, comedian
1969 – Renée Zellweger, American actress
This map shows the highest paid public employees in the
United States.... this of course does not include government
employees!
Yesterday after running a few errands (post office to mail
Aaron's late birthday present... and dropped of a bunch of Wine Spectator
magazines at the Kitchen Company for one of the employees...) the "gang" met up
at Blondie's for happy hour. In the shopping center on SW G Street in Grants
Pass.
Jennifer snuck out of work early (Kitchen Company) and
joined us... Jeannie and Bill, and the instigators Dee and Dale. We had wine
(the guys had habañero/passion fruit martinis) and hors d'oeuvres. Nice! I had
the Herding Cats Chard (made in South Africa) and I like it....
although the
other girls are wine critics and don't. They stuck with Kendall Jackson
Chard. Sorry, I guess I'm just the no class country bumpkin! Fine with me. I wear jeans and my wine is less expensive!
Good thing I had some doggie treats in my purse as Dee and
Dale's Sami who was in their SUV saw me and she got a couple and also Jeannie
and Bill's Chaka in the back of their Jeep got a couple. Happy pups! Came home
to my happy pup and glad to run outside cat! At least the rain had stopped.
All I know. Nuff said. TGIF. Ciao.
xo Sue Mom
Bobo
April 25th
National Zucchini Bread Day (OMG I LOVE it!)
