I am cooking again, & I will share my "fancy" meals w/ you guys. I don't have a digital camera but I can describe, & hope it will have some people's mouths watering.
Last night I prepared a Mexican dinner: soft tacos w/ fixings, refried beans, beef tamales, & Ecco Domani 2018 Pino Grigio.
I opened the wine & enjoyed it while cooking & waiting for things to get ready. I went ahead & put on a film to relax & get ready to start it again while eating.
To prepare the meat, I cooked 2.25 pounds of ground beef in a skillet, drained it, added bottled water & a package of Old El Paso Taco seasoning mix (original). Stirred & set aside.
For the fixings, I rinsed & drained lettuce (Artisan petite lettuce in a plastic container, with the stems torn off & leaves hand torn to small pieces), prepared one tomato (rinsed the seeds off, then chopped), sliced a fresh avocado, & used packaged shredded Mexican cheese. Also sliced a large lime in half & squeezed lime juice over the veggies.
In the oven, preheated, I put a pasta bowl w/ one can of refried beans (house brand), another pasta bowl w/ Hormel beef tamales, & a glass bowl w/ On the Border Salsa (hot). All uncovered.
I set out packaged flour tortillas to get to room temp, which I did not heat this time around.
When the food in the oven was ready, crusting on the dishes, I assembled the meal: soft tacos w/ fixings, sides of beans & tamales, & wine. I put the rest of the fixings on my plate, squeezed lime juice over everything, & ate while watching the film. I had plenty of meat left over to do another version of the meal soon.
It was good.
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