Valentine's Day wrap-up

I'm happy to report my Valentine's Day was fabulous and wonderful this year. Jacob, most awesome guy ever, gave me a sony digital camera for a v-day/birthday gift! I'm so excited! As you know I've been dying for a new camera since mine was left in Cabo last summer. And he gave me a 2 gig memory card so I can take like 700 pics without even clearing it out. He totally rocks.

He also gave me a vampire beanie baby bear named Baron Van Pyre. Here he is, bonding with the Cowboys beanie. He's actually technically a Pats fan vampire, but as Jacob says they're all friends over tequila.



We decided to wait til Saturday to go out to dinner as it's crazy busy and terrible service on Valentine's Day and instead we made our own. We made beef enchiladas with ranchera sauce out of the Rosa Mexicano cookbook. Sooo delish. Even if we did improvise a little.

And of course, with my new camera, I decided to document the whole thing. :)


Molly is ready for some cooking!!


Before we start, of course, we need some liquid courage. Margarita, anyone?



First, time to study the recipe...and realize I forgot to photocopy a few essential pages.


Next, time to chop meat and onions. A lot of tears were shed.


"Are you guys done YET?"


Jacob's already regretting buying me a camera at this point...


So I put down the camera and started cooking.


"It's got to be ALMOST done, right???"
"Not yet, Molly!"


Real Mexicans use their fingers to flip the tortillas, even if that means callouses.


The final product! Okay, so the burned tortilla is on top. Food stylist I am not. But it sure tasted good!!


And yes, don't worry, Molly got her share. :)


HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

:)
Marianne