South of the Border

You didn't miss out on New Food Night - I'm just a day late in posting about it.  Last night we had Mexican Night!  Gary makes enchiladas frequently. He has never made Spinach Cheese Enchiladas before though!

They require several ingredients.

The top picture is a pan of onions that are getting ready to be sauteed.

Middle picture shows more ingredients: garlic, sour cream, lime juice, green chilies, green enchilada sauce, spinach, cumin, chili powder.

Bottom picture is the cheese, tortillas and Gary's new baking dish he got for his birthday!  We've been looking for a reason to use it.

Here's the product ready to go in the oven.  Look at all that cheese!  You know with that much cheese going in the oven it's going to be all melty, yummy goodness.  I'll show you later.

We started off with some chips and salsa provided  by Mr. Rick.  It's certainly not Mexican without chips and salsa

I don't eat salsa but Gary said it had a bit of a bite to it.  LOL

Next up -- those Spinach Cheese Enchiladas!

I told you melty yummy cheese.  Miss Annette brought some chopped up green onions, tomatoes and avacado to put on top.  Yummers!

We also had some Cilantro Lime Rice to go along with the meal.

Just some chopped up cilantro, some lime juice and some lime zest. Cook your rice and add the cilantro and lime juice.  If you haven't tried this you need to.  I think it could easily become my favorite rice dish.  Just a nice pleasant surprise on your tongue.

And of course you have to have dessert.  Miss Annette provided us a dessert smorgasboard courtesy of the Mexican Bakery in town.

We had churros - strawberry filled and creme filled, a cream filled empanda, some sort of Mexican cookie thing (the brown looking thing on the right corner of the plate) and some sort of cinnamon filled type dessert and of course - all on it's own plate -- flan.

Everyone got a sample of everything!  Oh man!  That dessert just put me over the limit!  The cookie thing and the cinnamon filled thing (sorry I don't know the names) were both a little dry. We did, however, think they would be good for dunking in coffee.

There you have it - a little trip south of the border.  Who wants to make a trip to Tulsa and be a mystery diner next week?  There's always plenty of food for at least one more (or two or three).  We'd love to have you .