Well it's been over a week and I just don't know where the time goes. It seems the last few weeks have gotten busier and busier and I'm ready for things to slow down a bit. I don't think it will until after this weekend.
You ask "why" and I'm so glad you did. My beautiful and wonderful daughter Abigail is graduating from HS. Her mom has been homeschooling her for 12 years so she graduates too. I almost feel like I'm graduating. Oh by the way, her brother Aaron finished his AAS degree in Sound Design but won't officially graduate until August. Things are going to really change around here and we're looking forward to it. Congratulations Abi Phifer, Yea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We're having the graduation at the church this Saturday at 2 PM. Abi has written a song and plans to give a little speech. Her mom is going to say a few words and of course I'm the MC and the special speaker. I've always wanted to do that, so here's my chance to wax eloquent or wax the elephant as my niece thought I said last weekend.
On our way back to church today we asked Abi what she'd like to eat after the graduation. She said she wanted me to make some chicken tortilla soup. I made this last week and she really loved it. So we thought we'd find an enchilada recipe and make some to go along with it.
Low Carb Chicken Tortilla Soup
1. 1/2 cup of butter; 1 bunch of green onions chopped; 3-4 celery sticks diced; 2 cloves of garlic minced; 1/2 bell pepper diced (optional: Abi doesn't like it) and saute these in butter
2. 3 cups of chicken stock; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 1 can rotele tomato with chili peppers; 1 tsp cumin and chili powder; 3 chicken breasts cooked and diced; 2 avocados chunked; 1 tbsp lime juice; 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese grated and 1 block cream cheese chopped up.
3. Shredded white cheese and 4 flour or corn tortillas.
After you saute items in #1 add chicken stock, cream, cumin, chili powder and rotele tomatoes and bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the chicken and cream cheese. Simmer until cream cheese dissolves and you have a wonderful soup.
While the soup is simmering take 4 low carb tortillas or corn ones and cut into 1/4 inch strips. Cover cookie pan with aluminum foil and spray with Pam. Lay strips on foil and spray the top of them lightly. Bake them at 400 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly toasted and crispy. Lightly sprinkle with salt. Garnish each bowl of soup with white cheese and tortilla strips.
I was able to use some chicken stock Charlcie had left over from making King Ranch Chicken recently. I thought it really added to the flavor.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Long Weekend Without Cooking
We had a giant garage sale at the church this past weekend. Along with it we had a lot of people cooking cookies and different things to sale. We had a great time and really sold a lot of things. The best part was the fellowship with each other and the community. Lot's of interaction was going on. There was so many people who volunteered to help that it really made it go smoothly. There were a lot of new people to the church and ones that have been a part for a long time. It was good to see new connections and relationships being built.
The week started out slowly, but each day gained momentum. Thursday night we were bracing for the marathon. Sure enough Friday was a marathon. From early in the morning until about 10 PM we were unloading, setting up tables, putting out items and receiving more stuff. Again it was great to have so much help. If we hadn't of, we'd have been here all night.
We got home and into bed about 11 PM only to get up about 4:30 AM. We got to the church about 5:30 and immediately started getting things ready. A few more people showed up to help and we had everything ready by 6:45. By that time we had lots of help.
The day went great. We had some early birds and slowly the crowds built until about 11 AM. Things slowed for 45 minutes but began to pick up until about 1:30 and we shut things down between 2 and 2:30.
Then it was time to load everything up and take it to SAM (Spring Assistance Ministry). I know we sold an enormous amount of things, but you couldn't tell it by how much was left. SAM was glad to get what we had left and we were glad they would take it. Charlcie and I got home about 5 and we were exhausted.
But no rest for the weary. Sunday was communion and Sunday night we had prayer. We did manage to get a nap briefly Sunday afternoon.
Needless to say I haven't had much time for cooking. We've been eating simple things but last night I cooked a wonderful chicken tortilla soup that I'll tell you about tomorrow.
The week started out slowly, but each day gained momentum. Thursday night we were bracing for the marathon. Sure enough Friday was a marathon. From early in the morning until about 10 PM we were unloading, setting up tables, putting out items and receiving more stuff. Again it was great to have so much help. If we hadn't of, we'd have been here all night.
We got home and into bed about 11 PM only to get up about 4:30 AM. We got to the church about 5:30 and immediately started getting things ready. A few more people showed up to help and we had everything ready by 6:45. By that time we had lots of help.
The day went great. We had some early birds and slowly the crowds built until about 11 AM. Things slowed for 45 minutes but began to pick up until about 1:30 and we shut things down between 2 and 2:30.
Then it was time to load everything up and take it to SAM (Spring Assistance Ministry). I know we sold an enormous amount of things, but you couldn't tell it by how much was left. SAM was glad to get what we had left and we were glad they would take it. Charlcie and I got home about 5 and we were exhausted.
But no rest for the weary. Sunday was communion and Sunday night we had prayer. We did manage to get a nap briefly Sunday afternoon.
Needless to say I haven't had much time for cooking. We've been eating simple things but last night I cooked a wonderful chicken tortilla soup that I'll tell you about tomorrow.
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