"Goomba38" wrote in message
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Tomorrow is the overly commercial, yet sentimental favorite (USA)
"Mother's Day"

The kids first said they'd take me out and wanted me to pick a restaurant.
Hmmmmm... not really in the mood for that after spending a week eating in
restaurants. I'm more than happy everyone will be home and I can cook for
them. It gives me a reason (excuse) to make whatever I want! After eating
my previously mentioned feast at Rick Bayless' Frontera Grill, I pulled
out his book "Mexico, One Plate at a Time" cookbook and have chosen the
meal!
Oldest daughter informed me previous to my recipe selection that she wants
to bring over a black bean and corn salad and a peanut butter pie she's
wanted to make for a while. Okay, I can work with this!

So I'll be first making homemade chorizo (from M,OPaaT, page 26) to go in
to the Queso Fundido con Chorizo y Rajas also in the book. A hot melted
cheese and poblano chiles dish to serve with corn tortillas to use as
dippers.

Ensalada de Jicama, Ananas y Pepino- adapted from his recipe for mango,
pineapple and jicama, dressed with guajillo chile powder and lime juice.

Carne Asada-flank steaks marinated briefly in lime juice, garlic and salt
then grilled. Easy! Served with his (and mine) famous guacamole.

Sounds fabulous! Loved hearing about your sublime meal at Fontera Grill,
BTW. I did an internship with Arthur Andersen many years ago at their St.
Charles location and had dinner at Topolobampo with a bunch of other
interns. A truly wonderful, very memorable meal.


I'm still in the air about making anything special to drink?

Kay's margaritas???


I'm psyched about this meal!
Happy Mother's Day Y'all!

Thanks! Same back atcha!

I guess I'm cooking for MD, as well, since DH hasn't said anything to the
contrary. :\ Fine with me, of course, since I love to cook, but it would
just be *nice* to have someone else cook a meal for me one day out of the
year, y'know?? (Manning the smoker doesn't count, since I do all the prep
work, side dishes, etc.) I'm planning on making a shrimp and asparagus
risotto (it's been years since I've done a risotto--the recent thread made
me hungry for it), but if DH suddenly decides to order take-out sushi for
dinner--which he did on my last birthday (he doesn't cook, and we have three
young daughters, so dinners out for two are few and far between), I could
put off those plans until the following night with no problem.

Mary