"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