Enchiladas :)

The enchiladas I made Thursday were very, very delicious.  Here’s how I made ‘em, followed with some pictures.

I used: 

1/4 head of lettuce (shredded)

6 Chiles Anchos

1 small piece of garlic

1 lb. of queso fresco

6 potatoes

3 carrots

1 small package of corn tortillas

Oil

To start, I boiled the chiles in a small pan and got the potatoes and carrots boiling in another.  Once the chiles came to a boil, I shut the heat off and let it cool for a while.  Once cooled, the chiles got blended with the piece of garlic.  Make sure it is well blended.  This was my enchilada sauce.

Once the potatoes and carrots are tender, I peeled the potatoes and cut them carrots up into small pieces.  Got some oil heated up in a frying pan, and fried the potatoes/carrtots for a 5-10 minutes.

In another skillet, I heated up about an inch of oil.  Not too high, or the tortillas will crisp up and get burnt.  I dunked the tortillas one at a time in the hot oil and then into the enchilada sauce.  Put some queso fresco and roll up!  You got an echilada!  Top with potatoes/carrots and shredded lettuce, and some crema mexicana, and you’re good to go!

 

Olivia’s Birthday Party

Olivia had a beautiful party on Saturday, and all the guests seemed to have tons of fun!!  My biggest disappointment was that Olivia’s padrinos blew us off, but whatever.  And then on Sunday, her Madrina had the balls to call and complain about the invitation she received.  Really??  You didn’t even GO to the party, yet you’re going to complain about the invitations!  WTF?

It did rain a tad around 6:30.  There weren’t many guests there yet, and I panicked, thinking no one was going to come because of the rain!  It was done and over with by 7pm, though, and that’s when just about everyone showed up!  The hamburgers and hotdogs were a success, even if Jose’s brothers call him “McDonalds” now! 

Here are some pictures (the image on the cake is the photo invites that we did):

Before the pictures, a word about the photo invites.  Jose LOVED them, but made me promise to only give them to immediate family.  Dijo que alguien le podria hacer brujeria a su nina con la foto.  Whatever…

 WTH?!  I just realized the little button I use to add pictures is all gone.  I’m going to try adding a slide show then.  Let’s see how this works.

Well, now I’m waiting for more pictures to upload, so I’ll keep talking about the party!    In true Mexican fashion, there was easily more beer than any other beverage at the party.  Almost all of the single, male guests brought a case of beer as their “gift” to the birthday girl.    Rigo and Lupe left fighting.  I don’t know about what, but she was crying.  My suegra left in a huge hurry, not even saying good bye.  She about had a frickin’ cow looking for someone to take her home, because no one wanted to leave.  Omar and Ana ended up leaving for a few minutes to give her a ride. 

The party broke up around 10pm, and by around 11pm the only people left was us, my padrinos, and my friend and her boyfriend (they are Olivia’s padrino’s of her presentation).  Jose was a little tipsy, so I drove us home. 

Let’s see if this works.

 Well, damn.  I can’t get it to work.  I’ll try again later.    Bye