kitchen days {daze}

 

This week I’m coming to the quick conclusion that it is NOT a virtue to “not do anything by halves.”

Case in point…

It’s now Wednesday about 10am.  I have tortillas warming in the oven, rice and refried beans cooking on the stove, sauce and enchilada filling ready to combine in a dish, and dessert is ready to cut and serve.  {still lacking an official veggie – not sure if I’ll wash lettuce or what..}

Today is {Last Wednesday was} Tim’s birthday!  :D

 

And I expected him to be in the combine still today.  {But they finished last night – woot woot!}  So I volunteered to fix birthday dinner for all the field guys.  Tim chose enchiladas instead of lasagna.

Sooo yesterday, I baked two batches of bread {one was for my brother}, mixed up potato bun dough {because that’s what you do with leftover mashed potatoes}, cooked up something ‘easy’ for supper, cooked up the enchilada burger filling, and made tortillas {first time ever!}  Oh, and I took Kate to/from work – and rode in the combine for a couple miles while Mike’s bread rose a bit higher than necessary  ;-)

Of course I took pictures  : )  But I’ll hopefully snap a few more when the meal is actually ready to deliver.  {snap?  Do we still snap pictures with digital cameras?}

Stay tuned…

 

…. Much Later ….

So much for finishing this post while it was still Tim’s birthday!  8-)

But here are the promised photos…

Tortillas!

      

          

My method needs improvement, but they were still edible.  And Tim says less whole wheat flour. 

 

Filling and sauce for the enchiladas ~

  

        

 

Refried beans and Mexican rice (with some spicy peppers from the garden!)

  

 

For a meal that looked something like this:

 

And don’t forget dessert!  Symphony Tier Bars ~

 

 

 

While the potato buns have been baked and consumed without a photo op, here’s proof I did bake bread  ;-)

 

And even better looking and tasting was this cheese cake by Kate ~ Mississippi Mud!

                

 

She made the cheese cake last weekend before Tim’s birthday ~ The last sliver is still in the fridge along with the last piece of symphony tier bars!  Is there any such thing as too much chocolate?!