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Fajita Chilaquiles Casserole

I had a busy week last week with with four new recipes. This week it’s simple things like sausages and sauerkraut and leftovers from the freezer!

I started reading a new blog that links to reviews of Rachael Ray recipes.  (I know, I know!  Hey, either she can cook, or she’s hired good cooks.) First up was Fajita Chilaquiles Casserole.

I made this with steak, and halved the recipe.    I thought there were too many tortillas, though maybe mine were bigger than the ones intended.    Jim suggested that next time I serve it on top of lettuce as a salad, and I thought that would be great.

Although I’d halved the recipe, I made the full amount of the spice mix.  So instead of chopping up fresh garlic to season the veggies I tossed the veggies in the other half of the spice mix, which worked well.  Topped with Pico Pica hot sauce and Mexican Sour Cream.

I’d definitely make this again, but either reduce the tortillas and add more veggies, or reduce the tortillas and serve on a bed of lettuce. Half the recipe made three servings.

Roasted Chicken Thighs and Vegetables

I made this tonight.  Definitely a keeper.   I used two white sweet potatoes, three carrots, two parsnips, a good dozen garlic cloves (on the grounds that they were small), and added an onion cut in sixths.   I used a bit more seasoning and rubbed some on the chicken under the skin.

Next time I’d cut back on the olive oil (but I eyeballed it so the recipe may be right), try boneless thighs, and maybe skin some of the chicken to see how it comes out.

USS High Point coming to Portland

high_pointWhen I was a kid, yeah that long ago, I read everything I could about the Navy Hydrofoil Patrol Craft USS High Point. High Point was decommissioned and eventually stricken from the US Navel Register. According to Wiki, she was purchased in 2002 with the intent to restore her. Today while out for lunch I saw a flyer asking for volunteers for the restoration crew. According to the website, she is moored on the Columbia and will be moved to Portland to make it easier to work on and to have a greater pool of volunteers.

Nadya said I needed another hobby.