The Stories of our Lives

We haven’t noted when Xavier’s second tooth came in, basically because we’re not sure. Probably either around the 23-24 of January, as this is when he stopped crying all night. It was so tiny we hardly noticed it.

Not much else new around here. We’re hosting a Superbowl evening Sunday night, Frank’s family is coming over. Pizza, chicken wings, nachos, etc. I did feel I should cook something, though, so I made dessert. Recipe’s here; it really doesn’t look like the picture (surprise) but it is delicious.

Cooking’s not our strong point, Frank and I, but we have to eat, and so have a little repertoire of easy recipes that we like, and I thought I’d share a few (over a couple of posts). Here’s the first one for easy fajitas. We like this one a lot because it tastes really good, and we usually have leftovers that taste almost as good.

La cuccina
1. Chicken fajitas

- Chicken – Strips of white meat (you can usually find this already sliced at the grocery store, for the same price – it cuts on time)
- Salsa
- Grated cheese (a yellow cheddar’s good for colour – we like a medium strong for taste)
- Tortillas
- Sour cream

Cook the chicken, duh.
Then, arrange the tortillas breads on a baking pan, and place the chicken, salsa and cheese on them. Fold them in 3, and roll the ends under so that they won’t reopen by themselves.
Put a little salsa on the top, and place them in the oven for, I’d say, about 15 minutes? Long enough for the cheese to melt and the tortillas to get warm and just a little crispy.
At last, serve them with a drop of sour cream on top. That’s it! Yummy! (Oh, if you have leftovers, don’t put the sour cream on those until you’ve re-warmed them, you know?)

(Alternately, you can use toothpicks to hold them the fajitas instead of rolling them over, but be sure to remove those… my brother found just half a toothpick when we made these once – he seemingly ate the other half, we never saw it again. Luckily, he didn’t suffer any after effects, but still… It’s his recipe, by the way.)