Big Day

Nathaniel
is in 7th grade now and just got his braces off earlier this month. He just had his first football game the other day he didn't get to play a whole lot but his team did win. He will be 13 in April and loves to remind me how he is going to be a teenager.

And then we have miss Madelyn. She is the princess in the house and boy does she know it. These are from her first day in preschool. She was pretty excited if you can't tell.
She will be 4 in May. I'll be sure to post some pics up of William and Jonathan but I couldn't find any recent ones. Hope everything is well for everyone!!

Pork and Calavacitas (Zucchini)

2-3 lbs Pork steak (cut in bite-sized pieces)
Zucchini (about 5-6, sliced)
1/2 onion, chopped
3 tsp ground cumin (to taste)
2 chicken bouillion (broth or cubes work well)
2 beef bouillion (broth or cubes work well)
sm can of Tomato sauce
1 tsp garlic
Water

I use a 5qt covered dutch oven, I like lots of juice and zucchini. Brown your pork and onions. Then add the tomato sauce, bouillion (beef and chicken), garlic, cumin and water to cover everything with room to cover zucchini. Stir all that then add you zucchini making sure it's all covered by water. Allow to simmer until zucchini is the desired tenderness, about 20 minutes or so.

Sorry, my measurements aren't exact, it's my trial and error method of cooking.

Albondigas

1-2lb ground beef
1/2 cup rice (uncooked)
sm can tomato sauce
1/2 chopped onion
1 tsp garlic
2 chicken bouillion cubes
2 beef bouillion cubes
3 tbsp ground cumin
Water (enough to cover meatballs)

Mix ground beef and rice in a bowl until well mixed and then form your meatballs. Place meatballs in your pan and cover with planty of water. Add remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, stir occassionally and simmer about 25 minutes until meatballs are completely cooked and rice is no longer hard.

Any Ideas??

Ok Renee, I love your idea but how can we
look at the recipes without having to look at the comments??
Can we add an element to the page just for recipes??
That way we can add to it and it will have easier viewing.
What do you think?-- Angelina

Recipes

Hey Y'all,

This receipe exchange Angie got me started on with my e-mail friends got me to thinking. Dangerous thing I know, ha ha!!

I know we all have some favorite authentic mexican dishes that are out of this world. Why don't we make some type of post with those recipes so we don't lose them as our parents get older and forget? We could pass them to each other to keep them around in the family. Who knows, we might find a new family favorite?

Let me know your thoughts on this. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Love Ya,
Rene'