Mexican food tonight here folks.

I work midnights and am working tonight again ! I have everything prepared and ready for my wife and her kids to eat about 6:00. It is all in the icebox. I made:

taco meat - hamburger meat (grease drained) with taco seasoning.

pico de gallo - jalapenos deseeded and deveined,, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, all diced up. Add garlic powder and salt to taste or BP recommendation from your Dr.

toppings - diced black olives, onions, tomatoes, cheese, sour cream lite, store bought guacamole.

pinto beans - cooked with smoked neck bones and chicken broth. Meat pulled off of the neck bones after about 3 hours.

hot sauce - one can of canned tomatoes, 4 New Mexico Big Jim peppers from my garden, 4 hot banana peppers from my garden, seeds and all from both, a garlic clove, a splash of lemon juice, and salt to taste. The blender will be your friend. Pulse it until the peppers are the size of rice.

taco shells and tostado shells

Mexican rice - extra long grain rice fried with onions in an extremely small amount of peanut oil until it is almost brown. Throw in green peppers, diced tomatoes, garlic powder ( or real if you like it better), salt to taste and chicken broth to cook in. Put a lid on it after 10 minutes and let it slow steam, but make sure it is still juicy when you serve it.

I don't think you will be getting any complaints. Timing is everything for presentation.

it sounds delicious.

I love mexican :D

Midnights suck. But it is a job.

Carpe Manana