Birthday Dinner

[MoniDew]

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1/2 gallon of homemade peach/chipotle salsa from gorgeous peaches at local farmstand


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a chicken fajita


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homemade spanish rice


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roasted corn, made from fresh corn found at local farmstand

[MoniDew]

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corn tortillas from local Mexican market, fresh avocado, fresh tomatoes from local farmstand


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queso fresco from local Mexican market


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forgetting all about weight watcher points for just one night? PRICELESS!

[GoldenAcres]

yummy!!! Feliz cumpleanos (happy birthday)

[MoniDew]

Muchas gracias!

[Garden Green]

Very yummy looking. I wanna come to your house for dinner! With birthday present in hand, of course.

Happy Birthday!

[daddylonglegs]

yes, me too.
What time is dinner?

Recipe for the peach/chipotle salsa ??
DLL

[MoniDew]

well, the peach/chipotle salsa was thrown together, spur of the moment, with what I had on-hand after trip to farm stand and Mexican grocery. I should warn you - I never measure, and I never make anything the same way twice. I'm a schizophrenic cook!

this is what went in it for birthday dinner:

2 large cans Muir Glen fire roasted crushed tomatoes
2 chipotles from a can of chipotle in adobo
2 gigantic peaches, blanched, peeled, and grilled a bit (until I had some grill marks)
2 small onions, chopped (or a bunch of scallions)
2 T crushed garlic (I used jarred, because I was out of fresh)
1 big bunch of cilantro, leaves stripped from stems (for the most part) :p
2 T honey (or sugar) (or sweeter, if you want it sweet - I like the sweet/hot interplay here)
1 t ground cumin
4 limes, juiced
salt, to taste

I just whipped it all up in my food processor and put it in a half-gallon canning jar. (Not pressure-treated, just lidded and parked in the fridge). Since I do such large batches of things, I have a food processor that can hold 2 quarts. If you need to, cut the recipe in half, to fit the size of your food processor and/or canning jars.

By the way, you are all invited over, any time you like, for any reason, with or without warning. Just come on down!

[gardengirl72]

Thanks so much for posting this recipe. Happy BDay!