Honey Lime Enchiladas and Spanish Rice

I haven't posted many recipes lately, the beginning of the summer I was in a cooking funk, but the last couple weeks I've liked cooking again, and making new recipes.

This first recipe I've made in the past, and it was OK.  I originally got it from the sister's cafe blog..

But here's the changes I made.

Honey Lime Pork Enchiladas

This picture looks like bonch.  I probably should have waited to put the sour cream and guacamole on.  It tasted good, much better than this looks.

Marinade:

1/3 c. honey

1/4 c. lime juice (I just used the concentrate from the juice section)

1 heaping T. chili powder

1/2 tsp garlic powder

1/2 tsp beef bullion

1/2 c. hot water (to dissolve honey)

Stir all of this in your 4 qt crock pot.  Add 1 1/2 lb pork roast. (I actually used pork tenderloin and it worked too)

Cook on low all day, at least 4-5 hours.

Other Ingredients:

marinated meat from above

2 c. mozzarella cheese, shredded

2 c. cheddar cheese, shredded

1/4 to 1/2 c. green onions

tortillas

2 (10 oz) cans green enchilada sauce

whipping cream 1/2 c. to 1 c.

Assemble Enchiladas:

Spray a 9x13 and 9x9 (I froze the 9x9 for another day)

Spread enchilada sauce on bottom of pans

Fill tortillas with a little hand full of the mixed cheeses, green onions, and meat.  Roll up and fill pans.

Pour the rest of the enchilada sauce on top of the rolled tortillas.

Sprinkle cheese all over.

Drizzle cream on top of the cheese.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Spanish/ Mexican Rice

from high school friend Megan Wadsworth Mecham

she brought this to a high school girls choice dance--dinner was a potluck fiesta at my house and I remembered how much I liked her rice (lots of flavor) and found her on facebook a while ago to snag the recipe

1 c. raw rice

1/4 c. green pepper, diced small

1/2 to 1 med. onion, diced small

Saute in a little butter in nonstick skillet until browned.

Add:

2 tsp parsley

1 1/2 tsp salt

1/4 tsp garlic powder

1/8 tsp pepper

1/8 tsp. tumeric

1 c. water

1 can diced tomatoes

Bring to a boil, Simmer 25 minutes. I sprinkle a little cheese on to melt into it when it's ready.

**I also didn't have tumeric and just left it out

What We've Been Up To

Rhett:

work. and more work.  occasionally eat and sleep. went fishing once.

He's finished Internal Medicine and is currently in OB.  Both are the most time intense, maxing out the 80 hour limit almost every week.  He likes OB, and has delivered between 10-15 babies, I can't remember exactly, and one of the OBs lets the residents be primary surgeon on c-sections, (not sure how many Rhett's been primary vs. assistant on) and he's done 2 tubal ligations as the primary surgeon.  It's kind of weird to think of him as an actual doctor for me.  He's just Rhett to me, and it surprises me when he tells me all these things he's doing. 

RJ:

playing outside a lot.  The turkey was picking my stalks of corn I'm trying to grow for a while, but enough time outs cured that bad habit.  Speaking of time outs, nose in the corner had proved ineffective for some time.  I'd give him the warning, and he'd dance over to the corner and say: "two...three...one...three" counting for himself, all with major attitude.  So now his timeouts are in dark closets.  They seem a little more unappealing to him, but even then I'll open the closet door and he's sitting there and looks up at me like: "oh there you are.  where's my drink?"

So he's also really fun.  It's the best or worst depending on his mood.  He's really funny and loving or a total punk in the closet.  Yes, he's 2.

Me/ Jessica:

I had planned to have some major freak outs transitioning into "single mom" mode.  I get a lot of help from Rhett, so I knew once he was working so much it might be hard.  But I think I set such low expectations for myself, it's not been bad at all.  I stay busy with all my projects, the latest building the bookshelf for RJ's room.  So I have a lot to do that I enjoy, and being a stay at home mom is always fun and fulfilling (usually) for me and so I'm really happy actually.   It's weird because I planned on being depressed and hating my life, but so far, even with hard rotations, residency has been great for me. Shocker.  We'll see if it stays that way once winter hits and we can't play outside as much and I'm more cooped up with a toddler. 

But for now it's good.  I got a calling at church to teach the 11 year olds in primary and also be the achievement days person for the girls 8-12.  It's just 2 activities a month, but gag for me...I don't know, maybe I'll like it.

Can I vent and say how much I hate "singing time" in Primary?

I've hated singing time in Primary my entire life.  I remember being really tiny, on the tiny chairs, looking up at my mom who was the singing lady in Primary, just hating it.  Out of the 3 hours of church, singing time was the worst.  I liked the lessons, "sharing time" or something, but the 15-20 minutes of singing time I hated the 9 years I endured it as a kid, and now as an adult I hate it too.  The worst is every fall for a few weeks there's no lesson, and just singing for 40 stinking minutes to get ready for the Primary Program.  I think I may be sick the month of September.

Just singing songs for so long.  I feel like a 4 year old just staring at the clock waiting for the minutes to turn at snail pace, but I'm an old lady on a big chair at the back now and it still gags me.  I don't know if I hate the songs, or I just hate singing.  But the combo in church, singing with the kids, and the primary songs is awful to me.

Is that weird?

Airplane!

For the 24th of July RJ and I went to Idaho Falls for an air show.  I'd never been to one, and I didn't really expect to love it, but I thought RJ would have a great time, since he's been obsessed with airplanes for a while.  As we walked in, there were a lot of planes parked and seeing real planes up close blew his mind.  He kept pointing to each one saying: "Airplane!"  "Mom! Airplane!"  Looking up at me like, he couldn't believe it.  I was also surprised he kept his hat and shades on.

By the time we found my friends, I think the magic was wearing off.  We came late since I knew he wouldn't last 5 hours, so we saw 2 acrobatic shows which were cool, one this chick walked on the wings of the plane to the other side.  He sat on my lap and watched those.

But the big attraction, the Navy Blue Angels, he just played in the dirt the whole time.  I was impressed though.

It was fun.