Thanks to Facebook, old college friends are reuniting and enjoying copious amounts of beer and laughter.
Almost 40
and this is what we're up to in the meantime…
Category Archives: Blog
Mar
21
Tortilla Soup
Tortilla Soup Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 (6-inch) corn tortillas, preferably a little old and dried out
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped
- 2 chilies (My own picks would be a poblano & a jalapeño)
- 4 cups chicken broth or homemade chicken stock
- 1 can (14.5 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained
- Coarse salt (kosher or sea salt)
- 1 1/2 cups shredded cooked chicken
- 1 ripe medium avocado
- 1/2 cup Cotija cheese
- Chopped fresh cilantro
- Sour cream
- 1 lime, cut into wedges
Method
Heat a small amount of the oil in saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook onion in oil 2 minutes, stirring frequently. Add garlic and chile; cook 2 to 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until vegetables are crisp-tender. Stir in broth, tomatoes and about a 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 15 minutes. Add chicken; heat until hot.
Cut tortillas in half; cut halves into 1/4-inch strips. In 3-quart saucepan, heat oil over medium-high heat. Fry strips in oil, 1/3 at a time, until light brown and crisp. Remove from pan; drain on paper towels; sprinkle them with course salt.
When you’re ready to serve, put out crumbled cotija, chopped cilantro, lime wedges, sour cream, and tortilla chips out to top the soup right before eating.
Dec
31
The list
The other night we (Trish and Amy) were sitting by the fire drinking wine and started talking about our upcoming birthdays when we’ll be turning 40.
(Though we haven’t typically been the types to be distressed by age, every once in a while, “40″ does start sounding somewhat ominous.)
We talked about planning a big bash sometime around our birthdays (our birthdays are about a month apart in the fall) and in the process of discussing the possibilities (France, Italy, Egypt?), we decided to come up with an entire list of things we wanted to do before we turn 40.
We thought a list of 40 things was appropriate, and we wanted most of these things be that which we could do together. Short of actually doing them together, at the very least we needed a list of things that we would both be willing to commit to.
Since 40 epic things is perhaps a bit unrealistic to manage in under a year, we came up with a list that was challenging, but still achievable. You’d likely to be surprised at which ones each of us found simple and which ones we each deemed ambitious.
The list below is what we came up with, and the blog to follow will be a report of our progress!
- Spend a weekend in Seattle
- Learn to swim
- Sing Karaoke
- Practice Yoga
- Spend a weekend at the beach
- Water sports! dragon boats/kayak/canoe
- Make a movie/tv show
- Write a children’s book
- Learn how to salsa dance
- Learn to belly dance
- Learn to flamenco
- Take a wine tour
- Winter Sports! snowboard/ski/cross-country/snowshoe
- Take a self defense class
- Learn how to shoot a gun
- Learn to play a song on the piano
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Volunteer
- Go dancing
- Organize a Logan reunion
- First Thursday in the Pearl
- Last Thursday on Alberta
- Go whale watching
- Knit a hat
- Hand written letters
- Go to a concert
- Make a new friend
- Teach someone something
- Learn to play a complete song on the guitar
- Explore Oregon
- Send flowers to someone
- Submit a story for NYTimes “Modern Love”
- Visit a foreign country
- Enter a race
- Visit an old friend
- Write a love letter
- Sit around a campfire roasting marshmallows and telling stories
- Have a dinner party
- Spend a day in Portland as a tourist
- Write a blog about the list of things we’re up to in the year leading up to turning 40!
