On a particularly delicious Saturday night, we had some friends over on a whim and made a bunch of tacos. I had never really made tacos for a crowd, and don’t normally cook for more than two people, so I was a little nervous about how everything would turn out. Luckily, tacos are surprisingly easy to make for a group, and always a hit (at least in the crew I run with).
Here’s what was on the menu:
- Marinated Carne Asada (I bought this at TJs — pre-marinated and everything. So easy.)
- Chopped yellow onion + cilantro
- Homemade salsas (red & green)
- Roasted veggies (I had some poblano chilies, green bell pepper, onion, and jalapenos that I tossed in olive oil, salt, pepper, cumin and red pepper flakes and roasted)
- Refried beans (from a can — I’m not quite that ambitious yet)
- Spanish rice (it was “Spanish” rice, as it was really just a recipe I kind of made up. If you’re interested, let me know and I’ll post the recipe.)
- Corn tortillas
- Oh yeah, and beer (obviously)
Fall Bucket List progress, coming along nicely:
- Make spiced (and y’know, probably spiked) cider
- Master some sort of new pumpkin baked good
- Make at least 2 new kinds of soup (I’ve got my eye on a Thai-spiced squash soup, currently)
- Keep our new fiddle leaf fig tree alive (3 days in — so far so good)
Have a taco night with homemade salsasLearn to make falafel- Decorate for Halloween and watch my favorite flicks on the 31st — Young Frankenstein, Nightmare Before Christmas, and Hocus Pocus. (Yes, I’m 12.)
- Host Thanksgiving and finally use our wedding china
Clean out the hall closetand install cabinet latches in the kitchen (OMG that closet… It’s like the inside of my brain — just crammed full of sh#$)- Finally paint those last two dining chairs that just hang out in our hallway (ugh, I’m annoyed just thinking about this one. I hate crafts.)