My daughter was craving Mexican food, so I made a pan of spinach enchiladas. The garden was full of ripe tomatoes so I chopped some of them and added cilantro, onion and lime and a chopped avocado for a bit of a salad/salsa to go over the top of the enchiladas. I also had a bit of leftover bacon fat from breakfast so I used that to toast some rice in a pan and used fresh tomato juice to make some Spanish-style rice. To drink I made some seltzer water and added a bit of leftover lime rind and a few sprigs of mint from the garden.

We watch many cooking shows in our family. The ones we like best are where aspiring chefs compete against each other to try and be the best of the best. Our family especially likes “Hells Kitchen”. It is one of the best and most entertaining competition based cooking shows we have found. Great show to enjoy some good food and drinks from the home kegerator! Chef Ramsey usually hits it right on the head with his comments and decisions at the end of each episode. I would highly recommend it as a show for anyone with a cooking interest to watch.

On Friday I helped get a cousin off on the bus to the west coast, where he had an emergency. He had to get a voucher for part of the fare from Churches United, a local charitable grou. Saturday brought with it a lot of household tasks, and discussions about the cousin’s situation, and if it would be a good idea for him to return next year. No conclusion was arrived at. On Sunday I attended a Lutheran church service. A friend who is both Lutheran and Unitarian Universalist invited me to the opening fall meeting of the UU group. Afterwards we had coffee at Dunn Bros., and I spent the afternoon reading.

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