Pot & Cover

BBQ Baked Taters Mom ended up in the hospital from 12.19.09 till late Christmas day...so Christmas was all about banding together as a family to "survive the day"...not very festive, but purposeful, if not very exhausting.  We (Scott & I) were also sick during the whole break (me a week before even) with sinus infections...miserable...so I don't really know what we ate...I didn't eat much while sitting in the hospital room with mom...focused more on her eatting well and me surviving the stress.  And I was so ready to have a joyful Christmas...well, there were things to be thankful for, but joy wasn't something I experienced.  I imagine that was mostly due to my lack of perspective, but it is what it is.  you can see the snow flakes in this pic Well, we were blessed with a lot of snow (and Daddy being home for several days!) during Christmas and this night was one of them...we made spiced (paprika, sugar and salt?) baked taters, topped with something yummy th...

House sitting Tex & the McRanch for S&J...cleaned out our fridge and freezer cause we'll be here for 2 1/2 weeks.   Brought 2 lbs of our Hatch Chiles...and made Chile Verde tonight...my regular recipe, the only one I keep in my wallet at all times...and it was hot as fire!  I got this recipe years ago...probably 10 or more from the Food Network from David Rosengarten...and it is my all time favorite recipe EVER!  The original recipe calls for roasted poblanos...but we used our Hatch chiles instead this time.  Scott declared that next year we will buy the regular/medium heat chiles and not the hot ones :)  The flavor was great, we both agreed.  But HOT!  We were both sweating and laughing about the heat...it was ridiculous!  But we ate every bit of it...even as it got hotter and hotter.  The next night we added some left over marinara....cooler, but not much.  Then we added some beans...still hot!  But delicious and we ate e...