Furrrrr

Isn't this jacket to die for?!  Ugh, I completely fall in love with it this past Tuesday. It was vintage, real fur and just amazing but for $350.00, it just wasn't happening.  So I just had to take a picture in it, so that I could day dream about at home!

Yes, that's me with my "el natur al" hair.  I thought, I'd stop straighten for awhile since it's getting pretty long.  Anyways, so Tuesday I also had a lunch date with my lovely friend Heather, another fellow lover of antiques and vintage.  Together we roamed the antiques shops with "ahhhhs.." and "bummers"  So many lovely things from history that just looking at it all was fun in itself.

After some window shopping we had lunch at a trendy little restaurant, The Edge.  Our meal was so yummy, that just typing the words yummy makes my mouth water.

Roasted red pepper bisque with a five cheese grilled cheese. Ugh, heaven

All I know is I will definitely be coming back to this place to do a full on feature for my "Foodie" posts.  So, other then my fab lunch date, my son's kinder graduation coming up, fabric sourcing, filling customer orders, my world is pretty much, calm.  Yes, calm!

Thanks for reading Darlins!

Foodie - Quick Fiber Lunch

Welcome to my new blog series, Foodie.  I was inspired to start this blog series by my dear friend Nicky.  If I had a dime for everytime we talked about food, I'd have some extra income right now. (ha!)  I mean from cereal (one our favs.) to dining-out and donuts.  So I thought why not talk about food with you, my readers or better yet, share with you my love for cooking.

Let me quickly state, I'm no Rachel Ray or Julia Child.  Chef Ramsay would die at my presentations and techniques.  This is simply a busy gal who loves to cook and EAT.  Sharing with you how-to-make, where-to-eat, must-tries, and pure...YUM.

Starting with today, a Quick Fiber Lunch.  Have you ever heard of a Sope (pronounced "SOH-peh") ?  Well it's a Mexican food that "can" be very quick and easy to make.  Here's what you'll need;

Cooking oil:  Mazola Canola Oil, 100% pure, Cholesterol free, 0g Trans Fat

Beans:  Rosarita Traditional Refried Beans (note: you "can" make your own fresh beans if your have an extra two hours to spare.  Excuse me while I shame my ancestors)

Sopes:  Romero's Sopes  (once again you "can" make these from scratch if you have more time to spare.)

Sour Cream:  Cacique, Crema Mexicana, Grade A Table Cream (optional)

Cheese:  Ranchero Brand, Queso Fresco, Part skim milk cheese (optional)

Hot Sauce or Salsa:  Tapatio (side note, how cute would Mr. Tapation be with Miss Rosarita!) (optional)

Veggies:  Tomatos, lettuce, avocado, etc.

We start with a plain old sope.  (Note: you don't have to fry it, you can always bake it till it's toasty but know....everything taste better fried, ha!)

Put a little puddle of oil in your frying pan.

Make sure you have the right cooking tools, like these tongs. The longer the better! (HA! "That's what she said!")

Fry each side for about 3mins each.  You don't want them too hard.

Note, the color.

Now it's time for the beans.

I know what your thinking....what's Fidos food doing on your counter!  Trust me, it gets better.

Now we add a little sour cream to make the beans more tasty and moist. (Little trick I got from my sister)

Now we start piling on the fix'ens.

Beans.

Cheese.

Lettuce.

Tomatos. (right about here, I'm kicking myself for forgetting to pick up some avocado)

Sour Cream.

Chile or salsa.

Ta-da! Yum.  What did you think?  Would love to hear feed back from you guys or even questions.  Feel free to ask.

Bon Appetit!