Taco Sunday! Kids made a taco buffet for us: we got to choose what to put in our soft tacos: spicy ground turkey (or less spicy ground turkey), shrimp with ancho chile powder, cheese (cheddar or jarlsberg), lettuce, tomato, salsa (Dad’s version, i.e. extra spicy, or everyone else’s version, i.e. mild), guacamole, sour cream, and rice. The shrimp were really good and a last minute inspiration–we had left over shrimp that didn’t get cooked yesterday as planned so Max and Al decided to chop them up a bit and saute with olive oil and ancho chile powder. I showed them how to use the rice cooker to make rice, and taught them the trick of rinsing the rice in water beforehand (to get off the rice powder or “bran”) until the water ran clear. (Thanks to Mike Holdeman for first sharing this trick…rice is always much fluffier.)

The whole spread..

First rinse of the rice

Last rinse of the rice

Chopping Serrano peppers for salsa (WASH HANDS AFTERWARDS!!)

Cooking Turkey Two ways

The spreads (for both tacos and chips)