It was a cacophony of sound – two moms talking about their recent book readings, a dad watching a football game, one little kid in the elliptical machine racing fast, one pushing buttons on the Dr’s waiting room amusement table, one trying to climb over the baby gate on the stairs, another climbing over the stair railing, “Grammie, can I have some more ice cream?”, other child quietly watching the movie “Up”, “let me put the crying baby to bed and let’s start the game”…. Well, you get the idea. And I wasn’t even getting a headache because of all that activity. LOL! Scarier still, we had taken the time to all sit together around the dark wood dining room table which has a long history with this household, say a prayer, and helpfully pass the food around: Sue’s great tortilla soup stirred together today by the Grammie, adding sour cream, and some of Lora’s fabulous guacamole dip and Doritos Scoops. Add black cherry cool-aide or milk. Yummy!
Here is the recipe for Sue’s Chicken Tortilla Soup
1 cup shredded carrots
1 # chicken, shredded
15 oz diced crushed tomatoes
1 10 oz. red enchilada sauce
1 4oz. can chopped green chilies
1 14oz can chicken broth
1 15oz can corn or 10 oz. frozen corn
1 medium onion chopped or ¼ cup dried
2 cups water
1 clove garlic
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
¼ tsp crushed bay leaf or basil
¼ tsp peper
1 tsp salt
1 Tbsp cilantro
I had some frozen turkey leftovers (about 3 cups shredded) from Thanksgiving and used that for the meat
In the middle of dinner, a parent happened to notice a new adventure for one of the babies – an unattended computer
another techie in the making
