On Friday night I had a date with destiny. Okay, so it was actually a date with Burns. We went to Gaucho Brazilian BBQ.
We ate and ate and ate and ate all the meat we could EVER want in a whole month within one sitting. We had steak, ribs, chicken breast, sausage, chicken wings, lamb, and we even tried the chicken heart! Okay so lamb is disgusting because all I can smell is goats (or sheep) when I eat it. I tried plugging my nose and it was okay after that and I could actually swallow it. The chicken heart was ... okay. The thing that bothered me the most about it was the thought of it. I couldn't even finish it and it was about the size of a quarter.
There was also a buffet there and we tried some Brazilian delights such as palm heart (the taste is really similar to artichoke but these are harvested from the inner growing bud of palm trees). I got some other salads and mashed potatoes and it was really good.
I think I'd be okay if I didn't go back for a while. It was great, but expensive, and I was just sick of meat by the end of it. We did, however, get a fantastic dessert: chocolate mousse cake. There was a tiny layer of chocolate cake and the rest was mousse. Mmmmmm. I also tried the Brazilian pop. It was really good, too.
Burns and I then headed over to the dance and had bundles of fun. We also got to dance with Arianne and Daryn!
Dancing the night away!!!
Yaaaay!!!!
So on Saturday it was reallllllyyyyy cold out. I had just finished reading about this week's Friday Fiasco and I wanted soup real bad. I looked up recipes on the Fine Cooking website and decided to make Tex-Mex Chile-Lime Chicken Soup. Not only that, but I needed a bunch of shredded chicken so I decided to make my own chicken broth! Mostly because Arianne did it and said it was easy. I didn't follow her recipe though, I followed the one on Fine Cooking because it yielded the exact amount I needed for the soup.
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| Making the broth. |
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| This is the broth. |
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| This is the cooked chicken from making the broth. |
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| This is Burns' hand, not mine. |
And here is the delectable finished product!!!
It was sooooooooooo good! A little spicy because of the jalapeno peppers I put in, but not unbearably spicy. We put in the chips and shredded cheese and it was soooo delicious.
It took a while to make because the chicken broth took a while to make. But it was so worth it. I should have bought some sour cream to put in it. That would have been yummy.
So if any of you want to make this soup within the next few days, come get the rest of my jalapeno peppers! I only needed two for the recipe but they came in packages of six. I don't really know what to do with them.
That soup looks AMAZING! Good job on the broth : ) and thanks for the bundles of fun at the dance!!
ReplyDeleteYesss! Loved this post and love that you made soup too! I think I have a similar recipe, but yours looks divine! I may just try it, without the peppers though cause I'm a wuss.
ReplyDeleteOh my stars......D and I have got to check out that Gaucho Brazilian BBQ sometime. Looks and sounds SO good.
ReplyDeleteP.S. You and your sister look amazing in your party dresses. Did you guys make them??
Also.....have you ever made {every Sunday afternoon} jalapeno peppers {let's say about 25 cut in half -- which makes 50 in total} stuffed with cream cheese and wrapped in bacon and then baked at 450 F oven till bacon is crisp......only to eat it all in one sitting....okay maybe shared a little with the rest of the family....
Just sayin'.
If you are interested....I can send you the recipe.....although it's pretty much just what I mentioned above. Of course, if you like a little less heat.....just rinse off the peppers AFTER you have seeded them completely. You need to do that part anyway. And with gloved hands. ; D