Eclectic Lotus

I am always a work in progress. I love to learn and create when I have all the skills I need. So, I have spent 3 years getting my husband's favorite dishes correct. I was taught by his mother and my sister-in-law. I had to listen to the sister-in-law because my Spanish is not as good in translation as I thought. Well, I should correct myself and say that it is only one favorite dish that I know of. . . RICE AND MEAT! (as he puts it) (Spanish Rice and Skirt Steak or Arranchera ) So, I make this for him and hopefully I have something that I made the day before that I can eat because I have tried the whole making two dinners at once and that is a lot of dishes to clean. So, this was hubby's dinner the night before last. Last night, I was hungry and did not want to spend money going out to a vegetarian restaurant and there was "nothing" in the house to eat. . . or so I thought. I figured now is the time to convert my favorite husband's dish into something I w...

Once a month, I make my dear sweet husband Chorizo con huevos or chorizo and eggs in English. When we were dating, he knew he wanted to marry me so he took me to his house and showed me how to make chorizo and eggs. I thought it was disgusting because it was made in pork and I never got with eating pork and other red meat (yes, pork is included in that too.) so I never had a chance to try it. Since November will be two lovely years of vegetarianism I thought it would be nice to see if there is a veggie style chorizo out there that I could try. Here are our recipes: Traditional Chorizo con huevos recipe Ingredients: - El Popular Autentico Chorizo (he prefers this particular brand) - 5 large eggs - 1 Tbsp of corn oil Instructions: - Grab a large skillet and add a very small amount of corn oil to the skillet. - When skillet is warmed (should take 1 minute) grab one sausage - Remove casing. Contents go into warmed skillet - Break up with spoon or spatula as it cooks. Oil from...