Chimichangas and a Foot Massage

A few days ago, I made chimichangas for supper. I used leftover roast and vegetables that I had cut up and stuck in the freezer awhile back.

I had the roast and vegetables in two containers, one clear, and one an old ice cream container. When I went to get them out of the freezer, I just grabbed the ice cream container that was on top of the other container. Big mistake. What you see here, is two ice cream containers, neither of which had ice cream in them. We often freeze food in old ice cream containers. They're big and sturdy. 

The problem was, I just assumed that the ice cream container on top of the roast and vegetables also contained roast and vegetables. But it didn't. It had ham bone and drippings in it. Of course, I found this after it was mostly thawed.

So I found the correct ice cream container, and stuck the other one back in the freezer.

The problem was then, we don't have a working microwave. So I filled one side of the sink with really hot water, and plopped it in. Thankfully, it was most of the way thawed by the time I needed it.

While all the above was going on, I was also making homemade tortillas. If you just buy them, it cuts down on your preparation time considerably. But we have yet to find gluten free tortillas that taste good, hold together, and don't cost an arm and a leg. And we prefer to keep our limbs if at all possible.

Okay, now to the actually assembling of the chimichangas: Place your tortilla on a flat work space, and fill with your filling. I've never used anything except leftover roast and vegetables, but I'm sure it can be done.  

Pull your two ends together

Then pull your two sides together, and secure with a toothpick, preferably unused.  

You can cook these in a deep fryer, but I did them in an electric skillet, because I wasn't sure how the gluten free tortillas would do without something to support them. You'll want to make sure your oil is hot before you put your first batch in.

After about ten minutes, I flipped them and let them cook another ten minutes. You can certainly do them longer if you want them crispier, but I don't recommend doing them less than ten minutes on each side. 

Once they're done,.use a slotted something to pull them out of the oil, and let them cool on paper towels.

Traditionally, they would be served on a bed of lettuce, topped with sour cream and guacamole, but we like to top them with cheese and salsa as well (we just happened to be out of avocados and salsa).

After spending several hours in the kitchen making supper, I decided to cash in one of the free foot massage coupons Sarah had given me for my birthday.

While I was waiting for Sarah, Esther decided to come rub my feet for me.

Sarah was so sweet and rubbed my feet for an extra several minutes.

Esther soon was soon tired of rubbing however, and went to play doll house with Leah.

That is, until Mama remembered the coupons that Leah gave her for Christmas.....

Dear Georgie,
What I was talking to Mama about last night was writing little notes to you in my posts.
Here's the first one :). By the way, the cookie dough is in the kitchen freezer.


To those who don't know who Georgie is:
He's my brother, and the only immediate family member who regularly reads my blog. Not that there's regularly much to read....
Last night I started telling Mama about my idea to write notes to him, but stopped when  he walked in the room, 'cause I wanted to surprise him. He overheard that I was talking about him though, and pestered me to tell him what about. I refused.
The cookie dough part? He said something to me about seeing something about making cookies in my last post, and I faked innocence.