A Wonderful Day

The formula for a wonderful day

for me

includes

rainy, cold weather,

nothing important to do,

phone calls from my girls with

updates on their lives,

Big 12 women’s basketball games

playing on television,

and

tortilla soup.

Thanks to my friend Mary Jo,

I now know about this.

I bought this jar at HEB in the specialty food section

by the ‘talking chef’.

Mary Jo is one of the best cooks I know,

and this soup starter is wonderful.

I added shredded chicken that I stewed (boiled slowly),

sauteed onions,

frozen whole kernel corn,

and black beans (rinsed and drained).

It was that simple.

I topped each serving with

shredded monterrey jack cheese,

and my all time favorite food,

avocado.

It was delicious.

I pulled out my talavera soup bowls

from Dolores Hidalgo,

sat in my favorite chair with a blanket and my soup,

and

I was in heaven.