active time

i heart everyday food.
i really do. i dog-ear at least 10 pages every month...and make most of them.
mushroom and black bean tortilla casserole...yum. mushroom and barley soup, even yummier.
the photo above is bean and cheese enchiladas*. i tasted better than the photo looks**. the thing is...and this is the part where i start complaining...the mag lists it as active time: 20 minutes...total time 30 minutes. really? maybe martha, but not me. for starters, it took me 10 minutes to dig out my food processor and re-clean it since i did such a lousy job the last time i did it. then i had to chase summer down to make sure she didn’t eat the onion i dropped on the floor. (she’s allergic) “use caution when blending hot liquids”...should of used a little more of that. and finally, having to squeeze 4th grade math homework in between steps. this dinner totally took me at least twice marthas’ time. and like i said...it was good, but not THAT good. i’ll have to start marking the recipes i plan to do over with laura-time.

*amy...the cottage cheese wasn’t as gross as we thought
**the best part of the recipe...the homemade enchilada sauce. im glad i had leftovers to freeze.