Man, I Miss Mexican Food

I have been moaning about how much I miss Mexican food for about a week now. In Beijing, we did have quite a few decent tex mex restaurants. We ate it often, maybe once a week. On Friday, Chris tried to surprise me by taking us to a Mexican restaurant (isn't that sweet?). Unfortunately, we got to the address only to discover that it had been torn down. We ate instead at a restaurant nearby with a funny little name and yummy risotto. It was goo-ood, but not Mexican.

Some peeps came over to our house for dinner last night and I decided that if we couldn't find Mexican, at least we could make it. Let me tell you: it was fabulous. We used some recipes from the new Nigella Express cookbook. We made corn chowder, quesadillas, and Mexican chicken salad with an avocado lime dressing. It was so good that Chris and I exchanged a secretive - WOW - when our quests were in the other room after dinner.

We also made brownies - from a box, thank you - and served them with ice cream. It was a big hit.