what to cook, what to cook...

I'm just trying to think of what to cook for dinner tonight. Chicken burritos sounds good to me right now. I have all of the ingredients but I just can't get started. The hardest part of it all is making the tortilla's. It's been some time since I made them from scratch. You know it is very easy to just pick some up at the store but we're out in the country and that would mean driving the 10 miles (round trip) just to pick up tortilla's. Doesn't sound like a very practical thing to do. So I will make the tortilla's. It's kind of fun to mix the dough, shape into ball, rubbing crisco on each ball and roll them out. Quickly tossing each one onto a griddle to cook. I have always wanted to throw them right on the open flame...saw that on TV a couple times...maybe I will try that or maybe not. Guess I'll start the chicken and have it simmering in a sauce while I round up everything to put in it. We each build our own burrito because we have different tastes. There will also be a salad to prepare but that is pretty easy. I didn't make a dessert but there is root beer float ice cream in the freezer. Sounds good to me. Did anyone see Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes the other night? His segment was on kitchen gadgets! I had to laugh because I had all the gadgets he showed. He wondered if he needed them or not but in the end I believe he just put them back in the drawer in case he needed them someday. That's right, just in case he might need them. When I started this blog that was one of my passions I talked about...kitchen gadgets. The oldest thing I have is a soup laddle that my Grandfather made for my Busia and the newest thing I have is an Olive Spoon. I bought the olive spoon in San Francisco about a month ago. It is so cute and it was a really weak moment when I bought it. I still haven't used it but "someday"...

Blueberry Muffins in the morning...

Here it is! My kitchen!! I just had to take a picture so you could see my working space. I do have covers that I put over the sinks but that really doesn't work too well when you need to use the sink. Yesterday, I went with daughter, Julie and granddaughter, Kennedy to the movies. We saw Julie & Julia. The movie about Julie who writes a blog about creating all the recipes in the Julia Child cookbook. The movie was funny at times but a little slow at other times. I enjoyed it but did not rush home to debone a duck...I picked up a pizza! Now here it is 7:30 the next morning and I just baked 2 dozen blueberry muffins. I also cooked the potatoes and eggs for a potato salad I'm taking to the lodge later today. I discovered that I have 3 muffin pans in the RV. Surprise. One for regular small muffins, one for large muffins and one for making muffin top muffins. Doesn't everyone have those pans in their kitchen? Why, you ask does someone who lives in such a small space do such things. I guess because I can. I feel if I keep doing these things it helps keep me from getting too "old". When we retired our dream was to travel in the RV but I couldn't see me giving up cooking just because I was in the RV. Cooking has always been something I really enjoyed. That doesn't mean that I cook every meal. Heavens no! When we travel, we like to try the local cuisine. As you travel around the United States the food is amazing. Sweet corn in Iowa, Lobster in Maine, cajun in Louisiana, pizza in Illinois, etc. You get the picture. That's about all for today but I would like to share my recipe for my muffins...

Blueberry Muffins

1/2 cup milk

1 1/2 cups flour, plus 1 tablespoon

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup cooking oil (vegetable)

1/2 cup sugar

1 egg

2 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

1 cup fresh blueberries

Do not use a mixer...hand stir!

Sift flour, sugar, salt and baking powder. Beat egg slightly into milk; add vanilla. Create a well in the center of the flour mixture. Add milk/egg mixture. Add oil and lemon juice. Stir just until moist...batter will be lumpy. Carefully fold in blueberries. Fill muffin pans about 3/4 full. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes. This makes 12 regular muffins or 6 large muffins.