I'm No Betty Crocker

Happy 2nd Birthday Juliette!

Menu:

Chorizo stuffed pork tenderloin

Mom’s red beans

Arroz con Coca Cola (rice in coke w/ raisins)

Mixed greens salad w/ dried cherries and granny smith apples

Cake!

The pork tenderloin and salad came from Pam Anderson’s (no, not THAT Pam Anderson) Perfect One-Dish Dinners cook book.  Here are the recipes for my mom’s red beans and arroz con Coca Cola.

Arroz con Coca Cola

1 cup of white rice like Canilla 

 3 cups of Coca-Cola

1/3 cup of raisins

 1/4 tsp. of salt

In a sauce pan add rice, Coca-Cola, and raisins and bring to a boil.  Once boiling bring down to a simmer and cover until rice is done and fluffy.

Red Beans

1/2 lb. of dried red kidney beans

1 envelope of Sazon Goya

1 tbsp. olive oil

1 beef bullion cube

1 cup of cilantro chopped

1 medium sized tomato chopped

1 medium sized onion chopped

2 or 3 scallions chopped

Rinse the beans and leave soaking overnight (water should cover the beans).  In a pot, add beans with water, olive oil, Sazon Goya, beef bullion, and about handful of the chopped cilantro.  Bring to a boil then lower heat and simmer until beans are tender.  Add tomato, onion, scallion, and remainder of cilantro just before serving.

Note: I had to translate these recipes from Spanish and convert it to measurements since my mom doesn’t cook with measuring cups and spoons.