I started a book club!

My mother and aunt are the only members. I am 95 years old and these are the types of things I find fun.

They kicked off the club with stellar picks. Like, we were all gushing over the first two books.

Then it’s Rachel’s turn to pick. Haven’t we all learned by now not to put me in charge of anything? I have like 12 books in my bedside table waiting to be devoured. So I, of course, want to choose one I already have vs. buying something new. I share a couple of options with them. Apparently Les Mis and Pride and Prejudice were not super attractive reads to them???? Idk. I didn’t want to go with something too dark and serious or anything set in freaky dystopian society because we were on kind of a light train. I was reading my audience! So I chose one by the same author we had just finished reading, thinking well we loved the first one, this will be a safe, crowd pleasing choice. Wrong-o. This sis must have taken some writing courses in between this book and the one we just read or something because this book is just not good. I was trying to convince myself and my fam otherwise with positive thoughts like, “Oh, it got so much better when I got to this part!” I get a text from my mom last night that reads, “I’m struggling with this and can’t wait until I finish it.”

Fine, you people are getting Tolstoy next!

 

 

Time: 1 hour (prep + cooking) | Serves: 3 quesadillas

Ingredients:

• 6 whole wheat soft taco tortillas
• 1 package of soyrizo
• 1 poblano, diced
• 1 tomatillo, washed + diced
• 1 can of green chiles
• 1 onion, sliced thin
• 1 red pepper, sliced thin
• 1 green pepper, sliced thin
• 2 avocados
• 4 tbsp. of olive oil
• Juice of 1/2 a lime
• S+P, to taste

How to:

• Heat skillet over medium heat
• Add soyrizo, cook 3-4 minutes
• Add poblano + tomatillo + green chiles, cook another 3-4 minutes or until done
• Remove from the pan
• Add 1 tbsp. of olive oil
• Add onion + S+P, cook 4-5 minutes
• Add peppers + S+P, cook another 4-5 minutes
• Remove veggies
• In a bowl, mash avocado + add lime juice + S+P
• Turn heat down slightly in the pan + add a tbsp. of olive oil
• Spread some avo on a tortilla + drop it in the pan
• Top with soyrizo + onion + peppers
• Spread more avo on another tortilla + place it avo side down on the toppings, cook about 2 minutes
• Flip + cook another 3-4 minutes
• Remove + repeat with remaining ingredients
• Cut with a pizza cutter + serve warm
• Like a game of tetris, twist mouth + quesadilla into various shapes until an entire dilla fits perfectly inside your pie hole