Grumpy Baby, Great Dinner

Some days John is just low-grade grumpy all day. It always helps to take him outside for a change of scenery, even if all we do is slowly walk around the house and look at bushes and leaves. It also helps to take off his clothing, as he seems to like that a lot. Today we did both.


During hard play, John lays down his head to rest every so often.
Daddy came home from work and gave John kisses.

Last week's new recipe of enchiladas in the slow cooker was okay, but not the best. There was a mushy texture problem. Tonight I tried making Layered Chicken and Black Bean Enchilada Casserole. Instead of using canned enchilada sauce, as called for, I cooked homemade Enchilada Sauce (note the chocolate!). For the sauce, instead of boring, canned chicken stock, I used the beautiful stock I saved from last week's Chicken Pot au Feu in the slow cooker. I also used the leftover chicken from the same dish, which I had shredded and frozen last week, for tonight's enchiladas. I made a second, vegetarian half batch of enchiladas for me in which I doubled the black beans and cheese and excluded the sour cream, because I don't like it.

Chris said my enchiladas were "phenomenal" and "the best meal you've ever made me"! The only change we'd both like to try next time is to reduce the five tablespoons of Mexican-style hot chili (note: not regular chili) to three tablespoons, as the spiciness was at our upper tolerance limit.