Mmmm.... Comida. Soy Gorda.

I'm still a lazy blogger. Nothing's changed. And I still don't feel like writing about what I've been up to the past couple weeks. I feel overwhelmed with the amount of catching up I need to do; so, I'm going to do what every crafty procrastinator does, and avoid it for another day when I feel enough motivation.Or I might just skip it all together and make casual references throughout the rest of my blogs and fill you in little by little, here and there.
        So, today's blog isn't really anything to do with what I've been doing so much as what I've been eating. I feel bad that I am enjoying all this incredible food while the rest of America is ignorant to it's bliss!
        In the morning, I eat Wheatabix hot with a spoonful of Nocilla (a version of Nutella). So good. And I pretty much eat that every morning. But that's not really a Spanish food so I don't know why I felt the need to share it with you....
        So far my favorite food is the Tortilla Espanola or Tortilla de Patatas that I already talked about in one of the earlier blogs. It's really easy to make, too! All you need is:
                          -4 eggs
                          -1/2 kilo potatoes (do your own conversions at this conversion site. Actually, I don't understand how to work that conversion site... So I think it's about 4 or 5 potatoes.....)
                          -1/4 liter olive oil (It think that's about 1 cup)
                          -salt
Cut the potatoes into small bite size pieces.  Heat the oil add the potatoes and a little salt. Fry them until they are golden. Drain the oil in a colander or with a plate and paper towels. Set aside

Beat the eggs with a bit of salt. Add the potatoes and mix them in with the beaten eggs.

Prepare the frying pan again with 2 spoonfuls of oil making sure it covers the bottom of the pan. )Use a pan that's a little on the small size so that the Tortilla will be thick.) Poor in the egg/potato mixture. It should fill the pan up almost to the top.Move the pan, shaking it a little so that it doesn't stick. Let it cook like you would an omelette or something. the sides and bottom should be starting to turn golden and when it seems like the underside is thoroughly cooked, turn the pan over onto a plate, drain the wet part that was in the middle of the tortilla back into the pan and slide the cooked portion back into the pan as well. Cook on this side until golden brown. IF you need to turn it over and cook the other side again, you can.

Serve with one of those fresh loaves of bread that we always called French bread when I was little but I don't want to call it that because this is an authentic Spanish food. So for the sake of this blog I'm going to call it pan (pronounced pawn). Pan is eaten with every meal. They just stick it on the table and people grab it and tear off a piece when they want to eat some. You can also eat some sort of meat with it. Pork is very common. Last time we ate it we had ham with a piece of cheese melted on top. It was heated in a frying pan and she just stuck an entire slice of cheese on it. I don't really like cheese, though. Or ham. I think there was also some sort of breaded chicken that night.

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The next recipe is even easier. It's macarrone con atun. It's not elbow macaroni, but those larger tube pastas. We had the colorful kind where some are green, some are red, etc...

First, boil the noodles until they're done, drain them blah blah everyone knows how to cook pasta.
Then, add a little tomato sauce (a small can maybe? Depends on the size of can you buy. If it's a big can just add half. Use your best judgment.) and add a can of tuna to the tomato sauce. I prefer those pouches of tuna that Dad buys because the tuna isn't as shredded, it's more chunky and not as wet. Anyway, Stir it around until it's hot.

This is just from Google because I don't take pictures of my food. But our plates happen to be remarkably similar. The only difference is that ours have pinkish cherry things on them. But yeah...

Then, stir in the pasta and add the rest of the tomato sauce. Add some spices, she used like 15 shakes of oregano and a bit of what looked like chili powder. Then, add a couple small handfuls of mozzarella. And Voila! You have really delicious pasta. Again, serve with pan. And don't be afraid of the tuna if you don't like tuna. You can hardly taste it. It's very subtle. And sooo good!

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This last one is basically just a tip. She made this really good soup that reminded me of the kind of chicken noodle soup that Mom used to get that was in a box and I think Clifford the big red dog was on the box. But the reason I liked that soup was not because of Clifford. I liked the little tiny noodles. They were super short and skinny. Anyway, basically just cook those noodles with chicken broth and serve with pan (duh) and add a squeeze of lemon to your bowl. SOOO good!

Maybe it didn't have Clifford. This is what the box looks like:

Just add lemon!

      
Also, whoever can tell me what show this quote is from gets a prize. Like, a high-five when I get home. Or a box of soup....

"Mmm! Noodle Soup! ....Dammit!"

hahahahahhahahah

ADIOS!!!