Easy Dinner for my Day Off

Tonight, I was in the mood for some Mexican style food. So I decided to braise some chicken and shred it to be the protein for my tacos. After I shredded the chicken, I put it back in the pan, added a little water and some spices and herbs (cilantro, cumin, ancho chiles, chipotle peppers, Portuguese salt and a few others) and let the water reduce a bit to create a sauce to coat the chicken. Cooked some rice infused with lemon and tomatoes and some black beans. Chopped up some heirloom brown tomatoes, sliced some onions and used my favorite jalepeno and tomato ranch sauce. Dinner is ready. So of course my youngest daughter can't manipulate a taco, so I made her a toasted tortilla with cheese. But she really liked the rice and black beans more. My older daughter wanted to whine, but actually ate it all and enjoyed it. I've been pleasantly surprised with her. My stepmother went back for seconds and she's never done that before. So you can make really good food easy. From start to finish, it took about 25 minutes to prepare dinner tonight. Another success, another pat on the back for me.