TJ Wilde Trilogy · Duxbridge Mysteries · Jennifer McCaffrey Mysteries
I know many of us are struggling right now. Please take care of yourselves, look out for your neighbors and remember, we will prevail.
As January comes to a close I am closing in on the final rewrites. Then it’s time for the editor. I can see the end of the road.
I had a some chuck and decided the cold weather needed something hearty. I hadn’t made Ropa Vieja in a while, so that what it became. I also cooked up a bunch of rice and black beans to serve with it. Perfect for a very cold weekend.
If you don’t want to use chuck, you can use pork shoulder or chicken breasts.
From 2023:
Big family doings this weekend, so I needed an easy recipe that everyone could serve themselves. This fits the bill.
Ropa Vieja is one of my favorite items on a local Mexican restaurant menu. I almost always have it in a salad in a tortilla bowl. So of course I had to figure out how to replicate it at home.
I have tortilla bowl molds and make them for lunch salads all the time. Although you don’t need them, use this method here.
Now to up my game with some tasty ropa vieja.
It has been a ridiculous few weeks. Busy with all sorts of things, both fun and work related. I’ve been steady in the progress on the final rewrites of Full Sail. With that wrapping up, the Duxbridge Mysteries gets notes and plot scribbles when I need a break.
This fun fact came up in the town I’ve used as my model for Duxbridge:
Revisiting from 2023:
I was under the weather all weekend and this soup seemed like the perfect remedy.
Spicy Potato Soup (Zuppa Toscana)
saucepan or instant pot
A gift from a friend who knows me well
Rewrites are progressing. Got past the awful chapter, it will have to be reviewed and tweaked a few more times, I’m sure. I am determined to power through the few remaining chapters in the next week.
Annie DeMoranville 