Mmm...food

I like a lot of different kinds of food - Italian, Thai, good old American - but my favorite type of food has got to be Mexican. I could live on chips and salsa alone. And don't even get me started on the guacamole. Guacamole! Recently my friends Kim and Gwyn and I had a girls' day and we went to lunch at Javier's in Newport Beach.

Pretty ladies.

I had this...

The chicken was fantastic, but the star of the show was that green thing up there at the top of the plate - a pasilla chili stuffed with cotija cheese. Heaven on a plate. Seriously. I knew it had to be a regular part of my life so I was going to have to try to recreate it. So, last night, I attempted.

I sliced the chilis lengthwise on one side and stuffed it with the cotija cheese.

Then I put them in a dry pan on high heat to blister them. After a few minutes I added a little water to soften the chilis, flipping them a few times.

I don't know how they did it at the restaurant, and there's probably a way better way to do it. I don't even know exactly how long I cooked them. It was just until they felt soft and the cheese was melted - about 10 minutes. Anyway, it was super easy and they tasted EXACTLY the same as at the restaurant, and I did my happy dance.

P.S. I swear I don't intend for this to be a food blog. I just happen to be writing about food a lot lately.