I went with Mike Verhagen to La Salita for Lunch and they had several new chili relleno dishes on the menu. I was immediately drawn to the Swiss Cheese Chile Rellenos for the same price as the regular one ($11.85 for two with rice, beans and a sopapilla). The insert describing the new chili rellenos items stated that the chili rellenos were made fresh, which was another plus.
I ordered it and was not disappointed. The relleno was stuffed with Swiss cheese and topped with one large slice of Swiss cheese instead of the usual pile of cheddar cheese. Also, it appeared to me that the Swiss cheese melted and mixed with the green chili sauce to make a creamier chili sauce, which I found very appealing. Try La Salita. You will like it. The sopapillas are hot and fresh and pastry like and not to be missed, also.
Suzette brought home a roasted chicken flavored with herbs de Valencia
Suzette went to the fridge and took out the last of the PPI pureed sweet potatoes from the Salmon dinner, the PPI sushi rice from Wednesday evening and the PPI Israeli cous cous with broccoli flowerets from our Saturday lamb dinner. We heated the chicken and then the chicken on plates with the PPI ingredients and steamed fresh asparagus and I went to the basement for a bottle of Marques de Montañana Spanish Viura 2009 white wine (Trader Joe’s $4.49).
Viura is also called Macabeo in Basque and Macaban. It is the most popular white grape grown in the Rioja area of Spain and is mixed with other grapes to make Spain’s major sparkling wine, cava, downstream, near Barcelona, but Marques de Montañana is grown just south west of Zaragoza in the Calatayud Denominacíon de Origen.. I pleasant, light white wine but with plenty of structure that goes well with roasted chicken.
We enjoyed the colorful and tasty abundance of vegetables and chicken.
Bon Appétit
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