Yesterday, I was going to post a delicious pork ribs recipe. After I tidied the house (because my mother and sister were coming today), and after I went grocery shopping, and after I did a bunch of things.
But instead, I felt a jolt of electricity (not real electricity, just felt like a shock) whip through my lower back, then my legs gave out and I hit the floor.
Hard.
And I couldn't get up for, like, 10 minutes. I thought about those little devices that are advertised for the elderly. Help! I've fallen and I can't...
Wait. Yes I can.
So I spent a few minutes wiggling around on the floor and got myself to a chair. I hoisted myself up onto my feet. I was in a lot of pain. I was CRYING.
But I got up. And I shuffled my way, leaning on every available surface, to my bed. I choked down some Advil and layed on my heating pad.
Because as scary as that was, it's happened to me before and I know what to do. I did it all right. And it's getting better. I am almost back to normal.
Today, my family drove to Atlanta to help my sister move out of her apartment. She's moving to Orlando to attend a new college. Thankfully, college kids don't generally own much stuff, and it only took a little while to get her loaded up and head back to my house.
We went thrift shopping (I bought a really cool triangle, which I intend to use to call my darling children to dinner), went and bought College Kid groceries to get her through her first few weeks at her new home, and ate at Carraba's (a side of minestrone and a full-size dessert qualify as dinner, right?).
Then I came home and made this. It's so easy. It's a "pantry snack," meaning that if you keep the ingredients on hand (warning! they're highly processed ingredients!), you can quickly throw together a snack for the teenagers congregating in your kitchen, or the football fans on your sofa, or your girlfriends gabbing around the table.
This is not my recipe. I think it belongs to Velveeta. But a high school friend taught it to me when we were both newlyweds and I was highly impressed. It's still very yummy.
Velveeta-Rotel Dip
Ingredients:
- 2 lb Velveeta
- 1 can Rotel diced tomatoes & green chilis
- 1 Tbsp butter or margarine
- Cut up the Velveeta and dump it in a microwaveable bowl. Dump the UNDRAINED Rotel and butter on top.
- Microwave, uncovered, for 1 minute at a time. Stir at the end of each minute. Continue until cheese is melted.
- Serve with tortilla chips.
2 comments:
Sorry to hear about your back. I had to have back surgery a few years ago, so I know what kind of pain you're talking about. Definitely makes it hard to stand in the kitchen all day sometimes. Love me some Queso dip!
Aaaahhh!!! I LOVE VELVEETA and ROTEL! Its the ONLY way I can eat velveeta :) As a matter of fact I have these very ingredients in my pantry right now...watch out waist line, here comes queso goodness LOL :)
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