Day 140: All-In-One-Place Mexcian!

Each of the items that made up tonight's fun, delicious, and very satisfying meal have been recorded here before, but not in one place.  So I've decided to not just reference their locations, but to re-write the recipes here.  Sometimes, it helps to be reminded of recipes you've seen in the past and wanted to try but then forgot about them--at least, I think so!

Chicken Taco Rice
1 lb chicken breast (cooked either by the stovetop or oven, then shredded)

13 oz chicken broth
8 oz tomato sauce
1 package taco seasoning mix
1 cup frozen corn
1 red and yellow peppers, cut in strips
1 1/2 cups of rice, cooked
shredded cheese
tortilla chips

In a small pot, bring the broth, tomato sauce, and seasoning to a boil and add the cooked chicken, peppers, and corn.  Bring to a boil again to cook the peppers and corn.  Serve over the rice with cheese on top and tortilla chips for scooping/shoveling into your mouth! :)
Variations: 
*No taco seasoning?  No problem!  If you have Southwestern seasoning, that works just as well--use a couple tablespoons.  Or you can combine some paprika, cumin, chili powder, chipotle chili powder, salt, pepper and use that!  Put some seasoning on the chicken, too, before you cook it!!!
*No chicken broth?  Beef broth adds a nice extra boldness to the dish, and I've actually come to prefer it over the chicken broth.

Homemade Guacamole
4 avocadoes
1/2 jalapeno, chopped
2-3 cloves of garlic, chopped
1/2 red onion, chopped
juice and zest of 1 lime
hot sauce, to taste
salt, pepper, to taste
chipotle chili powder, to taste
Mix ingredients in the bowl of a food processor.  Blend until desired consistency.  *Be liberal with the salt!  Avocados are very mild, so the salt will really help to bring out the flavor.

Classic Margarita (makes 2)
So yeah, we had margaritas on a Monday night.  But, Randy normally works his 2nd job at night and he has this week off, so we're celebrating!  And by "celebrating", I mean, drinking margaritas while I force him to help fold clothes, watch the Bachelorette, and help with school work. ;)  At least we have great drinks!

2 oz Triple Sec
4 oz lime juice
6 oz tequila
ice
salt

Run a lime wedge around a glass rim and coat with kosher salt.  Fill the glass with ice.  Shake the Triple Sec, lime juice, and tequila together and pour over ice. Garnish with lime wedge.