Revoltijo/Mixture

Moni did the cooking today by herself because I was busy finding a word for a translation. Yes, just one word. An important one though, so we had to get other people's assessment.

Moni called me at 4 pm:
"Are you having lunch at home today? Lunch is ready".
(Well, yes in Mexico City we have lunch between 2 and 4 pm.)
It was a delicious lunch:
Noodles soup and vegetable Revoltijo.

The soup was the easiest. Moni poured the contents of the precooked noodles in boiling water.



Well, is that "cooking"?
Maybe that one is more like fast food, but I must say that it is a good idea to have one of these soups handy, especially when you are in a hurry.

But the other one does count as cooking. It was an example of cooking with imagination. It does not have a name so let's call it "Revoltijo" which is a Spanish word that means mixture.



If you are in a rush and you have some vegetables in the fridge, you can always cook a delicious Revoltijo in a few minutes. Of course, there is some chopping involved.

Our ingredients (you can add more or subtract one of these):
Some onion
A bunch of mushrooms
2 celery stalks
2 tomatoes
some parmesan cheese
a pinch of salt
a pinch of pepper

We already had some potatoes cooked (we did it while having lunch yesterday). Celery involves a few more minutes because you have to get rid of the external fiber. You also have to chop the tomatoes (2 small tomatoes for 2 people), and the onion. Then you just heat the pan for one minute, add some oil, cook the onion for 3 minutes; add the tomatoes and cook for 5 minutes; add the potatoes, the celery and cook for another 5 minutes. At the end, you add the mushrooms, the pinch of salt and pepper, and cook for 3 minutes. It takes a little bit more than 20 minutes.

Add some parmesan cheese when serving.