Paella with friends

I had a proud moment today. A big deal for me, I did something that only my husband was famous for being good at making, Spanish paella. Back at home we cook it a lot, this is my mom's and brother's recipe, although I remember many years ago when my dad started trying to make paella, he would try all kinds of things and he seemed to never be satisfied with something about it although we all thought it was pretty good. My husband used to say that in Spain the paellas in restaurants were no good and the ones at home were way better. Maybe we never got lucky at restaurants but for sure the ones at home are always good.

Hoy tuve un momento de orgullo. Una gran cosa para mi, hice algo que solo mi marido era famoso por darsele muy bien, paella de EspaNa. En casa la cocinamos a menudo, esta es la receta de mi madre y de mi hermano, aunque recuerdo hace muchisimos aNos a mi padre intentando hacer paella, intentaba todo tipo de cosas cada vez y parecia nunca estar satisfecho aunque nosotros siempre pensabamos que estaba muy rica. Mi marido solia decir que en EspaNa las paellas de los restaurantes no eran buenas y que las de casa eran muchisimo mas ricas. Quizas nunca tuvimos suerte con los restaurantes pero lo que esta claro es que en casa siempre estan buenisimas.

My neighbor works at a brazilian restaurant and he enjoys cooking, so when I told him about making paella together he was very excited and decided to ask for a day off to do it. He worked like crazy yesterday because of father's day, so today he just stayed at home waiting for that paella. He went shopping and bought all kinds of delicious seafood and chicken, some rice and clam juice. The rest of ingredients were here already. I followed my mom's recipe and we cooked it outside in the gas burner. I was worried about it because I have never used it but with my neighbor's help it worked perfectly and the results were really good. We all enjoyed it so much, I really think I should make this once a week, or at least every time my neighbor takes a day off. What a nice evening, good food and good friendship.

Mi vecino trabaja en un restaurante BrasileNo y le encanta cocinar, asi que cuando le dije que hicieramos paella juntos se emociono y decidio pedir un dia libre para hacerlo. Trabajo como un loco ayer por ser el dia del padre, asi que hoy se quedo en casa esperando a la paella. Se fue de compras y compro todo tipo de mariscos buenisimos y pollo, algo de arroz y jugo de almejas. El resto de los ingredientes estaban aqui ya. Segui la receta de mi madre y la cocinamos fuera en el fogon de gas. Me tenia preocupada porque nunca lo habia usado pero con la ayuda de mi vecino funciono perfectamente y los resultados fueron excelentes. La disfrutamos muchisim, creo que deberia hacerla una vez a la semana, o por lo menos cada vez que mi vecino tenga un dia libre. Que velada mas agradable, buena comida y buenas amistades.