Oh Acme Juicer – you’ve done right by me.

The green just flows so easily from your spout.

You’ve made me countless glasses of green juice.

And some red juice too.

We’ve had a lot of fun together.

You’ve made me smile.

You’ve made me cry.

But now it’s time to say farewell. I’m sure you’ll enjoy your new home with Mallory, wherever it is that Mallory lives. I’m sure she’ll take good care of you will appreciate you as much as I did.

She’s all yours Mallory! Send me your mailing address to mamasweeds@gmail.com and the Acme beast will be on it’s way to you tomorrow!

So where were we? Oh yes. When we were last together my beans were taking a spa in the crock pot.

Eight or so hours later and I had myself some un-fried re-fried beans. I added a lot more cumin, chili powder and salt throughout the day, to get the spices to my liking. I mashed them with a potato masher about half way through and then continued to stir them every hour or so.

The majority was transferred from the crock pot into a separate dish.

The rest were transferred to a whole wheat tortilla for quesadillas.

Topped with a little cheese and a second tortilla to be transferred to my mouth.

I’ll stop now and won’t elaborate on where the beans will be transferred next.

One more shot, let’s take it from the top! Served with a helping of some homemade guac.

Now I’m off to fetch some tissues, my little trip down memory juice lane has me misting up.