The Story Of Us

There we have it, Ramadan has come and gone and it almost flew right by with the exception of a few days when we though it would never end. (Most of us have been fasting even before we hit puberty.. our first fast being around the age of 6 or 7, some even younger) The first day was difficult.. as in I think I might die of starvation. After those first two days things got much better and I was in the mood to cook. M felt that after a long day of fasting dinner should be something special, like a reward. So we feasted. We added a glass of juice and finished the night with fruit or ice cream. But as days went on my enthusiasm started to falter. It wasn't the hunger that was my problem is was mainly the lack of caffeine.. so I cooked some days and then days came were I went back to simpler meals and even leftovers camouflaged as new. By the time we were into week three and especially week four, the finish line was within reach but the lack of sleep was catching up with us and we

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The dreaded question in every household is always 'What do you want for dinner?' My mom used to ask us this everyday.. we would be getting ready to go to school and why mom would ask us these six words and it was so annoying.. why did she always have to ask us that! Just make anything.. we would say.  Some years go by and here I am asking my husband that same question.. and he just as annoyed as I was back then tell we to make just anything.. I ask him to narrow down to an ethnicity maybe..a style of cooking.. are you in a rice type of mood or maybe some sort of pasta? He usually is still of no help.. but then there are those rare wonderful days when he will say 'How about a burger?' and I could not be happier.   I had seen this  Green Chile Cheeseburger  recipe courtesy of Guy Fieri some time ago. I had liked the sauce that he had made by roasting onions and peppers.. we are spice loving people so this was going to be perfect. I used ground beef instea