Lunch
Quesadillas

Cocktail hour
Acapulcos
Tequila ghosts

Recipes:

QUESADILLAS
Plain ol' Mexican grilled cheeses. I couldn't bear to heat up the house because it's sweltering already, so I just made these. They are good, though!

Per quesadilla:
1 tsp. vegetable oil
2 large (burrito-sized) flour tortillas
1 oz. sharp Cheddar cheese, grated
2 oz. queso fresco or another mild, moist cheese, crumbled
1/8 to 1/4 c. chopped cilantro
half a hot banana pepper, sliced very thin
sour cream
tomato salsa

Glaze a skillet very lightly but thoroughly with oil (you can even use a nonstick spray) and heat it over a medium flame until hot. Place one tortilla in the pan, sprinkle with half the cheese, sprinkle with cilantro and banana pepper, and then top with the remaining cheese. Press the other tortilla on top.
When the first side is golden-brown and crispy and the cheese holds the tortillas together, flip and finish on the second side.
Cut into quarters and serve with sour cream and salsa.

ACAPULCO
Today's cocktail hour was the result of our being out of all of the normal kinds of liquor (e.g., vodka, gin, bourbon, etc.). The responsibility fell on me, the "trained" bartender, to thumb through the manual and start testing new concoctions. I discovered a couple of great summer drinks as a result.
This first one has something akin to meringue on top and is kind of like a cross between a mojito and a margie.

Per drink:
1 tsp. sugar
a small sprig of mint
1 shot light rum or tequila (we used a tequila-flavored rum that's been sitting around the house ever since we got it for free sometime last year)
half a shot triple sec
half a shot fresh lime juice
1 egg white

Muddle the sugar and mint thoroughly. Add to a shaker with ice and the remainder of the ingredients. Shake very vigorously and chuck into a Collins glass, ice and all.

TEQUILA GHOST
Per drink:
1 1/2 shots tequila
half a shot of anisette
half a shot of fresh lemon juice
Sprite or 7-Up

Fill a highball glass loosely with ice.
In a shaker, combine tequila, anisette, and lemon juice with additional ice. Shake thoroughly and strain into highball glass. Fill to the top with Sprite.