Remember the time when tortillas saved the day?
Oh, you have no idea what I'm talking about?
The
truth is...
When
your pantry is kind of bare or you really don't want to cook, you can pretty
much put anything on a tortilla and call it dinner.
I'm
only telling you this because I've been there. Flour and corn tortillas are one
of the must have staples for my kitchen. My favorite time to stock up on them
is when I can get the packages for one dollar or less. Tortillas freeze well,
so it's smart to pick up a few packages when the price is low. I've created
countless tortilla dishes and put together some surprisingly delicious flavor
combinations out of sheer necessity.
With
a little creativity you can achieve culinary greatness with tortillas and
create nutritious and satisfying meals for any meal of the day.
Breakfast:
Egg, Sausage and Cheese Breakfast Burritos
Egg, Bacon and Potato Burritos
Potato and Salsa Burritos
Snacks:
Tortilla Chips and Crisps: Cut tortillas into triangles, spray with a
little vegetable oil and bake until crisp. You can season them with anything
under the sun. Salt, sugar, herbs, honey, cinnamon..
Make Tortilla wraps with cream cheese and herbs, or cream cheese and
fruit
Lunch:
Anything goes. If you can put on regular bread, it's considered a sandwich.
Trust me, just put it on a tortilla.
Ham and Cheese
Tuna Melts
Peanut butter and jelly roll up
Cream cheese and ham
Swiss cheese and ham
Dinner:
A small amount of meat or seafood can go a long way. “Tortilla”-anything
is a great way to use up the odds and ends hanging around in your refrigerator.
GRATUITOUS WORD PROBLEM
Let's say you made steaks for everyone last night and there is only one steak left over. Let's say you have a family of 4.
Shred the steak and apply this formula:
Complicated mathematical formula for SLU3
(Steak Leftover Usage Cubed) which will yield D4
(Steak Leftover Usage Cubed) which will yield D4
STEAK X CHEESE X TORTILLAS=DINNER for four (SLU3=SCT=D4)
Yep. Problem solved!
Add a side salad or a quick vegetable and you're done.
You can make this work for nearly any leftover meat or seafood.
Add a side salad or a quick vegetable and you're done.
You can make this work for nearly any leftover meat or seafood.
Just put a little protein on the tortilla and load it up with
vegetables, add cheese or beans and there you have it!
A
few ideas:
Tortilla
Pizzas
Quesadillas
Open
Face Tacos
Here
are some great ingredient ideas so you can mix it up with different
combinations to make some nice tortilla creations:
Start
with a flour or corn tortilla...
Add:
Any
type of meat or seafood or go vegetarian with beans
Mix it up:
Beans
(pinto,kidney, garbanzos, black beans)
Cheese
(string cheese, cheddar, pepper jack)
Cream
Cheese
Herbs
(Parsley, Chives, Green Onions, Cilantro)
Coleslaw
Mix
Shredded
Cabbage or Carrots
Onions,
Mushrooms, Tomatoes, Cucumber and Lettuces
Avocado
Fruit
(Mango, Apple, Raisins)
Red
Onion
Peanut
Butter and Jelly
Cinnamon
Honey
Bananas
Spices
Of course,
this ingredient list is not all-inclusive.
Let what you
have on hand inspire your inner frugal chef!
Here are a few
good tortilla based recipes from www.dinnertool.com
(If you don't
have the heavy cream, I'm sure it's still very good with strawberries alone)
So now you have a reason to say,
"Remember that time when tortillas saved the day?"
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