Cheesy Corn Tortillas

Cheese stuffed Corn Tortilla

About this Recipe

I make this for so, so many reasons.  As a quick snack, as a side-starch for a main meal, or even for a party platter.  My family enjoys this basic recipe for breakfast, lunch, dinner or even as a I mentioned before as a snack.  They are so quick & easy to make too.

RECIPE

Very lightly grease a non-stick pan with butter.  

Place tortilla(s) in the pan to lightly brown on 1 side.

When side facing up begins to form small bubbles, usually it's time to flip it.

While side 1 is browning, shred your favorite cheese.

After flipping the tortilla, place 1/2 oz. of shredded cheese on 1/2 of tortilla.

Fold tortilla over in 1/2.  Brown both 1/2 sides of the tortilla.

Price of the Meal

1 extra thick corn tortilla -  12 cents

1/2 ounce cheese - 16 cents

butter - 5 cents

utility to cook - 50 cents

Total cost = 82 cents

Prep & Cook Time

Warm pan - 1 minute

Shredding cheese 1 minute

Browning of both sides of tortilla - 4 mins.

Total time = 5 minutes

TIP OF THE DAY

After cooking, let it cool approx. 1 min so that you can cut it without all the cheese just oozing completely out.  Cut it quarters.  Serve with a choice of dipping condiments such as salsa Verde, guacamole, spicy salsa, or even just sour cream.  

Avocado, Egg, and Pasta Salad

About the Recipe 

I recently started enjoying avocados.  In fact I had not tried 1 until quiet recently.  I am attempting to modify my diet to include healthy fats, such as that comes from this SUPER fruit.  So I will interject avocado into many of recipes now.  

Recipe

Using 1 hard boiled egg that's been chopped up as finely as you prefer, add avocado paste, then 1 teaspoon of mayo.  Once those 2 main ingredients are fully integrated, add left over cooked pasta of your liking.  I used multi colored pasta for mainly this pictures sake.  Normally I prefer to use healthier pasta but the picture above would of looked so white.

Mind you, you can add shredded carrots, beets, blanched sweet potatoes for color,   I sometimes like to blanch broccoli & then shred off the tops of it as a final garnish.  Unfortunately I didn't have any of the other produce products on hand.

Price of the Meal

Doz Eggs = $3.50 so 1 egg approx 30 cents

Avocado $1.50

Mayo = jar $4.00 so 1 teaspoon approx 5 cents

Pasta $2.10 = 1b. can be used 4 meals so 51 cents

Utility needed - $1.00 (inc. gas & elec.)

1 meal = approx $3.35

Prep and Cook Time

Boiling Eggs - 10 mins tops for Jumbo

Boiling Pasta - 8 minutes 

Tip of the Day 

When boiling pasta; especially in the summer months, it's best to boil the whole 1 lb. box/bag.  Separate the pound of cooked pasta into 2 or 4 small seal-able plastic bags.  (I'm only cooking for 2, so I usually do 4, 1/4 oz. baggie portions.)

Since the pasta is already cooked it can be added as a last minute to so many dishes.  Leaving it undressed (meaning sans butter, sauces, etc) is preferable.