Tortilla LOVE & Recipe

Hello Again,

I am trying to keep up with my blog these days - we shall see how that goes...

Life has been so busy .....with try to keep up with all the watering in the greenhouse

Plus- Cooking and Baking like Crazy and Spring Cleaning....ugh all keeping me busy....

Im exhausted these days....

Anyhow...I have really been cooking up a ton of Tortillas ... I try to make them on a regular basis -but life gets in the way...

Plus I want the recipe to stay fresh in my head .

Here is the recipe I use for Fresh Flour Tortillas:

2 cups flour
1⁄2 teaspoon salt
1⁄4 cup vegetable shortening or 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon baking powder
1⁄2 cup warm water (may possibly need to add more, up to 3/4 cup) or 1⁄2 cup milk (may possibly need to add more, up to 3/4 cup)

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Mixed the flour , salt , baking powder first then mix in the vegetable shortening - then the water... You get this ball or Tortilla dough

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Cover Ball of Dough with towel or plastic wrap for 20-30 minutes
#Tortilla #Recipe

I roll little balls with my fingers that look like this #Tortillas

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They look like this right before I start rolling them out..

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First couple of rolls of the Tortilla

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Tortilla all rolled out and ready for the hot pan

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Tortilla bubbling in the hot pan
Almost ready to eat! #yum

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All the Tortilla go in this nice basket to stay warm

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My favorite Mexican basket full of freshly made warm Tortilla 
Now time to dig in ...Yummy

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The First Cilantro leaves picked from my Cilantro plant were perfect or a taco.

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Cilantro fixes perfectly in my Taco of Machacado
Aka Shredded beef made with eggs, onions, tomatoes
Yumminess for sure Mexican food at its best.

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I hope this helps you make some delicious Tortillas and Tacos!

Happy Cooking!

Let's Talk Movies,TvShows and Enchiladas

Hello Everyone,

Lately, I have been catching up on all the Movies & TV Shows I have been dying to watch!

The Guardians of the Galaxy~

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I LOVED The Guardians of the Galaxy!!!!

My favorite character was GROOT!!! I AM GROOT!!!

I Also watched TAMMY!!!!

W/The Amazing Melissa McCarthy!!!

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That Movie made me Laugh sooooo Hard!!!

I Have not laughed that hard in soo looong! :)

I LOVE Melissa McCarthy!

She makes me LOL A lot!

One of my Favorite Tv Shows is MODERN FAMILY!!

I Love Modern Family!

It is always so funny and honest...

I have watched from the very beginning when it first came out..

but I have missed a few episodes here and there..so it was time to catch up...

I have a been watching Season1-4so far!

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I am also catching up on the on Brooklyn 99 which I am really Loving!!!

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Brooklyn is soo FUN , FUNNY AND Fresh!

I loved Adam Sandberg on SNL & now on Brooklyn99!!!!

Okay, if your interested here is the Enchilada Recipe & Cheese Sauce we ate for the Movies! ;)

I Love Enchiladas! One of my favorite foods!

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Cheese Sauce :

Velveeta cheese

1lb of browned ground beef

1lb of browned ground sausage

2 cans of green chilies

2 cans of rotel chilies

All melted together in a crockpot

Cheesy Beef Enchilada Recipe :

Ingredients -

Cheese Sauce

Shredded Sharp Cheddar Cheese 

Browned Ground Beef w/ diced onions and green chilies from a can.

Corn Tortillas

First I run the Corn tortillas thru a sizzling pan of oil...a bit greasy -yes

but trust me its the best way to soften your tortillas nicely ....

you can give them a little tap with a paper towel...

you dip sizzle the tortilla for a min and fill with a bit of the beef and cheese...

boom , boom ,boom

and roll in the pan and move on the the next tortilla until your pan is full...


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When the pan is full of rolled up naked tortillas you then add the Cheese Sauce if you make it plus the rest of the Beef & Cheese to the Top!

Toss in the Oven for a min for the whole pan to melt the cheese nicely and Boom time to EAT!

YUM- I might have to make another pan- just talking about making them is making me hungry...lol

Good Luck! If you have questions feel free to ask! :)

I Hope Yall have a Good Thursday!

Cooking these days....Plus Fun & Easy Chicken Taco Recipe

Sooo as yall can tell- I have been doing more reading and watching movies than anything....

Reason for that is that I pulled my back out again...so I was down most of last month and most of this month....

Anyhow.... I was not able to Cook, Garden and etc...not going to lie it was kinda depressing and lonely but my little kiddo and Hubby were what kept me going...and a lot of physical therapy!

I am sooooooooo HAPPY to be back and up doing much better!!

Last week I was able to Grill sooo Excited!!! lol

Chicken Breast, onions , tomatoes / All in that order !

1 after the other...stove top w/ a bit of oil in a pan...

Halved my Garden Tomatoes and tossed with S&P !! 

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After it all was cooked-up I tossed it in a glass bowl & covered it with foil to stay warm.... 

I lowered the heat on the stove top and popped the tortillas (corn,flour,wheat-whatever you want..i used flour ) in the same pan to heat them thru nicely with a little flavor! As Mrs. Carla Hall from 1 of my fav. Cooking shows says .." there is flavor in the brown." LOL Love her...(off topic again....I am totally random...I know..lol)

When those where done I tossed them on a piece of foil and paper towel (1 on top of another)

added some cheese and the chicken, onion, tomato mix on............squish a lime or lemon if you want and a little cilantro or sour cream (whatever you want or got) don't stress about it....

They are supposed to be Easy at home....

My finished Grilled Chicken Tacos! Happiness!!! Love these!!! :)

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Maybe tomorrow can be #TacoTuesday!! :)

All you need is :

Chicken Breast

onions

tomatoes

tortillas

And any extra toppings like sour cream, cheese and etc...

Happy Cooking !!! :)

I LOVE FOOOD PT2. plus a Great Bread Recipe!

I Have really been Cooking away lately! Made some Super Cute Hello Kitty Cupcakes with my Kido!




* Hello Kitty CupCake set-
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*Freshly Baked Cakes-


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Since I have a ton of Chile's available plus a couple of tomatoes here and there I had to make a little salsa ! I just threw a few chilies , tomatoes , garlic in a pan til blackened, blistered then peel garlic and cut tops of peppers ...and into the blender they go...add salt pepper lime juice , fresh cilantro as you blend and your done! Add diced onions at the end and mix with a spoon! ENJOY! :)


the chilies


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the salsa


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TaCos I had to make to Go with the TaCos! ;)


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I also have a lot of Zucchini right now - http://instagram.com/p/pwYhWOmoB9/?modal=true


 so I decided to try out http://instagram.com/p/p19IJrGoAL/?modal=true




this Banana Zucchini Bread Recipe -


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I got it from Pinterest - It really turned out AMAZING!!!!!! I did not add the cinnamon or nuts...




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Bread was Hubby and Kid Approved!


Enjoy Cooking & Baking! And Eating! ;)

I LOVE FOOOD & Julia Child!!

I realllly Love Food , Cooking and Baking! Im not great :) 


But- I am a everyday home cook.


My Hero and Inspiration is My Grandmother who passed when I was 18 & Julia Child!


My Grandma made Tortillas everyday ,every morning and also taught me to make them as well.
 (might need to make a tortillas tutorial)


Anyhow...I Really Love Julia Child & the Movie Julie & Julia !!


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 Sooo as I was watching the Movie the other day I was inspired to make the is awesome appetizer ~




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A Mix of Garden Tomatoes , salt ,pepper and basil


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on toasted French bread loaf with olive oil ..sooo Good




btw its where Julie is talking about writing a blog with her hubby ...




Must watch the Movie if you haven't yet!! Meryl and Amy Adams are AWESOME!!!




Who is your Food Inspiration ?


Happy Eating! ;)