"Rice" & Beans

Nothing much to mention today, gave up on walking and studying and went for a run instead :) Over a week of just walking and studying and running feels like the best present ever. It also helps my music has entered the 21st century!

I'm all about not wasting food and the half a head of cauliflower kept staring at me from the fridge. I'm running low on food ideas (still haven't repeated!) but my protein sources are also becoming limited in the house (I refuse to go grocery shopping until all the vegetables lying around are gone, this might take awhile b/c those silly cucumbers). Not that I'm sure M&D are testing my food for a balanced plate, but I care!

I finally got around to trying to make my own tortillas (more about that later), but first I want to talk about my filler. I won't have nutrition facts b/c I'm not entirely sure how many servings I ended up with...sorry!

This is a great dish by itself as a salad, wrapped into a burrito or on the side of some cheese quesadillas. Feel free to change up the ingredients or add more spices based on your preference. I think I got about 6 cups. If you want to get crazy, make it a filler for tacos.

I've heard making corn tortillas is very easy, but I never knew just how easy (it's just the process of flattening them enough that's tricky). This recipe comes from the lean green bean. I used only half the salt amount and I think it tasted fine. I also only had corn meal so I ground that a bit through the food processor to get it to be as fine as corn flour. I doubled the recipe but only made 8 tortillas total (her recipe makes 8 per recipe) b/c my small ones made the ittiest little tortillas ever and I wanted tacos. Will have to figure out how much I can flatten before I tear them apart. I used plastic wrap as a base and a square of parchment paper for the top to flatten the balls out, and I think the parchment paper sticks to the wheels less. Once these bad boys were done, I topped with the "rice" and beans, leftover brussels sprout salad and some hot sauce :) Yum!

I love leftovers!