VeggiesandValentino

Hey everyone! Sorry I’m a day lat on posting since I made this meal for dinner late last night! The Ellie recipe was very good and super adaptable to what you like (I left out the chicken). Check out the original recipe here. 

The most exciting part of this recipe for me was that I decided to make my own tortillas which I have never attempted before. Being the spinach lover that I am I decided to make spinach tortillas because I though they would go great with the spinach inside of Ellie’s recipe. Tortillas are actually really easy to make, but it was hard to get the dough rolled out really thin without sticking! To help with this problem I sprayed wax paper with olive oil spray and used the rollomh pin to roll them out on top of this. I thought they turned out really yummy but not quite as pliable as I would have liked, maybe because I was trying to not add a ton of oil… oh well, it’s a work in progress! 

Here what it looked like after a added some filling and was letting it melt in the skillet. 

Yummmmm melty cheeseeeeeee

The finished product! 

Here is the recipe I used to make the tortillas, I looked at some other ones the just made up my own recipe based on those!

Whole Wheat Spinach Tortillas 

1 10 oz box of frozen chopped spinach cooked in the microwave, don’t drain it, just add the spinach water into the flour mix!

1 cup whole wheat flour

1 cup whole wheat pastry flour

1/2 tsp. sea salt

1 tablespoon olive oil

to taste add any of the following, garlic powder, seasoned salt, cayenne, basil….whatever you love!

1. In a mixing bowl, combine flour, salt, pepper, and oil. Stir until crumbly.

3. Add the (hot or warm) spinach mixture, including the water left  from cooking. Knead  adding additional flour as needed  to make a smooth dough. Knead dough for about 5 minutes.

4. Divide dough into 4 parts (for 10 to 12-inch tortillas) or more (for smaller tortillas).

5. Pre-heat a griddle or large skillet over medium heat. Spray with cooking spray. Add the tortilla and cook about 30 seconds until flipping and then on the other side. Make sure they are getting those nice brown spots! 

Start cooking the tortillas while you are still rolling out the rest of the dough. Stack cooked tortillas on a plate or in a bowl with a clean towel around them, until all are cooked. Serve warm, filled with any of your fav. fillings!

On another note its the weekend, yay!!!! Can’t wait for hang out time with my man If you get bored this weekend stop by JCrew.com, they are having a great fall sale, I got a bunch of great stuff for great prices! I always love getting those online- shopping boxes delivered to my house, its like a holiday!