Black Bean and Corn Quesadillas

At about 9 o'clock this evening, I finally got tired of waiting for my parents to come home from work (and a visit to the grocery store), and decided I was going to make dinner without them.  Being car-less and past the closing time of all food stores within reasonable walking distance (2-5 miles).

So I was left with three options:

1- Forage for leftovers (but really what fun is that?)
2- Throw together whatever I can find from the cabinets
3- Don't eat.

Naturally, I decided to go the more adventurous route and see what kind of concoction I could scrounge up from the random foodstuffs in the cupboards and fridge.

Originally, we were going to have tacos for dinner... so my mind was kind of in the "fake Mexican food" mood and mode.  So with that in mind, I started opening cupboards.

The spoils of pillaging?

1 can of black beans
1 can of corn
1 can of petite diced tomatoes
1 can of diced green chilies (fire roasted for extra fancy!)
garlic
sharp cheddar cheese
flour tortillas of an unknown age and without an expiration date (but not moldy, so okay?) (I recommend knowing the age of the food in your cupboards and fridge... just as a good, sanitary health practice.)

So here's how this went down.

Pour a tablespoon or so of oil into a large skillet/frying pan thingy.  Add 3-5 cloves of crushed garlic... and let that heat for a few minutes.

Drain and rinse black beans.  Drain corn and tomatoes.

Add black beans, corn, tomatoes, and green chilies to skillet.

Stir occasionally and heat/cook until excess water/juice is gone... but don't dry it out.  Remove from heat.

In a separate frying pan/skillet thing, heat a tablespoon or so of oil, and flop down your first tortilla.

Sprinkle plenty of grated cheese on the tortilla in the pan and then spoon the black bean mixture on top of the cheese... as thick as you'd like! (I did about 1/4-1/2 inch.)

Place the second tortilla on top.

Flip.

Cook on the other side.

Slide off pan onto [clean] counter, cutting board, or plate.

Cut into wedges/slices.

Garnish with lettuce and sour cream.

Take pictures for blog (but not very good ones because you're too hungry and it's getting cold).

Consume ferociously.

I Want to Blog!

Hello Universe, how are you this evening?

I don't know what it is exactly, but I've really wanted to blog lately. My problem, is I can't exactly think of anything to say. It's not like I have time to do anything fun. Mostly my life is pretty boring. At least at the moment. All I do these days is go to class and do lots of homework. It isn't terribly exciting. Maybe this desire to blog is really from a wish for something about which I could blog.

Hmmm...

Well, the only fun thing I've done semi-recently... I've started to design a couple more houses! But I never really get far enough to get past the outlines.

A couple days ago, an old friend contacted me about making a movie this summer. That could be fun right?

And last night I threw together a quick, delicious dinner... that almost sounds blog-worthy, right?

Except it's so simple it's almost embarrassing... but simple is good right? I am in college after all, it's not like I have time to be terribly fancy.

Okay, so, I like cooking, yeah? But it's really hard to cook for just one. So I make things I can cook, eat some, and then freeze some. Recently, I found this cool "saffron" rice mix/dish/thing at the store and I wanted to see if it was any good (because I'm planning on making this Indian dinner for a friend soon). So I whipped it up, but realized, I probably shouldn't eat just rice for dinner. So I dug through my freezer and found a bag of "North African Soup".

Saffron Rice dish + North African Soup = delicious!

It was easy, fast, and oh so tasty! And I felt pretty fancy for making a meal in <20 minutes.

So this is probably enough for now... I guess I'll have to blog about my experimental Indian Food cooking later! Mmm! Mmm! I'm so excited!

Peaces,

~ L