I didn't really feel like cooking much last night, but I was definitely hungry... so I debated with myself back and forth... did I want to order in, or suck it up and make something?
Reason took over, thankfully, and I cooked up something quick. And fairly delicious! In thinking about it, we'll say it was a nod to Cinco de Mayo, since it was Mexican-inspired.
I had picked up some ready made corn tortillas. (These are soft - not tortilla chips.) If you've never used these before, I highly HIGHLY recommend them. They're made with 3 ingredients: corn, water, lime, and so soooo much better for you than the flour ones). I had made my own a number of times when I lived in Mexico - and they even passed the very high quality test I was put through :-) But I didn't feel like making my own last night, and these are cheap and so easy. You can find them in pretty much most grocery stores.
I used a can of fat-free refried black beans - the pinto ones are also good, but I was in the mood for black beans. I heated up the beans in a pot on the stove with chopped onion, garlic, and a little vegetable broth. That's it. As that cooked, I warmed up a couple tortillas on an ungreased pan (turn the heat up high, put the tortilla on there for about 10 seconds or so, until it puffs a bit. Flip it, another 10 seconds, done.)
I spread some beans in each tortilla, topped with some fresh cilantro and some store-bought salsa, and dinner was ready. Under 10 min, delicious, healthy.
I used to make my own (super authentic) salsa, but again, I wasn't in the mood. This totally passed.
No pics of it today - I was feeling a bit lazy. But it's delicious and you'll see them soon since I plan to make more of them in the very near future.
Especially since I have quite a lot of the bean mixture left, and plenty of tortillas left. I definitely am going to make my own salsa though. It gave me such a flashback to making these (at the ungodly hour of 6am) in my kitchen in Mexico, to bring them to work and be judged...
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