Home made crispy Tortilla Pizza

 

BF texted me a little while before he came home for lunch and requested Tortilla Pizzas for lunch.  Soo.. I figured while I was making them I'd post the recipe and directions for you guys, since this is so yummy and easy to make!

Get out all your pizza ingredients.

You will need:

Flour Tortillas (any size you like), Sauce, cheeese, and any toppings you like.

I actually prefer mine without sauce, so you can make them that way too.

First, you need flour tortillas, you can use any size.  Place them on aluminum foil and then on a cookie sheet.

Then place them in the BROILER in your oven.  Keep a close eye on them.  When one side gets slightly crispy, flip them over until the other side is also crispy.

When they are crispy on both sides, take out of the broiler.  Add your sauce and any toppings you like.

Wrap the edges of the tortillas in aluminum foil, because they tend to burn.  Then place back in the BROILER until all the cheese has melted and they are done to your liking.

When they are done to your liking, remove from broiler, unwrap the aluminum foil from the edges, and devour!   They are SO yummy!!

They are light, thin, crispy, and oh-so-delicious!

Enjoy!

Recipe: Homemade italian chicken soup

My grandma is from Italy, and I spent a LOT of time growing up around her, watching her in the kitchen, learning to cook just like her!  Other than her sauce, this was probably her most requested dish.  Her chicken soup!

You can make it just as is, or pour it over egg noodles, but in my family we pour it over rice!  Brown rice is my favorite with this.

Here's the recipe:

• Clean chicken with cold water and salt.  I put in a whole chicken - you can put in chicken pieces if you'd rather, but you want the skin on, as it gives the soup more flavor.
• Fill a large pan with water, and bring it to a boil.
• Slice carrots (I put in 2 small bags of mini carrots), celery, and put in whole onion - not cut up. (I skip the onion & celery)
• Put chicken in boiling water with the following:
• Dash of crushed mint
• Tbsp of Italian Seasonings
• Tbsp of Parsley flakes
• 4 Tbsp salt
• 1 Teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 of a tiny can of tomato sauce
• Meatballs:
• 1 Lb Hamburg
• 2 Cups bread crumbs
• Handful of parmesan cheese
• Tsp of italian seasonings
• 2 Tbsp garlic powder
• 2 eggs
• salt, pepper
• Roll meatballs into tiny balls, put in boiling soup.  Add handful cheese on top of soup and stir.  Simmer for a few hours.
• Pour over rice and devour!

If using a pressure cooker, just toss all ingredients at the same time into the pressure cooker, and cook on pressure 60-70 for 70 minutes.

Enjoy!

Grilled Ground Beef Gyros

Recipe:

Grilled Ground Beef Gyros

Ingredients:

1 (8 ounce) container plain yogurt
1/3 cup chopped seeded cucumber
2 tablespoons finely chopped onions (I did omit since we don’t like onions)
1 garlic clove, minced
1 teaspoon sugar
Filling
1 lb lean ground beef (or you can use ground turkey)
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1 teaspoon onion powder
1 teaspoon salt
3/4 teaspoon pepper
4 pita breads (store-bought or you can try my easy bread machine pita)
3 cups shredded lettuce
large tomato, chopped
1 small onion, chopped

Directions:

1 In a bowl, combine first 5 ingredients. Cover and refrigerate. In separate bowl, combine ground beef and seasonings. Mix well. Shape into 4 patties. Grill, covered, over medium to high heat for 10 to 12 minutes or until meat is no longer pink, turning once. Cut patties into thin slices. Stuff into pitas. Add lettuce, tomato, and onion. Serve with yogurt sauce.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 22 mins

Recipe Source: Food.com

Chicken Tacos

I hate to admit it, but I didn't think tacos with anything other than hamburger would taste good.  I love chicken, but it never even occurred to me to try chicken tacos.  They just didn't sound that good to me at all.  But when my boyfriend and I were in CA visiting his family last year, his sister made us chicken tacos.  Other than the onions she put in them (yuck!) they were delish!  So we got the recipe from her and now we eat them about 2-3 times a week!

If you like onions, then dice some onions and cook them by themselves until they are caramelized, and then add the following ingredients.  If you don't like onions, then this is how we make them:

All you need is chicken breasts, garlic salt and pepper.  Yep, that's it!

Cut up your chicken breasts, I like to dice them into small pieces.  Sprinkle some garlic salt and pepper on them, and then put them in a hot pan with just a little bit of oil that is already hot.  We like canola oil, as it's healthier than vegetable oil.  Fry the chicken breasts and keep seasoning them with the garlic salt and pepper to taste. 

When the chicken is cooked it will look like this:

  

Now, while I'm cooking the chicken, my boyfriend is frying up some corn tortillas in canola oil.  I used to also think you could only eat processed shells like Ortega.  Wow, was I wrong.  These corn shells fried in oil are the BEST!!

The next and most important step - fill the taco shells, and devour!  My boyfriend likes cheese in his, I like mine just chicken and shells.  Fill with whatever you like.  You will love these!

Enjoy!

CHILI'S chips & salsa recipe!

So, my boyfriend and I are big fans of the restaurant Chili's.   We eat there maybe once or twice a month when possible.  We absolutely LOVE their tortilla chips & salsa.  So much in fact, that we even ordered some to bring home with us a couple of weeks ago.  The other night I decided to do some research and see if I could find their salsa recipe.  And bingo!  Found it.  And I can say this because we made this last night and it smelled and tasted just like we got it at Chili's!

For the chips you can buy chips already made in the stores, but Chris made these from fresh corn tortillas and they were DIVINE!  Just cut up some corn tortillas into triangles, and fry them in canola oil, and then let them drain on paper towels.  Salt if you like, but I actually prefer them unsalted.

And now for the salsa recipe!

Ingredients:

(1) 10 oz can of Ro-Tel

(1) 14.5 oz can whole peeled tomatoes (do NOT drain)

1 1/2 Tbsp finely diced raw jalapeno (include seeds only if you want the salsa hot!)

1/4 cup diced onion

3/4 tsp garlic salt

1/2 tsp cumin

1/4 tsp sugar

Directions:

1.  Place jalepenos and onions in a food processor and run for approx 5-10 seconds.  

2.  Add Ro-Tel, tomatoes, sugar and cumin.

3.  Process all ingredients until thin, but not completely pureed.  Just think of the consistency of Chili's Salsa and aim for that.

4.  Place in a covered container and shill for two hours.

5.  Serve with warm tortilla chips.

ENJOY!