As the year of handmade plods along, I am finding the idea of making stuff I'd usually buy creeping into unexpected places - like my dinner table.
My kiddo is a picky, picky eater. One thing she will eat with gusto are quesadillas (which she calls tacatillos - one of my new favorite words). As I reached for yet another package of store bought tortillas I saw how many strange ingredients and preservatives were listed on the package. I remembered hearing how easy tortillas were to make so I put the package back, and vowed to give it a try.
Guess what? They were easy, delicious, and so satisfying to make - only 5 ingredients, all of which I had on hand. Mine (above) were not perfectly round, but they tasted delicious. I used this recipe - I used vegetable shortening instead of lard, and they were still tasty.
Yay for handmade food!
3 comments:
This is so cool! I am going to try it, too! I love the word tacotillas!
I love this! I was just looking for tortilla recipes myself. I had been buying organic tortillas (because of that ingredient list you mentioned) and then I did the math- fifty cents PER tortilla! Insane! I've actually read that they freeze well- you could probably even pull them out for some on demand "tacotilla" making when necessary! Thanks for the lovely post!
I've never tried making hand made tortillas. My SIL used to do it all the time. I'll have to give it a try sometime. But it's so much easier just buying them. I guess I'm just lazy. Thanks for sharing though and thanks for visiting my blog & wishing me happy birthday. I really appreciate it.
Kim
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