Homemade tortillas/chips, and delicious healthy nachos!

Hi Mom!  You said I should write a blog about food, here it is!  For you and me to read!  The first thing I want to say is thanks!  Thanks for inspiring me to get my family eating well.  Thanks for answering my questions!  Thanks for being a great example!  Thanks for learning enough about food to use it to BEAT CANCER!  Mom, You=Super Mega Ultra Lightening Babe Awesome.  Period!

So!  Today's food adventure begins with my four children at home.  Plus two little boys I was babysitting.  Plus five nieces and nephews.  In my past life, this level of kid-ness and loudness would have put one thing on my mind.  Brownies.  Now.

But since I threw the brownie mixes away and my recipes in the dungeon, I thought of something else instead.  Something I have always wanted to try and perfect.  Something I have wasted so many ingredients on trying to figure out.  Something I figured I was culturally incapable of making.  Whole wheat tortillas.  Can I just say success happened in my kitchen today?  It went from chaos, noise, and insanity to pure joy when I made these tortillas today!  They were excellent!  So here's the recipe and scoop from 100 Days of Healthy Eating:

Homemade Whole Wheat Tortillas
2 1/2 C whole wheat flour
1/2 C healthy oil
1 t salt
1 C warm water

Combine the flour, oil, salt in  mixer.  Set it on low speed and beat it up for about 3-4 minutes.  Then slllloooowwwlly add the water.  At this point you give your mixer a little pat on the head as you let it do it's job of kneading this dough for the next 3-4 minutes.  After that, roll the dough into a log shape. Cut it down the middle, then cut those pieces down the middle, then cut those pieces down the middle, etc until you have 16 pieces.  Roll the pieces until they are in a ball.  Grab yourself a plate or something glass and flat, and press down individually on all the dough balls until they are the shape of pretty flat discs.  Cover the discs and let them sit 15-20 minutes.  Heat up the griddle, roll those suckers out on a floured surface until they are thin thin thin!  Cook about 30 seconds per side then enjoy!

Homemade Tortilla Chips
Lightly oil one side of the tortilla and sprinkle lightly with salt and seasoning.  Or not. Cut up your fanciful and delicious homemade tortillas into whatever shape you'd like. Bake at 400 for about 8 minutes.  These little beaut's burn quick so watch them like a dingo watches a human baby.



Yummo-rific Pretty Health Nachos
Tortilla chips
1 can black beans
Cheese
Taco Seasoning
Tomato
Avacado
Salsa
Cilantro

Cook your black beans in your taco seasoning (homemade blend is fab!) then spread your chips in a pan and cover the chips with black beans.  Next the cheese, then bake at 350 for ten minutes until the cheese is melty. Serve with the afore mentioned toppings and enjoy!  Obviously these are made healthier by going easy on the cheese, but I'll tell you what, my kids from a-z loved this meal!