Flour Tortillas

Since I decided to go vegetarian last week, I've been feeling kinda bored with the things I've been eating. Eggs for breakfast, salad or vegetables for lunch, salad or vegetables for dinner, and yogurt as a snack in between meals. I mean, I'm not going to spend all day cooking some nice vegetarian dish that no one is going to eat except me. Anyway, while looking for some inspiration, I found this cookbook online, Veganomicon, which put me in a cooking mood. (& I was pretty hungry since all I had for dinner was a caesar salad). I decided to try & make some homemade flour tortillas & they were actually really good. Definitely different from store bought tortillas.

I couldn't find a recipe that I liked, but I got the basic concept and did it my own way. I mixed 2 cups of white flour, 3/4 cup of warm water, little bit of salt, and 1 tablespoon of canola oil. I was looking for a tortilla that had some fat in it, but not butter or lard. I let the dough sit covered for about 30minutes, and then rolled it into 16 little balls. Zach & I figured that each tortilla was about 60 calories. I rolled them out as thin as I could and then put them on a hot unoiled skillet for about 30 seconds on each side. When it starts to bubble, it's time to flip them over. Stack the cooked tortillas inside a folded cloth towel & put them in a ziplock; close the bag and let tortillas steam and soften.

They turned out pretty well. I told Zach I felt like a little old Mexican lady rolling out all those tortillas. I think next time I want to try it with a tablespoon or 2 of butter instead of the oil to see if there is a difference in taste. It would only add maybe 5 more calories per tortilla. It was a pretty good night time snack - we just put a little cheese on them and dipped them in salsa.