Two great tastes....

I haven't shared that many of my recipes here. I am not a cook by trade. Actually, I'm kind of a horrible cook. I'm pretty good with salads because, although some assembly may be required, there's no COOKING involved.

I have absolutely NO "training." I have a few things that I know work, for example, caramelized onions make most savory things taste AWESOME. Fresh garlic is my friend. Don't overheat oil. Small stuff like that. However, my parents never taught me how to cook. I have a few cookbooks and when I follow them, the results are usually good.

However, if left to my own devices.....

The downside of not knowing anything about cooking is...well...I don't know anything about cooking. This leaves room for a LOT of experiments, which often go awry, but that I eat anyway because I'm poor and can't be throwing away food all the time. I've made a few pretty nasty things, but not any one thing that was so terrible I can remember not to make it again.

On the other hand, because I have no training and little experience with cooking, I am uninhibited about unusual combinations that most people would "know" don't go together because they've either been told they don't or they just haven't been shown that they do. I've come up with some bizarre, but delicious experiments.

A few that come to mind (recipes...some time later):

Fruit curry
Sweet scrambled eggs
Fried onion crusted tilapia
Asian inspired tilapia
Stinky soup (tastes awesome though)
Breakfast quinoa
Breakfast amaranth
Katie Mash (involves sweet potatoes, beans, sugar, chili pepper)
Katie's vegan burritos

So, provided I have messed up a lot of stuff, burned a lot of stuff, and eaten a lot of stuff that I was just too poor to throw away, I have still come up with some pretty rockin' and creative things too. I'd say there's about a 5:1 fail:success ratio.

Alas, if you think you suck at something, you may very well be the one to revolutionize it!





...not that I'm a revolutionary cook. Pin It

Katesadillas

No photo....because I ate it.

You will need:
2 6"-8" flour tortillas
1/3 cup shredded cheese
1 beet, diced (cooked or canned)
1/4 cup spinach, fresh
1/2 carrot, fresh, diced or grated
1/2 tomato, fresh
1/2 summer squash
1 slice onion, diced
1/4 cup garbanzo beans
1/4 meat of your choice (optional...I used chicken)
1 clove garlic
cooking spray
fresh cilantro
salt
pepper

Directions:
Spray inside of frying pan. Add diced onion, cook until soft. Add beet, spinach, carrot, tomato, and squash. Grate in garlic clove. Add salt and pepper. Cook until soft*. Remove from pan. Set aside.

If necessary, re-spray pan and add one tortilla to pan on low heat. Add half cheese. Add vegetable mixture. Add cilantro.* Add other half cheese. Place second tortilla on top. When bottom tortilla becomes slightly crispy, flip (and try not to throw the veggies all over the house). Allow other side to become crispy.* Remove, cut in quarters, EETZ IT!

Notes:
Basically, what I do is take all the ingredients and make a salad out of it. Then, when I'm ready, I just plop everything in the pan. If you made too much, you can have it for salad later.

Measurements are not exact. You can adjust them at will..

*Texture can vary according to taste. I like my veggies to still have a little crunch, others don't. For crunchiness, cook a shorter time. For softness, cook a longer time.
*Add the cilantro last. You want it to be as uncooked as possible.
*The second tortilla will heat faster than the first. Pin It