Made from the heart.

I have no idea what has come over me. But I want to make EVERYTHING by hand.

I don't know why I want to make everything from scratch though. I can't wait until it gets warmer outside. I want to try to make tomato sauce from scratch. It would be even better if I could grow the tomatoes myself.

I guess its because of the feeling you get when someone eats something you made from scratch and they tell you how great it is. I just love it!

One of my favorite meals to make (and eat!) is my black bean burgers with homemade buns and french fries! Hopefully I'll be sharing that next week.

A few things I want to try to make from scratch are noodles, ketchup, barbecue sauce, and ice cream. I can't wait to share with all of you my adventures of making foods from scratch!

My amazing friend over at knitting with chopsticks posted about making a pumpkin pie from scratch and you can bet that come fall I will be making that pie! I may actaully try pumpkin pie! Yes, I'm crazy, I hear it all the time "You've never had pumpkin pie!?!?" Well I haven't. Up until last year I'd only ever had chocolate pie. Last year I tried apple pie, which was amazing!

A few meals that are made from scratch.

Weird fact about me: With certain things, cookies for example, I like to stir by hand, its kind of a weird thing and my hand is always killing me by the end but I just don't really like using a mixer.

I made all these cookies without using a mixer, it was for Christmas. I think there was about 20 dozen total! Gabe ended up taking most of them to work. When they were all gone his co-workers were so sad.

Refried bean burritos with homemade tortillas

Gabe had a dentist appointment this morning to get a cavity filled so Anika and I ate breakfast alone this morning. We had vegan pancakes! Which are amazing and so simple. I'll do a post about them later. For now, lets talk about dinner. Anika was so hungry she wanted to eat her foot!

Dinner tonight was AMAZING! It takes a little more time to do everything by hand but it is soo worth it. Refried beans, guacamole, Spanish rice, lettuce and homemade tortillas!

Refried Beans
1 cup dry pinto beans
1/2  cup dry navy beans
1 package taco seasoning

Follow directions on beans package to cook. Drain all water. Add taco seasoning. Mash. Simple! I don't usually use navy beans but I had them and needed to use them up so I thought, why not!

Guacamole
3-4 Avocados
1/2 Onion
Lime Juice
Salt
Pepper

Chop and peel avocados. Mince onion. Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mash. Easy enough.

Spanish Rice
1 cup Brown Rice
1/2 cup Tomato Sauce
2 cups water
Olive Oil
Onion
Green Pepper

Add 1/2 cup of tomato sauce and 2 cups water to sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Add 1 cup brown rice. Simmer for about 35-40 minutes. Mince onion and green pepper, saute in olive oil. When rice is cooked add onion and pepper.

Tortillas
Recipe from here.
1 cup wheat flour
2 cups white flour
1 tsp salt
1/3 cup oil
1 cup warm water

Combine all the flour, salt, vegetable oil, and water until it forms a dough.

 

Roll the dough into a big ball and take about an 1 to 2 inch pieces off. Pat the dough flat with your hands or take a rolling pin and roll into circles.

 

Put the dough on a flat pan on the stove and let the sides cook until there are little brown specks on both sides like you would see on other tortillas.

 

This meal does take a little work but I think just tastes so much better when it is all handmade. Anika sure had fun helping too!

 And of course the best part about the dinner, eating it!!

 yum, Yum, YUMMM!!!


Have you ever made homemade tortillas? How did they turn out?