Monday, Flour Tortillas and Hummus

Well that is quite the title isn't it! Hahaha! It pretty much sums up my day though. ~smile~

My kitchen adventures started this morning with making my hubby a mushroom omelet for breakfast. I saved the stems from our stuffed mushrooms yesterday and diced those up. I fried them a bit before adding the eggs. He just had that with some toast. We had leftover bacon I was going to serve with it but Mark was such a fan of the BLT's that he wanted to have that for his work lunch today. So I made up his lunch while the eggs were cooking.

After breakfast we went out for our walk. I came across this pretty door and decided I needed to take a picture of it. Everyday on our walk I take pictures of flowers or other pretty spring things and send a " Pic of the Day" to a couple of friends of mine who aren't able to get out as much. One of them just told me that she found it a real encouragement. I am so glad!

Mark decided to get some yard work done while I came in and started the tortillas for dinner. I have been making my own tortillas for years. They are not like the ones in the store but they are still very good and are really inexpensive to make.

Here is the recipe and how I do it. I got this recipe from Laines Letters many years ago.

Flour Tortillas

1/2 cup warm water
1/4 cup oil
1 tsp. salt
2 cups flour

Put flour in a medium bowl and stir in salt.
Add in oil and then water. Stir.
Knead until in bowl until it is a nice ball.

Take it out and put it on a plate and cover with a bowl.
Repeat for as many tortillas as you need. I usually make 4 batches to get 16 tortillas.
Let rest for 20 minutes.

Cut balls into 4 pieces for 4 large tortillas 8 for small tortillas.

Heat skillet over medium high heat - cast iron works the best but I am not able to lift those anymore so I use a regular skillet and it works well.

Take a piece of dough and cover up the rest again with the bowl. Roll the piece into a ball then roll out into a thin circle. Just roll it right on the counter no need for added flour or anything.

Cook about 1 minute per side until lightly browned.

While it is cooking you can get your next one ready.  That is it -simple but good.

Today we had Steak Fajitas for dinner which is why I was making the tortillas. Mark had bbq'd extra steak last time we had some and I sliced it up for the freezer so all I had to do was defrost it and quickly fry it up with peppers and onions. I served that in tortillas with sour cream, lettuce and cheese. Normally we would have salsa on them too but we were out. Still yummy!

While I was waiting for the dough to rest I made some hummus for wraps we will have for dinner tomorrow. We love Hummus wraps! All you do is spread some hummus on a tortilla and add lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, cucumber feta cheese and olives. You can add tzatziki if you like.

Here is the recipe for the hummus....

Hummus
4 cloves of garlic minced
1/3 cup tahini
1/4 cup of chickpea water (reserve some more in case you need to thin out the hummus at the end. Some canned chickpeas are drier than others)
4 tbsp. lemon juice
1 can chick peas, drained
3/4 tsp. cumin
1 1/4 tsp. coriander
1/4 tsp. cayenne

Blend in a food processor until smooth .

The rest of the day has been filled with cleaning - it is my day that I clean the main level, laundry and baking an apple fritter loaf my sister sent me the recipe for. 

A great day!

Happy Monday!
Blessings,
Liisa