Just to wet your whistle...

I am doing an online class for students with limited English language proficiency, which means I spent an extra hour online tonight. I've pretty much been on this computer since 6, and the ball and chain asked that we go to bed early tonight...eek!

So, let me just say a couple of things:

(1) The cookies that I made last night are 1000 times better TODAY than YESTERDAY. I had to make my husband take them all out of sight. On the plus side, I am envisioning the chocolate chips and walnuts gone...replaced with white chocolate chips, cranberries, and macadamia nuts. Perhaps nuts, berries, and orange glaze? Oh, the possibilities are endless.

(2) Dinner last night was fantastic. I whipped together some quick enchiladas:

Take 5 tortillas, roll up 3/4 cup cheese (whatever you fancy, jack is more traditional) in each one, and line up in an 8 X 8 pan. Make sure to grease the pan first!

In a separate pot, fry up one onion, two minced garlic cloves, and one green pepper in 2 Tablespoons of olive oil. Cook until the onions turn translucent. Then add one can drained diced tomatoes and one can undrained diced tomatoes. Cook tomatoes down (10 minutes or so). Add 1 Tablespoon of cumin, 1/2 tsp of salt, 1 teaspoon of paprika (lovely color), and 1/8 cup chili powder (less for less heat, more for more). Add one can of tomato sauce, heat, and taste. Adjust seasoning.

Spoon half the mixture over the enchiladas. Garnish with 1/2 cup shredded cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or so. The other half of the sauce can be frozen for next time!