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Making My Own Tortillas!? Low Waste Lunches

2/2/2021

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This week I really wanted to make quesadillas, a favorite meal of mine, for lunches. But I wanted to make them as low waste as possible. I saw a video recently where someone had made their own tortillas and I thought I might be able to do the same to make my lunches. 

Normally I would never attempt to do such a thing, but during quarantine I’ve become used to making breads, pastas, and even pizza dough by hand! So I felt confident enough to give the tortillas a shot. 

Not only were these really easy to make, they saved me money because the only four ingredients the recipe called for I had at home already.

This is the recipe that I used to make my tortillas, but I’ll summarize below. 

Ingredients: 
  • 2 cups of flour
  • ½ teaspoon of salt
  • ¾ cup of water
  • 3 tablespoons of olive oil

Instructions:
  • Mix together the flour and salt in a bowl. Then add in water and olive oil and stir together. Place dough on a floured surface and knead 10-12 times, adding extra water or flour if needed. 
  • Once done, let the dough rest for 10 minutes. Then divide into 8 sections and roll out into 7” circles. 
  • Grease a pan and put over medium heat, one by one add each tortilla to the pan letting it sit for about a minute and then flipping to the other side for another minute. In the end you’ll end up with 8 perfect tortillas!

​I took pictures of the process below to better show exactly what I was doing!

I not only found this recipe incredibly easy to follow, but I was also really impressed with how these came out. They looked just like the store bought ones! 

For the quesadilla I added in bell peppers and onions sauteed, I got these all package free. I also added some cheese that we had in the fridge, and some spinach which we had frozen. To go with it I added some black beans and rice. And that’s how I got this delicious low-waste lunch for the week! This could also easily be a great weeknight dinner if you don't work from home like I do at the moment.

Edit: at the end of the week my tortillas were quite stale, I ripped apart what I had left and tossed them on a pan in the oven at 325F for about 20 min and make my own tortilla chips out them! 
Quesadilla with rice and beans
Yum! Final product of my lunch!
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