365 | five

{breakfast}

Pretty much the same everyday.

Some kind of cereal.

Orange juice to wash down the Tamoxifen (otherwise I forget and Dr. P does not like that).

And this devotion book that I've had forever.

It's the One Day At His Feet Devotional by Chris Tiegreen.

(you can find it here if you're interested)

I keep thinking I will get a new one each year, but I still get something new out of this one everyday and really like his writing style, so I won't try to fix what ain't broke, right?

The content of breakfast pretty much stays the same everyday, but it's typically is not as serene looking as this setup today.

I managed to get lunches together last night, and we were blessed with a late start for Elliott today (thank you to whomever decided that was a good idea for the first day back),

so I had a little more time to sit down.

Breakfast is usually eaten standing up in between dropping Elliott off and getting Ethan on the bus, and the devotion is usually sometime after that - sometimes even way after that - like bedtime.

But this is how I would love it to be every morning - a quiet, peaceful start.

{365 details}

I decided I needed some more direction with this 365 project.

I knew there would soon come a time when I would be at a loss of what to photograph one day.

I did some quick research and found a 365 challenge that fits my needs.

It gives a prompt for each day of the month.

I won't use all of them, but when I'm stuck, I like having something to refer to.

Plus I enjoy looking at everyone else's projects.

If you're interested, it's called

THE BETHADILLY CHALLENGE

and more info can be found at

bethadilly.com

I do not really know much about it other than I've seen a few other photographers refer to it in their Instagram posts and other forums that I participate in.

I'm incredibly thankful that she has taken the time to organize it and encourage others to participate.

Anyway, that is where the {breakfast} theme came from.

{Technicalities}

I'm really not thrilled with this image.

I always like the documentary part of anything I shoot about my family's everyday, so I do like that.

But I wish I had pulled back a little more.

The book is way too close to the edge, and I had to straighten the image a bit in post, so that cropped it even tighter.  I need to keep work on shooting straight.

I also wish I had used the 50mm lens instead of the 35.

I'm not loving the distortion in this one - I don't think it really adds to the image this time.

I've been concentrating on being aware of my ISO settings recently, and I'm happy with that, but I think I was concentrating on that so much that I didn't take care of the aperture appropriately.

I would have liked to have increased the aperture a bit to get a little more of the blue glass in focus.

I do not like the white bowl in front of the bright window - not enough contrast.

And I think the exposure could have been bumped a bit.

f/2.0

1/160

ISO 320

35mm

365 | two

Chai tea.

My sister introduced me to this addiction.

So I blame her.

It's probably full of sugar because it's a latte.

But it's only 140 calories, so I say I can have one everyday.

And I look forward to it every. single. day.

The mug is my new favorite.

It was a gift this year.

You can't see in the picture, but it's tall with a matte finish.

It's perfect.

I'm sad when it's in the dishwasher.

I know....it's truly an important issue :)

missouri market

This year my parents were here the weekend of the Best of Missouri Market, so it was fun to show them all we had discovered last year.

It was very chilly.

I know I'm cold natured, but even everyone else was cold.

We had a fun time though!

 The boys could not wait to get to the Fitz's tent.

I don't know why it's so cool to get them there.

Perhaps they haven't realized that you can find them at Schnuck's, also.

I think it's just that they have all the flavors at the Market so the choices are better.

Ahhhhh......caramel apples.

I'm always on the lookout for a good one.

This one was pretty good, but no chocolate drizzling was involved, so I'll

keep looking for a midwest replacement of my favorite caramel apple

at the chocolate shop in Grayson, GA.

For that place and Publix, I could be persuaded to move again.

Savannah

Savannah is so close to Jekyll and St. Simons that I couldn't pass up stopping there.

We decided to get reservations at Lady and Sons (Paula Deen's restaurant) for

lunch on our way back north.

We had heard mixed reviews about the place, but I will say that we were not disappointed.

I was expecting traditional southern food and I feel like that's what we got!

This was the best part for me.....

I believe this was the best sweet tea I've ever tasted, and I've tasted a lot.

Just looking at this makes me thirsty for more.

I won't say how many times my glass may or may not have been refilled.

There is something about this picture that I just really love.

Maybe it's that they look like they actually like each other and might be having a good time.

This was taken just a little bit after Ethan took a huge spoonful of the "cottage cheese" that 

Brian had put on his plate from the salad bar and said "this is really bad!"

Yes, Ethan, because your dad put a huge pool of blue cheese on your plate to eat.

You'll have to forgive him.  He doesn't eat cottage cheese.

Next time take the parent that can actually tolerate dairy :)

(side note:  Looking at this picture again, I'm noticing those fun schoolhouse/vintage looking 

pendant lights - I've been looking for those....wonder where they got them - I'm pretty

sure it wasn't Lowe's or Home Depot as I've already scoured those two places)

After lunch, we walked down to the riverfront and happened to see this on our way

Of course, a photo was necessary in such an important historical location.

And then Ethan realized what the sign said, and his orange and blue blood started to boil

as he hightailed it out of the picture :)

We walked just a bit more down on the river front.  Not nearly enough for me.

Savannah is such a pretty place.  I wish that we had enough time to really walk around and 

explore all the squares and enjoy the beauty of it.  Another time.  Grateful for the time that we did have.

St. Simons

During our stay at Jekyll we drove over to St. Simons Island also.

It's about a 20 minute drive at the most, but much different than Jekyll.

It's a bigger island with actual restaurants and shops.

Just more going on over there, so we would drive over there to eat at night

and to explore that island also.

We met this nice lady on the pier that was crab fishing.

Only this method looked way better than the Deadliest Catch version :)

She let the boys bring the cage up a couple of times, and

was so nice in explaining how to do it and telling stories about what all

she had caught.

Here was her catch for the first part of the evening

The boys begged and begged for us to buy them a cage and some bait so that they could

go crabbing also.  They were so enthralled with the whole process.

We didn't have any way to cook them and thought the boys would be all about it for a few

minutes and then be done, leaving us with a crab basket and raw chicken bait.

Now that I think about it we could have caught some and just given them to someone.

It really was cheap entertainment.  Next time we will do that.

This guy looked like he was the guardian of the pier.

Shopping.

The lighthouse on the island.

Another geocache find.

I had been waiting for shrimp and grits the entire trip.

This was the first place that actually had them on the menu, but it was more like
shrimp and grits-cake.  I wasn't too sure about it, but I went ahead and
ordered it and was not disappointed.  So so good.
This was at Iguana's if you're ever on the island.

And the best food, hands-down, was at Southern Soul Barbeque.

They had been featured on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives on the Food Network,
and we were in the market for some Brunswick stew so we thought we would try this place.
It's actually in a tiny building that looks like it might have been a gas station in its former days.
And the food was so so good.  The boys got a Soul Burger (crazy non-BBQ eaters) and
declared it to be the best burger evahhhh.
So I'm assuming all the food choices are excellent.
I would definitely go back and have some more!

only took 5 years

People are always referring to Ted Drewes around here.  And they are usually astonished when we say that we've never been.  With good reason - really, who lives in St. Louis for 5 years without stepping foot anywhere near Ted Drewes?  Apparently, we do.

But when my parents were here a few weeks ago we remedied that.

Well, three of us remedied it while the fourth was at work.

Sorry B.

My dad remarked that he had never been, so we decided it was our time.

We were already at the zoo, so it wasn't much further.

Any drive that ends with frozen custard cannot be considered a far drive, right?

It did not disappoint.

The boys did not want to stick with the traditional concrete, and chose sundaes in baseball cap cups instead.

I about came unglued when Ethan requested a Yankees cup instead of a Cardinals cup.

In fact, I really questioned for a few seconds if they would even serve Ted Drewes in any kind of baseball-related container besides one that sported a red cardinal perched on a bat.

And I'm pretty sure embarrassment was written all over my face.

But the girl did not bat an eye and handed him his Yankees sundae.

Maybe they're tolerant as long as you don't ask for anything blue with a red and white C on it.

Anyway, I think he did it just to get under Brian's skin.  He likes to do that.

After we finished the deliciousness, Ethan wanted to see if he knew any of the famous people who had been there.

I think he only knew 2 or 3.

It was fun to look and see who all was on the list.

I thought it would have been fun if they listed what everyone ate, too.

I do not think we will let another 5 years pass before we visit again.

Yummmm!

Florida Trip - Part 4 {Strawberries & Winter}

This past summer the boys and I went to see Dolphin Tale.  Such a good movie - we all loved it, and at the end there was a little blurb about being able to see Winter (the dolphin in the movie) at the Clearwater Marine Aquarium.  So we thought we would do that while we were in Florida this time.  We don't typically go to that side of the coast and thought it would be something different, too.

So the night before we were to drive to Clearwater I was reading Nancy's latest Southern Living and saw this citrus and strawberry market featured that was on our way to Clearwater.  It claimed that its strawberry shortcake was world famous.  Well, we shouldn't let an opportunity like that pass by, so we made it a stop on our little jaunt to the coast.

It was a fun market with this trademark red and white awning.  I was reading some of the signs and brochures and learned that the same family has owned this place for many years - 30 maybe?  I can't remember now, but I thought it was great that the passion for it had been kept through a couple of generations.  

The boys didn't want the shortcake, but they were all about fresh strawberry shakes......at first.  They drank a little and then decided they were too "chunky" since they were made with fresh strawberries.  Brian and I were happy to help them out with not wasting anything.  And we were so glad we did!  Those were the best strawberry shakes ever.  There were signs saying they had been featured on Food Network, and I can definitely see why.  So good!!

This was the world famous strawberry shortcake.

It was good, but I really like my mother-in-law's better.

Probably the main reason was that it was made with the spongy shortcake.

It was made-from-scratch shortcake, and Brian really liked it, so I still recommend stopping by.

They had tables set up to the side of the market in this lush tropical garden.   I wasn't expecting that - they had really done a nice job making it a fun place to visit.

It was really such a neat place to stop and have a bite

There were tons of citrus to choose from, and lots of other yummies, too.

And after we finished our treats (or tried to finish them, I should say), we found this huge strawberry throne!

They even had crowns for you to wear for your picture!  How fun is that?!  This market is in Plant City where they have the Strawberry Festival each year (bummer that we miss it by about a week every time), and I'm wondering if there is an actual strawberry queen that is crowned and seated on this throne each March.  Hmmm.....

So, back to the reason we went to Clearwater in the first place.  We got to the Aquarium and it was PACKED!!  Maybe it was coincidence and lots of people were on the same spring break and all wanted to see Winter.  Not sure.

But this is really all we got to see of her

Can't see anything?  We really couldn't either.  We were really disappointed.  I really wanted a better look, but that's okay.  They seemed like they were really overwhelmed with the amount of people that were there.  It also seemed like it could be a really great learning experience when it's not so crowded.  They specialize in rescue and rehab of marine animals, so it was neat to see some of that, which we don't get to see in regular aquariums or at the zoo.  In fact, we were lucky to see them scoping a sea turtle (we think) in one of the exam/operating rooms.  And there was a gentleman outside the aquarium with some hands on props talking about how Winter had lost her tail and the whole process of how they created a prosthetic one for her.  They even had the prosthetic tail there to touch.  I thought that and the sea turtle procedure were pretty cool!

This was cool too - underwater viewing of this turtle.  I think the guy said her name was Bailey.  (Brian always jokes around with me about not listening on the tour - I do try - I just think I'm way more of a visual learner, distracted by all there is to see, and he is hands-down better at auditory than me - we're a good pair - I remember what we've seen and he remembers all the facts about it) He said she was one of the most photogenic sea turtles around.  I believe he knows what he is talking about!

strawberry shortcake

My mother-in-law is so thoughtful.  She knows how much I love strawberries and especially how much I love her strawberry shortcake.  We get to Florida every year right at the end of strawberry season, and she always has some for us.  And I can almost guarantee that dessert at our first meal at their house will be strawberry shortcake.   Yes, there was strawberry deliciousness this time too!!

I didn't used to like strawberry shortcake, because I'm not a huge fan of the sponge cake that is usually the "shortcake".  It's too sweet or I don't like the texture.  Not sure.  I would often just eat the strawberries and cream and leave the sponginess.

But then I met Brian and was introduced to this other type of strawberry shortcake that I did not know existed.  Oh my goodness it's sooooooo good!  For years I assumed it was something his mom made from scratch and I would not be able to replicate (like the green beans - I've given up on them).  But a few years ago I just asked how she made it and......get this.....she used the recipe on the back of the Bisquick box!  What?!  It's that simple and I've been limiting my strawberry shortcake intake to once a year?  (I didn't feel so naive when I heard Beth ask her the same question last week - at least I wasn't the only one who thought it was a special recipe handed down for generations).  So for the last few years, we've been enjoying strawberry shortcake any time we want!  Even in the winter.  Although it's definitely best when the strawberries are fresh from the patch!

So, since strawberry season is quickly approaching those of us in the big M-O, 

I wanted to share this deceivingly easy recipe in case some of you are sponge dislikers like me and have yet to discover the goodness on the back of the big yellow box :)

(See I made it again the day after we got home from Florida, I missed it so much)

Strawberry Shortcake

4 cups strawberries, chopped into bite size pieces

1/2 cup granulated sugar

2 1/3 cups Bisquick mix

1/2 cup milk

3 Tbsp granulated sugar

3 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted

1/2 cup whipping cream or 1 container Cool Whip

Mix the strawberries with 1/2 cup of sugar and set aside.  Heat oven to 425.

Stir the Bisquick mix, milk, 3 Tbsp sugar, and melted butter until soft dough forms.  Drop by 6 spoonfuls onto an ungreased cookie sheet.

Bake 10-12 minutes or until they start to turn a golden brown.  Split the warm shortcakes.  Once the sugar has dissolved with the strawberries, fill the shortcake with strawberries and top with more strawberries and whipped topping.  (I did not have whipped topping the other night, so my picture is lacking that - I like it just as well or better without it, but I think I'm probably in the minority on that).

You can see the original recipe at the Betty Crocker website.  It's almost exactly the same and is probably easier to print out!

a few faves

I found this at Trader Joe's about a week and a half ago and have already been back to get more.  I think I pretty much ate the entire bag myself.  And then I did what any good friend would do......I told Nyla about it so that she could become addicted too.  Sorry!!  It's just so good!  Something about the salty and sweet combo along with the crunchiness.  Mmmmmm.....

Words with Friends and Scramble with Friends.  

We're addicts.  

All four of us.  

I've been playing Words for a while, just not regularly.  It especially gave me something fun to do during those weeks of recovering from chemo.  But I only just introduced Brian and the boys to it in the past couple of weeks, and they can't get enough of it either.  So fun!

Eye-Fi

This is one of the best inventions in my opinion.

Amber gave it to me for my birthday last year, but I didn't set it up until after Christmas.  I know!  Ridiculous!  But I LOVE IT!!

It's a memory card for your camera, but it works wirelessly, so anytime I take a picture, once the camera is in range of my wireless network it goes ahead and uploads it to the computer.  I don't have to do anything! This is what it looks like on the screen when a new image is uploading.  Then I get an email saying I have a new batch of images uploaded so that I don't forget about them.

I know there is more to it than that - you can upload to your iPhone, iPad, view online, etc. but this is as far as I've gotten.  Thanks Amber!

peaches

We went peach picking with Nyla and her girls last week.  There is a place in Marthasville (Thierbach Orchards) that we love to visit for peaches and blueberries and blackberries in the heat of summer.  We also love it for apples in the fall.  It's beautiful and serene out there.  This particular day that we went was so hot that we were lucky to just get peaches before the kids started melting down (and us too!), so no berries.  It was a good thing, though, cause I really only had the time and energy to deal with the peaches when we got home.

I promise Ethan was there, too.  You can even see just a little bit of his shirt behind Elliott.  Don't know why he didn't make it into any of the pictures.  Bad Momtography I guess.

Look how much Elliott loves getting his picture taken.

How sweet is she?

The fruits of our labor - ha!  Seriously I had been craving peach pie for a few days, so I was excited to finally have it in my house.  And I haven't even eaten all of it yet :)

college friends

These girls trekked down to St. Louis from Champaign and Chicago to visit us last weekend.  Not only did we get to visit, but they made dinner for us too!  Loved the whole afternoon.

Milly made really great guacamole.

Julia and Michelle

Making the burgers

Love you roommies/housemates!  It was so good to catch up with you!



slow cooker jambalaya

This is really easy and we love it.  We just made a batch and put half of it in the freezer for another day (our boys don't eat much, so that's my disclaimer for having 2 meals in one).  It's pretty spicy for us going by this recipe, so if you want to tame it a bit I would decrease the amount of andouille sausage and replace it with the beef smoked sausage.

Slow Cooker Jambalaya

(modified from "Colleen's Slow cooker Jambalaya" on allrecipes.com)

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast halves, cut into 1 inch cubes

1/2 pound andouille sausage, halved and sliced

1/2 pound beef smoked sausage, halved and sliced

1 (28 oz) can diced tomatoes with juice

1 large onion, chopped

1 large green bell pepper, chopped

1 cup chopped celery (we usually leave this out)

1 cup chicken broth

2 tsp dried oregano

2 tsp dried parsley

2 tsp Cajun seasoning

1 tsp. cayenne pepper

1/2 tsp dried thyme

1 pound frozen cooked shrimp without tails (optional)

1.  In a slow cooker, mix the chicken, sausages, tomatoes with juice, onion, green bell pepper, celery, and broth.  Add the spices.

2.  Cover and cook 7-8 hours on LOW or 3-4 on HIGH.  Stir in the shrimp during the last 30 minutes of cooking time.

 

moroccan chili

Got this recipe from my friend, Erin.  All of her kids eat it and so do all of mine.  That's 5 kids' thumbs up for this recipe, so I say it's a keeper!  Also, every time we've made this we've only eaten about 1/2 of what the recipe makes, so we put the rest in the freezer and have an extremely easy meal ready for another day.

Moroccan Chili

2 Tbsp. olive oil

2 pounds ground beef

2 Tbsp chili powder

1/2 Tbsp cumin

1/2 Tbsp paprika

1 Tbsp coriander

1/4 tsp cinnamon

1 bay leaf

1 large onion, chopped

1 green pepper, chopped

2 cloves garlic, diced

2 Tbsp Worchestershire sauce

1 can tomato sauce

zest of lemon

Brown meat and drain.  Return to low heat.  Add seasonings and stir.  Add onion, pepper and garlic.  Cook until onion is soft.  Add lemon zest, Worchestershire, and tomato sauce.  Simmer for 30 minutes.  Serve with pita bread and couscous.

simple roasted asparagus

This is the first way I ever made asparagus.  It's so easy and so good.  I didn't think I liked asparagus until I roasted it like this.  Well, I didn't think I liked it because it just looked weird to me.  It didn't fit into any of my meat and potatoes and starchy vegetable categories so I assumed it was nasty.  I was wrong.

Simple Roasted Asparagus
(adapted from a Southern Living recipe)

1 pound fresh asparagus
3 Tbsp. olive oil
1/2 tsp. sugar
1/3 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground pepper

Preheat your oven to 400.

Snap off the tough ends of asparagus.  Line a 15x10 ince jellyroll pan with aluminum foil (for the easy easy cleanup at the end).  Put the asparagus into a large ziploc bag.  Add the olive oil.  Zip and shake to coat the asparagus with the olive oil.  They don't need to swim in the olive oil.  Just be coated with it.  Otherwise they'll taste too "oily".

Arrange the asparagus on the jellyroll pan.  Sprinkle with the sugar, salt and pepper.  Roast in the oven 10-15 minutes and enjoy!

shrimp lemon pepper linguine

I promise to add a picture later, but I wanted to get a few recipes on the blog for a friend who asked for them.  This one is really tasty.  I even marked "very very good" beside it in the recipe binder :)

Shrimp Lemon Pepper Linguine
(adapted from Allrecipes.com)
1 8oz pkg linguine pasta
1 tbsp. olive oil
6 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup water or chicken broth
1/2 cup white wine
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 teaspoon lemon zest
salt to taste
4-5 shakes of freshly ground black pepper
1 pound fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined
1/4 cup butter
3 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley (or 3 tsp. dried parsley)
1 tbsp chopped fresh basil (or 1 tsp. dried basil)

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil.  Add pasta and cook for 9-13 minutes or until al dente; drain.

Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat and saute garlic about 1 minute.  Mix in chicken broth or water, wine, lemon juice, lemon zest, salt, and pepper.  Reduce heat and simmer until liquid is reduced by about one fourth.

Mix shrimp, butter, parsley and basil into the saucepan.  Cook 2-3 minutes, until shrimp is opaque.  Stir in the cooked linguine and continue cooking 2 minutes, until well coated.

still in love....

You thought there would be a picture of Brian or the boys, huh?  I do love them, but I was reminded today about how much I love this mixer.  I saved up money from birthdays and Christmas last year and got a great deal on Black Friday on the mixer.  I've used it several times and really can't imagine not having it now!

cheesy chicken-bacon-avocado quesadillas

These were on the menu tonight and the kids put them on their "all-the-time" list (minus the avocado).  I don't think they minded the taste of the avocado (they both like guacamole if I remember right), but the mushy texture is what made them get the forks out and start digging all the "green stuff" out.

You can find the recipe here at Kevin and Amanda.  I changed it just a bit cause we had cooked chicken I pulled out of the freezer and we only use turkey bacon so we cooked that in the microwave and had no bacon drippings (plus I don't think turkey bacon would make much "drippings").  I would imagine that the chicken would be even yummier cooked in the bacon drippings, though! 

Anyway, we will definitely make these again!

menu on monday

Thinking about menus for the week.  Saw a good recipe for Garlic Parmesan Chicken over on allrecipes.com so I'm thinking about that now.  But here is what was at our house last week.  And, yes, we ate mostaccioli 3 nights in a row :)

Monday - make your own pizzas

Tuesday - Tuscan Chicken with pasta straight from Italy (thanks Amber), green beans, bread

Wednesday -  corn dogs, salad, green beans (*these were veggie corn dogs from Trader Joe's - I never would have bought them, but the boys chose them and I didn't see that they were veggie until they were already in the oven.  I didn't have one, but Brian and the boys all liked them and even commented that they weren't greasy like other corn dogs tend to be.  I never did tell them they were veggie dogs :)

Thursday - chili and cornbread

Friday - mostaccioli (my contribution to an Italian feast that was brought to our house for a student ministry meeting - YUM!)

Saturday - mostaccioli

Sunday - mostaccioli for the adults, PBJs for the kids

mostaccioli

I'm not sure how you're supposed to pronounce this.  I would say mah-stuh-choh-lee, but since moving to St. Louis I've heard many many people pronounce it mah-sKuh-choh-lee.  To me, there is definitely a "T" in there, but then I'm not Italian and I have a feeling some of these people grew up in an Italian family.  However you pronounce it, this is something our whole family eats.  It's easy, too, so thought I would share.


Mostaccioli

1 lb ground beef
4 cups mostaccioli, cooked, drained
1 (30 oz) jar spaghetti sauce (I usually add more so it doesn't get too dry)
dried basil
dried oregano
3/4 cup grated Romano cheese, divided
1 (8oz) pkg shredded Mozzarella cheese

Brown meat in large skillet; drain.

Stir in mostaccioli, spaghetti sauce, dried herbs, and 1/2 cup of the Romano cheese.  Spoon into 13x9 inch baking dish.  Top with mozzarella cheese and remaining 1/4 cup Romano cheese.

Bake at 375 for 20 minutes

Menus

This was the menu from last week.  I get such great ideas from other people who post their menus so I thought I would contribute, too.

monday - leftover chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, peas
tuesday - chicken quesadillas (recipe below), chips & salsa
wednesday - pork burgers
thursday - toasted turkey and cheese sandwiches, carrots, red pepper slices
friday - pizza
saturday - dinner out
sunday - cilantro-lime chicken, roasted asparagus, risotto, salad


Chicken Quesadillas


4 boneless skinless chicken breasts, diced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 green pepper, diced
1 medium onion, chopped
15 oz can petite diced tomatoes
8 flour tortillas
2 cups Monterey Jack or cheddar cheese, shredded


In large skilllet, cook chicken with garlic and ground pepper until thoroughly cooked.  Remove from skillet and set aside.  Next, simmer tomatoes, green peppers, and onion, continuing to simmer until liquid is evaporated.  Remove from skillet and set aside.  (I usually chop the chicken into smaller pieces with a food chopper while the tomato mixture is simmering).


Mix the chicken back into the skillet with the tomato mixture.  Top half of a tortilla with some of the chicken mixture.  Sprinkle desired amount of cheese on top of that and then fold the other half of the tortilla over the mixture.  Place the tortilla in a nonstick skillet or a griddle over medium heat until each side is lightly browned.


Cut into wedges and serve with sour cream, salsa, guacamole, whatever your heart desires.


**We usually only end up eating four of these (the recipe makes 8), so I freeze the filling and just warm it up for a quick, easy meal another day