The Joy of Cooking

I love to cook because there are so many things you can create - you can never run out of recipes or ideas.  How cool is that?

A few days ago, I rummaged through my fridge and took stock of what was in there and I had an idea come to me of what to make.  It came out great.  Infact, my husband called it a home run and then said, nope - you hit this one out of the park!  Here is my “recipe” of sorts.

½  purple onion sliced thin
3 oyster mushrooms, sliced
½  Okinawan sweet potato, already boiled and cut up
3 chicken thighs, with the meat mostly gone (meat used for another recipe)
Cilantro lime crema that I’ve been ignoring
Smoked paprika and smoked salt.
Flour tortillas
Cheese (Mexican 4 cheese grated blend)
Grape tomatoes
Cilantro


I sauted the onions in a little olive oil until they were soft.  I added the mushrooms, sweet potato and a healthy amount of cilantro lime crema. I removed the remaining meat from the chicken bones (not much left!) and added that to the pan with the smoked paprika and salt,  and let it simmer for just a few minutes.

I put the above creation, about 2 Tbsp, into a flour tortilla. I folded the tortilla, added cheese and microwaved it for 30 seconds.  I topped it with more crema, cut up grape tomatoes and cilantro. It was so good!  I wish I took a picture!  I’m going to recreate it soon and will add it to my “cooking without a recipe” file.

If you have been following me for a while, you’ll know that this recipe would not be complete without a Life Lesson gleaned from this experience.  So here it is, it’s one that pops up often - we all have everything we need to create masterpieces. It’s in the joy of exploring what we have. in our fridge and within ourselves, that gives birth to something delicious.  Another lesson here is that I only had a little of this and a little of that, but created 4 delicious enchiladas to feed us both dinner - there is always enough!

I hope you have enjoyed this and would be delighted if it sparks some creative juices flowing for you.