Dinner tonight consisted of roasted corn, black beans, onion, grape tomatoes and avocado all tossed in a citrusy dressing served atop quinoa over a bed of romaine lettuce.
It was a lot better than we were expecting.
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Mashed Potato Enchiladas
Notes: I made this up as I went so I don’t have any amounts.
Ingredients:
Cumin
Garlic powder
Chili powder
Onion Powder
Black pepper
Whole wheat tortillas
Mashed potatoes – I steam cubed, new(red) potatoes, skin on, for 20 minutes and then mash
Enchilada sauce
Diced red pepper
Diced jalapeno
Chopped green onions
Black Beans
Fresh Spinach slightly chopped
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350.
Mix first 4 ingredients in to mashed potatoes.
Spray glass cooking dish.
Spread enchilada sauce on bottom of dish.
Place spinach on tortilla.
Spread potatoes on tortilla.
Sprinkle on a few black beans, red peppers, jalapeno peppers and onion on top.
Roll tortillas and place in baking dish.
Spoon enchilada sauce over the enchiladas.
Bake uncovered for 30 minutes.
Arkansas City Kansas
A few photos I took while in Arkansas City, Kansas.
Abandoned bridge over Arkansas River.
The Buford Theatre.
Colorful house.
The Osage. I assume was either apartments or a hotel.
Southeast Kansas
Photos taken on our way home from our latest trip.
Old abandoned highway under old railroad.
Railroad cars in Parsons, KS from the former MKT “Katy” railroad which we had rode our bikes on earlier in the week in Missouri.
What is left of “Gas Mini Golf” in Parsons, KS.
Flooding on the highway.
Creamy Green Avocado Dressing
Ingredients:
¼ package Silken Lite tofu
1 avocado, peeled and seeded
Juice of ½ lime
Directions:
Blend the ingredients together until smooth, adding a small amount of milk substitute or water to achieve desired consistency.
Recently in The Garden
Dining Out – El Mezcal
El Mezcal in Ottawa, KS. Not really in the Wichita area but it seems we do eat in this town occasionally when riding trails near there. Nice to see a vegetarian section on the menu. We split an order of fajitas and a side of guacamole. Although the menu says the fajitas contain broccoli ours didn’t. It was pretty good.
Dining Out – Rene’s
Rene’s Mexican restaurant in Haysville.
I don’t know if it’s on the menu but I just asked for a bean and rice burrito. Also a side of chips and sauce. It was pretty good but I prefer El Jalisco‘s bean and rice burrito.
Kids Last Day Of School
The Grand-Kids last day of school yesterday. We took them out to eat and then to play miniature golf and arcade games.
Cookie Dough Cookies
Notes: I thought these were pretty good. Nova didn’t like them. Mixed reviews from others that tried them.
Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups canned (almost a full can) chickpeas, well-rinsed and patted dry with a paper towel
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons (165 grams) natural peanut butter
1/4 cup (80 grams) honey (agave would be amazing too!)
1 teaspoon baking powder**
a pinch of salt if your peanut butter doesn’t have salt in it
1/2 cup (90 grams) chocolate chips
Directions:
Preheat your oven to 350°F / 175°C.
Combine all the ingredients, except for the chocolate chips, in a food processor and process until very smooth. Make sure to scrape the sides and the top to get the little chunks of chickpeas and process again until they’re combined.
Put in the chocolate chips and stir it if you can, or pulse it once or twice. The mixture will be very thick and sticky.
With wet hands, form into 1 1/2″ balls. Place onto a piece of parchment paper. If you want them to look more like normal cookies, press down slightly on the balls. They don’t do much rising. Bake for about 10 minutes.
Yields about fourteen 1 1/2″ cookie dough balls.
Source: Unknown.