and here's #7

this is another recipe! didn't really think this was the direction my creativity was headed but i'll take it. i don't have time this weekend to write or work on an "art" piece with so much going on and i was feeling kind of bummed about that. so, i decided to get creative in the kitchen again since i could. i'd been thinking about it all day and it ended up being pretty late before i got started cooking.

so, i call this burrito quesadillas. naming recipes is not easy but since is seemed like a burrito type filling, i named it accordingly. this is what you'll need (and please bear with me):

butter
8 whole wheat soft taco or medium sized tortillas
1 lb. ground beef
1 can bush's chili beans, undrained
1/2 8oz container garden vegetable cream cheese
12 oz pkg. shredded cheese (i used mexican 4 cheese)
salt, pepper, garlic powder, cumin, chili powder

in a skillet, brown beef- season liberally with spices. drain the fat and add more of the spices. stir in the beans with the sauce and the cream cheese. the cream cheese does so many things! of course, it makes the filling creamy, it's another layer of cheese flavor, and even though it's not much, hey- it's adding in some veggies that won't be seen. :)

push the skillet to the back burner and heat another skillet or grill pan. use the grill pan if you have it- the grill marks on the quesadilla are so appealing! run a stick of butter over the surface of the pan or skillet and lay a tortilla on top. sprinkle with just enough cheese to cover the bottom. spoon 1/4 of the meat/bean mixture on top of the cheese. then, add another layer of cheese just like the one on the bottom. finally, run your stick of butter all over another tortilla and place it butter side up on top.

as soon as the top tortilla is sticking to the cheese, use a wide spatula and flip it! be careful, you don't want the filling to come flying out! let it cook for another couple minutes to get crispy and golden on the bottom and then transfer to a cutting board. let it set a minute while you prepare the next quesadilla. then, use a knife or pizza cutter to cut into 6 wedges. repeat 3 times- makes 4 total.

you can serve with salsa or sour cream but honestly they are so flavorful, you don't really need it. if you have them, try it, but don't make an extra trip to the store.

i wanted to mention also, that i found software to make mp3s out of my videos. see, when i sing, i play the track on my laptop hooked up to the surround sound and i sing. i record it on my iphone. none of this is any type of quality equipment but it's all i have and i don't need anything else at this point. so, the songs are in video form- and not of my face, but of the carpet since i face it away and down to get the most from the microphone (if you can even all it that). anyway, they are too large to email and who wants to watch my shaky video of carpet?? so i found free software that extracts the sound and converts it to an mp3- or something like that. whatever, it makes me happy.