Sweet Potato Burritos

I know, I know, I thought it sounded crazy too when I came across a recipe for them here while looking for vegetarian dishes. However, upon further reflection, it sounded like something that might be really quite tasty, especially since most of the ingredients were already in my kitchen. So tonight I tried it.

I started by making my own tortillas with flour, salt, baking powder, oil, and water.

While letting the dough rest, I cut up about half of a large sweet potato into chunks and put it on the stove to boil.

After finishing the tortillas, I chopped up an onion and some garlic and commenced to saute them, caramelizing the onions just a little. To the onions and garlic I added some cooked kidney-bean-like beans that I had stored in the freezer for just such an occasion. I added a little more oil and quite a bit of water, as well as some salt, cumin, and chili powder.

Meanwhile, the potatoes had cooked through, so I drained and mashed them.

I also mashed the beans with the onions and garlic. Then I shredded some cheese and proceded to assemble the burritos.

On each tortilla I put some mashed sweet potato, some of the bean mixture, and some shredded cheese. Then I wrapped it all up and placed the burritos in a pan to bake in the oven for a few minutes.

While they were baking, I chopped up another onion, some garlic, a pepper, and a bunch of little tomatoes to make a salsa.

Over all, I would say they turned out quite well and I would make them again.

English Muffins

Sadly, my oven is broken. Happily, I've been wanting to try to make English Muffins for a long time, and they don't require an oven!

So today I tried my hand at English Muffins. Having never done it before, I actually used a recipe. I did cut it in half, though.

Here they are cooking in my skillet.

I was fairly pleased with the results.

1. They were quite tasty. I think they taste much better than the store-bought variety. Which isn't all that surprising. Home-made and fresh is generally better.

2. I didn't get the nice little nooks and crannies of the store-bought variety. Some people who reviewed the recipe apparently did. I never seem to be able to get holey bread. Not quite sure what I do wrong, but that something to try to improve next time.

3. Hey, English muffins are pretty much non-existent in Israel, so even if they aren't the best English Muffins ever, they're the best English Muffins I've had here. :)

Sourdough Update

Because of various circumstances, I ended up not letting the sourdough sit as long as the recipe calls for. It didn't change much, perhaps just a little less flavor. Still it ended up being a nice looking loaf, fairly tasty.

My sourdough never seems to be REALLY sour, but what can you do? At least it did rise, which was the real goal. Starter from fermented yogurt does work. The End.