Friday Night Dinner - Vegetarian Enchiladas

A couple of things you should know about me up front:

I am an army brat.  This is important because it means I got to travel the world and try some amazing food.  And having lived in Texas for a total of 9 years, I LOVE Mexican food.

Another thing to note is that I am catholic.  This means that through out lent (the period between Ash Wednesday and Easter) I will not be eating meat on Fridays.

This particular Friday, I invited a young friend over to join me.  She is in high school and became vegetarian a few months ago.  Unfortunately she is not really into vegetables.  So I am inviting her over to join me in an effort to get her to eat some veggies.

Dinner today is Vegetarian Enchiladas.  This isn't really from a recipes.  I simply sautéed some onions, garlic, red and green bell peppers, and zucchini together.  I then mixed it with some black beans, cumin, smoked paprika, and some shredded cheese.  I rolled it in some corn tortillas.  I poured over some enchilada sauce and covered in cheese.  I baked it in the oven until heated and cheesy.

They turned out tasty and I was able to sneak in some vegetables into my friend's diet so mission accomplished.

The Goal

So here I am watching Julie & Julie and I get back to thinking about how I should work on a blog.  It will give me a chance to share with others all of the fun meals that I make.  But I don't want to just repeat what the character Julie by cooking my way through Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking in a year.

So what I have decided to do is simply blog the meals that I do make, whether they are from one of the cookbooks that I have or that I find online.  My online sources will probably be Pinterest and Google searches.

I am currently making an effort to return to making meals rather than relying on fast food and restaurants.  Since I live alone, I can cook only a few nights a week and then eat left overs.  I plan to blog about the meals I am making.  I hope at some point to be able to have some sort of tally on the  blog showing how many recipes I have left in each of my cookbooks.

Also, when the summer rolls around I will be cooking with the fruits and vegetables that are part of a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture program) from a local farm about 20 minutes from my house.  It is always interesting to find recipes that fit these new ingredients into my menus.