Cheesy Tostadas with Green Pepper Stir Fry

Happy late Valentine's Day!  It hasn't been a big deal for me since I was a young girl with crushes on classmates (now I'm just a slightly older girl with crushes on other mates ;)  But it is a good excuse for hearts.

Cheesy tortillas + __________ is often a staple for any meal I make, either for myself or for Will and I.  He can choose if he wants to make a burrito or keep it separate, which, depending on the yummy factor of the cheese I use is sometimes the better option :)

I like this option because it can be super  simple, like pizza.  A few ingredients can go a long way.  I turn the oven on to 250 and grate cheese onto tortillas, tossing them on a baking sheet, and cooking ‘til they reach my preferred crispness.

This stir fry was mostly brown rice with green peppers and onions.  I usually mix rice with oil or butter, and a small amount of soy sauce and garlic.  Sometimes I have other random things lying around....leftover sauces from restaurants or whatnot.  I like to toss in ground flaxseed too, for a rustic look and heartier taste.  

Cheesy Tostadas with Green Pepper Stir Fry

Approximate price: $4

alfredo tofu and collard pizza

i make a lot of pizza....at least once a week.  i haven’t learned to make the crust from scratch yet (that’s like a real recipe!  yikes!) but it’s the most fun way for me to throw odds and ends together to make something that’s pretty darn hard to mess up.

i had suggested pizza, because we had an open package with one crust left that i knew wouldn’t last long, but even i was verbally skeptical that we had anything to put on it.  shame on me!  i know better......

i had gotten a jar of alfredo sauce at the store recently, and then remembered i had also gotten some tofu...what else, what else, i thought.....sunflower seeds....chard and collards from the garden.....carrots, no.....cabbage, no.....leftover okra and baked eggplant.....garlic.....green onions.....cheese.....

well that was more than enough to convince me!  confidence regained ;)  i sauteed a yellow onion with most of a package of tofu (saving just enough to be able to do a little something with it if i need to this week) and a little butter and bragg’s.  while that was cooking i went out and said hi to the chickens while i collected a few leaves of collards (making sure to thoroughly de-aphid them :).

i chopped up the baked slice of eggplant (not much but why not?) and added it into the mix with the leftover okra pepper stir fry from last night, making sure to remember a few cloves of minced garlic.  all that went on the alfredo dressed pizza crust and into the oven.

it was really good!  it had almost a sweet aroma to it, maybe from the butter and tofu combo?  i sprinkled a little ground flaxseed and cracked salt on top, and ready....set......eat!  :)

approximate price: $5