Talk about creative re-use. I turned leftover tortilla chips and unused tiny containers of hot sauce into dinner. Quite frankly, I want a medal.
Want to join me?
1. Go to 22nd and Bryant, get a half dozen tacos at El Metate, and bring them home for lunch to feed yourself, your dashing husband who is scrambling to pack for his glamorous trip to London, and your son who is home because of “Columbus Day” (I know, I know: whatevs).
2. Eat said tacos but stop your son from eating all 4 little paper bundles of chips.
3. Take your dashing husband to the airport.
4. Come home to a, shall we say, confused phone call from your tax person about the numbers and forms you’ve sent her. Frantically call your dashing husband before he boards his flight.
5. Let your son watch hours of videos and movies while you pour over numbers and papers and receipts.
6. At some point realize you don’t need to eat, but your child probably does. Look at the kitchen in dispair. Notice pile of chips.
7. Put chips in a big bowl. Pour leftover bits of hot sauce over them and toss to coat. Desperately look for an onion, some green onions… something. Cilantro! Only half-wilted!
8. Heat some oil, saute some garlic, add the leftover half-can of tomatoes you also scrounged up and the chips. Stir around a bit. Sprinkle with grated cheese. Cover and let everything heat up while you scramble a few eggs.
9. Ignore your son’s demand for a snack at that exact moment. Sprinkle things with minced cilantro. Put leftover marinated green beans on the plate because vegetables are very important.
10. Serve. Eat. Wonder why you don’t make chilaquiles all the time. Find missing paperwork. Sleep the sleep of the just.
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