Whole Wheat Tortillas

We buy our whole wheat tortillas from a Columbian lady at the local farmers' market, and they are delicious. We go through them very quickly here, probably three bags a week - one bag for burrito night, one bag for egg/cheese/potato tacos, and the other bag Owen eats throughout the week just plain as a snack before bed.

They're $3.25 for a bag of eight 10-inch tortillas. Jimmy has mentioned a few times that he thinks that's expensive. I think it's a steal since they're not made with lard and they're fresh. I haven't compared the price to the yucky ones in the grocery store, though.

Well, today I decided to make homemade tortillas, so I ground up some wheat, mixed in some water, baking powder, salt, and olive oil, and then cooked them on a tortilla press, and they turned out great! They were super easy and very delicious. And of course dirt cheap. Jimmy's frugality has definitely been a "mother of invention" for me in the kitchen. Well, not mother of invention - more like mother of a larger baking repertoire.

The kids ate them plain faster than I could make them, but here's a picture of the few I had left: