Yay, simple things. With leftovers.

This weekend was low-maintenance cooking. Shan came over on Friday night and we made black bean enchiladas with what she says is pretend mole sauce. It came from a Rachael Ray cookbook so I don't have the exact recipe (and of course we didn't stick to it exactly;) but it was pretty simple.

Two small onions were grated in an extremely entertaining manner by Garth, who wore ski goggles to avoid crying. The grating is important, though. About 1/3 of that went into a small saucepan with a bit of oil until they started to sizzle. Then two (I think) of those little cans of tomato paste went in with it, and a square of baker's chocolate. That was the sauce.
The rest of the grated onion went in a skillet (or "frypan," as they are apparently also known) until it sizzled, and then three cans of black beans and a small can of tomato paste were added. Also I think some cayenne or something. Not much else, as far as I can remember.
Anyway black beans went inside tortillas, and they were rolled up and put into a baking dish (cookie sheet would also work) with sauce spooned over the top and cheese (Monterey jack, which I love because it makes me think of Cannery Row) on top of that. Super easy and yummy. I made fancyspicyrice (some soup seasoning thing, some cayenne, and some Rosarita red enchilada sauce from a can in the water in the rice cooker) and we had walnuts and parmesan and apples in the salad instead of the usual cashews and feta and cranberries.

The next night we had lefovers - quesadillas of cheddar & jack with leftover rice reheated in a pan and leftover beans + another can with some of the leftover sauce thrown in. I like having leftovers.

Then this morning there were yummy scrambled eggs with fresh basil from the market chopped up in them, and feta sprinkled on top. And happy fried potatoes - I always microwave them for a bit before I fry them; otherwise they take too long. So two small red potatoes and one smallish yellow (dunno its name) potato in the microwave for ~3 minutes while 1 tbsp butter melted in the pan. Some chopped shallot (about 1/4 cup, maybe?) and two small cloves of garlic, chopped, into the butter for a few minutes and then the potatoes went in with another tbsp of butter. Salt, pepper, a tiny bit of cayenne. I wanted ketchup but they were really good anyway.