The Supermom Chef

You know what I hate? When I ask my family what they want for lunch or dinner and they reply, “What do we have?” We don’t keep that many convience foods around (ie frozen meals, etc.) because I’d much rather take 5 minutes to make my own panini or pasta than throw a frozen meal in the microwave. But of the few of those items we do keep around, they are always the same few items (ramen noodles, canned soup, etc.) Therefore, there’s absolutely no reason to ask the same question every single time because my answer is always the same. And quite frankly, I get sick of answering the same question every single time. So the other day when this same thing happened, I really made my hubby mad.

The conversation went as normal, at least for a short while…

Me: “What do you want for lunch?”

Hubby: “What do we have?”

Me (standing in front of the pantry door fuming): “Ohhhhh, you know what would be good? What if I took these tortillas and made you a quesadilla out of them but instead of using Mexican fillings I used pepperonis, onions, peppers, black olives, and shredded Mozzarella cheese? Then instead of dipping in sour cream or salsa we dipped them in pizza sauce?”

Hubby: “Oh, yeah, that sounds really good! Why don’t you make me that?”

Me: “Because I don’t have the ingredients other than tortillas and pizza sauce.”

Hubby (now fuming): “Then why did you mention it?”

Me: “So you’d be as mad as me and stop asking me the same friggin’ question every time I ask you what you want to eat!”

Thankfully hubby learned his lesson and now only jokingly says, “What do we have?” when I ask him what he wants for a meal. It only took 10 years to teach him that. Maybe there’s hope that he’ll eventually learn to refill the Q-tip container when he grabs the last one too.

And before any of you out there think I’m a mean person for telling him about something that I didn’t ever make for him, you are wrong. I’ve since made these quesadillas probably a dozen times, in less than two weeks. My family likes them that much. Even my three year old loves them and that, my friends, is a HUGE compliment because she likes nothing other than chocolate these days.

Pizza Quesadillas

Tortillas

shredded mozzarella cheese

pizza toppings, as desired (pepperoni, sausage, peppers, onions, black olives, etc.)

Preheat a large griddle over medium-high heat. Rub with a stick of butter, just to coat. Place the tortilla on the griddle flat, so that the entire tortilla is touching the pan. Top with shredded cheese and desired toppings. Allow the cheese to melt slightly before folding in half. Grill until both sides are golden brown, the cheese is melted, and the toppings are warmed through. Cut into wedges and serve with warm pizza sauce.

Recipe adapted from: http://www.the-girl-who-ate-everything.com/2012/07/pizza-quesadillas.html