This recipe is adapted from Herbivoracious's "Mexican Matzo Brei." It's good, and it's easy, and it's worth making. The "yuppie" bit comes from the central ingredient: Trader Joe's handmade flour tortillas. In general, you should probably buy corn tortillas, but I went shopping too early in the morning to remember that, and thus the results were rather yuppified. In any case, you'll need:2 Trader Joe's handmade flour tortillas3 eggsHalf a bell pepper, any color, diced.2 green finger chilis, diced.Grated cheese (cheddar or some sort of cheddar-heavy blend)Vegetable oilHot sauceBlack pepperRip the tortillas into small strips. I'd suggest using about one and a half tortillas, and just eating the other half while you cook. That, at least, is what happens when I cook. Heat a bit of oil in a small saute pan and fry up the strips till they're crispy, but still a little chewy. Shake them onto a plate and set aside. There, don't they look pretty?Now, crack your three eggs into a bowl and whisk them around. Drizzle a bit of hot sauce if, like me, you think everything should have hot sauce. Now -- and this is important -- using either a different pan or having let the original pan cool, turn onto medium-low heat, and put in the eggs, bell peppers, and chili peppers. Cook for a couple minutes till the eggs are firming up. Toss in the tortillas. When what you've got looks like a scramble, throw in a handful or two of cheese and top with a few turns of crushed black pepper. When the cheese has melted, transfer to bowls, serve. Think about how cool it is that the American Prospect subsidizes both political commentary and delicious recipes, and decide you really must subscribe. On a slightly different note, my food photos suck. I made an Italian wedding soup last night which I won't even post the photos of, they're so bad. But the soup was good! The problem is my kitchen has little light and I do most of my cooking after dark, so my trusty Canon point-and-shoot is basically useless. If I use the flash, everything is overexposed. If I don't, it's all dark. The manual settings don't fix the problem. I'm thinking of investing in an SLR, but I'm not sure if that would solve thw issue. Would I need to buy a whole flash kit, too? Or would a basic model, like this guy, be enough? Any advice? YUPPIE CHILAQUILES.
This recipe is adapted from Herbivoracious's "Mexican Matzo Brei." It's good, and it's easy, and it's worth making. The "yuppie" bit comes from the central ingredient: Trader Joe's handmade flour tortillas. In general, you should probably buy corn tortillas, but I went shopping too early in the morning to remember that, and thus the results were rather yuppified. In any case, you'll need:2 Trader Joe's handmade flour tortillas3 eggsHalf a bell pepper, any color, diced.2 green finger chilis, diced.Grated cheese (cheddar or some sort of cheddar-heavy blend)Vegetable oilHot sauceBlack pepperRip the tortillas into small strips. I'd suggest using about one and a half tortillas, and just eating the other half while you cook. That, at least, is what happens when I cook. Heat a bit of oil in a small saute pan and fry up the strips till they're crispy, but still a little chewy. Shake them onto a plate and set aside. There, don't they look pretty?Now, crack your three eggs into a bowl and whisk them around. Drizzle a bit of hot sauce if, like me, you think everything should have hot sauce. Now -- and this is important -- using either a different pan or having let the original pan cool, turn onto medium-low heat, and put in the eggs, bell peppers, and chili peppers. Cook for a couple minutes till the eggs are firming up. Toss in the tortillas. When what you've got looks like a scramble, throw in a handful or two of cheese and top with a few turns of crushed black pepper. When the cheese has melted, transfer to bowls, serve. Think about how cool it is that the American Prospect subsidizes both political commentary and delicious recipes, and decide you really must subscribe. On a slightly different note, my food photos suck. I made an Italian wedding soup last night which I won't even post the photos of, they're so bad. But the soup was good! The problem is my kitchen has little light and I do most of my cooking after dark, so my trusty Canon point-and-shoot is basically useless. If I use the flash, everything is overexposed. If I don't, it's all dark. The manual settings don't fix the problem. I'm thinking of investing in an SLR, but I'm not sure if that would solve thw issue. Would I need to buy a whole flash kit, too? Or would a basic model, like this guy, be enough? Any advice? 
