What do I do with what's in the fridge?

Some times, when we all dig into our fridges to see what we can contribute to group dinner the results are an odd mixture of vegetables and food. Its on those days that we get creative. So far, there have been three alternatives we turn to in order to use up random ingredients. 

First, there areTORTILLAS. We make these completely from scratch. Using only cornflour and water, we roll out thin pieces of dough and quickly fry them in a regular hot nonstick pan (No oil or anything). Its mostly a mix and cook until it looks right process since the humidity and heat causes a constant need for adjustment. 

This one has zuchini, peppers, mushroom, onions, and garlic, topped with cheddar cheese

We top them with sauteed vegetables, and them place them under the broiler with shredded cheese until melted. The way you eat it from there is up to you. Some of us topped it with another tortilla to make a quesadilla, others rolled it into a mock burrito, and others just added sour cream or salsa and ate it open faced. 

Second, there is PIZZA. The dough was just standard pizza dough, though we exchanged one cup of all purpose flour for one cup of cornflour. Everyone has their favorite recipe for pizza dough, and depending on how much time you want to spend you can find different recipes on line. We used a basic flour, yeast, water recipe that needed time to rise before being rolled out and topped. 

The toppings are very much whatever you have in your fridge. We started with the basic tomato sauce and mozzerella, and then just threw on whatever we had. For us, that ended up being things like artichokes, eggplant, garlic, mushrooms, fresh basil, and green peppers.  It was kind of like a supreme vegetable pizza. 


Bake it in the oven at 350 degrees until the cheese is melted and the crust is lightly browned and baked. Then you can cut them up, and in the time it takes to find your camera amid the cooking supplies, a lot of it will be gone! 

We made two pizzas, and between 4 of us, they disappeared completely

Third, or lastly, there is FRITTATAS. This was something I had never cooked before, but one friend really wanted to make. Pretty much it is a super fancy egg omelet that you don't flip and that has all the ingredients cooked into it. For two people, you need 4-5 eggs, though if you are really hungry or want to feed more people you can easy make it more. (I should also point out it 4-5 eggs to feed two hungry college students lunch, lets face it, we don't do normal portions) 

You can also salt and pepper it for personal taste, but I did without, it was delicious enough on its on.

What you want to do is crack the eggs into a large bowl, and whisk them with a little milk until they are super whisked. This isn't the consistency of scrambled eggs we are going for, but for a nice and fluffy omelet. You can throw the egg mixture in a pan (over medium heat) with whatever you wish to use up. We put in Swiss chard, basil, zucchini, mushrooms, and topped it once it was done with a little cheddar cheese that melted right into it.  The result is not only as fancy to look at as its name would suggest, but tastes incredible too.