I thought it was just an old PC... 7/30/09

It probably shouldn't surprise you that many of my meals have been determined by what needs to be used up. In this case, we had gotten some tortillas awhile ago for burritos and quesadillas, and it actually takes awhile to work through a package of those. I had slowly worked them down to just 2 left, which were the most demanding thing I saw when I looked in the fridge for dinner. When I saw we didn't have much other protein/filling food readily available and only a few eggs left, I realized I had enough to find a recipe.

If you haven't used it, allrecipes ingredient search is perhaps the greatest thing ever. You know what ingredients you have to use, and you know what common ones you don't have, and plug and chug for a recipe. In this case, I came across a migas recipe or two. Perfect.

Apparently, the idea is that you can fry tortilla bits with eggs to get something amazing. The recipe said to soak them in the eggs first, which yielded this concoction.

Doesn't look super tasty, but it's too late to turn back.

I had a last bit of lunch meat ham and some onions already in the pan. After a little more frying, the eggs unsurprisingly browned a bit, and it was done.

This also shouldn't surprise you, but it tastes like what it sounds like: eggs with bits of tortilla in it. No surprises here. Even so, it was filling. Were I to do it again, I think I might try the other approach and fry the tortilla bits first, then pour the eggs over it. As it is, it just turned out to be eggs with chewy-ish tortilla bits in it. I think it might be worth a try to get crunchy bits of tortilla in there instead for something a little more distinct.

On a completely unrelated note, though, I highly recommend microwaving your vegetables instead of boiling them. It takes about 5 minutes for broccoli and carrots and the hardy type, and even less time for the leafy varieties. I only go tot test it out recently since we were microwave-less until recently, but it works great. You don't have to wait for the water to boil, you don't have to toss a bunch of water, and it doesn't leak all of the nutrients into the water. I think it's basically equivalent to just straight up steaming vegetables (I'm thinking like the bamboo-y steamer thingies), which I think is a good way to do it. Anyways, I think it's a lot easier. I got a nice batch of maple-glazed carrots with absolutely minimal work doing it in the microwave. Huge win!