On My Mind

Nachos. I have had nachos on my mind for a week now. I'm not sure why but it has been a true craving. I don't currently know of a restaurant that serves really good nachos (suggestions are welcome!) so I had the idea to make my own. You have probably done this many times before but it was a new idea to me. I put some ingredients on my shopping list and hurried out to the store.

Here's the result. I used medium sharp cheddar cheese and nuked it onto the tortilla chips in the microwave, then piled on chopped onions and green onions, blops of bottled salsa (Newman's Own is good - chunky and a little spicy), a scatter of black beans, and halved cherry tomatoes. In subsequent iterations, I have found it best to load up all the ingredients and put the cheese slices on top before microwaving, as the cheese helps to stick the other things to the chips. Life is a learning experience, is it not?

Such a beautifully colorful plate didn't last long. My Fairy Godson was up from LA for the weekend and My Beloved came up hungry from his home office, so the three of us polished this off in record time. The next day, we made another plateful, adding avocado chunks that time, and drops of Cholula when the salsa wasn't quite spicy enough.

Nachos. What started as a craving could easily become an obsession.