I have this rather bad habit. I’m working on it but… I haven’t really kicked it yet. And when I say I’m working on it I mean that I decided just now that I should work on it and that I’m going to. So…. consider this the beginning goal-making stage of the process. So what’s the bad habit? I frequently buy tortillas when I’m grocery shopping, somehow 100% convinced that I need a new package of them, and then get home to find 3 or 4 half-consumed packs waiting for me in my fridge. I suppose the actual ‘bad habit’ part of all of this is that I don’t check to see if I have tortillas in the fridge before I go grocery shopping. And then I get there to the bread aisle and I see all of those tortillas and I think – “oh no, do I need tortillas??” And since I just can’t stand the thought of going a whole week (or 5 minutes because really, the grocery store is literally around the corner…) without tortillas, I buy them. I told you, it’s bad, but I’m trying to kick it. So a couple of weeks back I had ALL of these tortillas in my fridge and I didn’t want to throw them away and I didn’t know when I’d get through them all…. so I went all DIY on them and made homemade tortilla chips. But not just any tortilla chips! BAKED ones. So they’re healthier than your average fried store-bought tortilla chip. And because I love all things avocado and lime and salt and YUM, I went ahead and turned these into guacamole flavored tortilla chips. If you’ve never bought those (I think maybe Tostitos makes them….?? I could be wrong) then you are missing out my friend. They are de-to the -licious. But now you can just make them at home with all of your leftover tortillas. Can we call this a thrifty recipe? Hungry for more? Try my Best Guacamole recipe next!
