Goonies never say die!

Finally emptied the photos out my phone into my computer so there shall be a flood of overdue foods today.

One of the perks of our apartment is that we live next door to 2 grocery stores (and a starbucks), across the street from a Sprouts (also a JoAnns and a Target) and a 10 minute walk from a local organic farm stand.  So needless to say I don't hesitate to go grocery shopping.  I buy what I need for that night (aside from the staple foods we always keep in the house) and this way nothing ever goes bad.  We catch things right when they go on sale and that's usually what determines dinner.  So the other night I was gearing up to go to the store when Dan challenged me to make something using only what we had.  Now this typically isn't a challenge, I come from a long line of "poor chefs" who can whip up a meal for 5 out of the most random scraps in the cupboard.  But I just happened to be out of alot of my "go-to" ingredients.  What I did have was:
1 pkg of cactus tortillas
1 bunch of asparagus
1 red bell pepper
1 green bell pepper
1 onion
1 fresh jalapeno
1 lime
1 pkg. of mushrooms
1 avocado
1 zucchini
1 bunch of radishes
1 pkg of golden tomatoes
1 can of vegetarian refried beans
1 bag of frozen mexican rice
1 can of corn

This all sounds well and good but I NEVER cook with canned, boxed or frozen anything, that's all Dan.  I don't like the dead, metallic or freezer burnt taste of it all.  

What I did:

Chopped up 1/2 of the mushroom pkg, peppers, onion, a handful of asparagus and the whole zucchini

Heated up some avocado oil in a pan on medium-high, added 1 tbs of minced garlic and sauteed the veggies for approx. 5mins.  Seasoned them with a little cumin and some himalayan salt.

Next I attacked the canned foods. 

 I heated up the corn with a little garlic powder, some diced fresh jalapeno and a little chili powder.

I sauteed some diced onions in a small pan with some oil and garlic then added the beans with some cumin and ghost pepper powder.

The mexican rice was a frozen bag Dan's aunt had given us and I wasn't sure if you were supposed to microwave or boil it so i just put it in a covered pot with some lime juice squeezed on top and essentially steamed it.

With all of this cabinet food looming over me I knew I needed that fresh element so I chopped  up the rest of the peppers, about 5-6 radishes and a handful of tomatoes to make a pico.  I added some salt and 1/2 of a lime and just a little cayenne.  The fresh jalapeno really seals it and I would have killllllllleeeddd to have some cilantro to incorporate throughout this whole meal so please do if you can.  

Heated up the tortillas and filled them with the beans, veggies and topped with the radish pico and served it to the very impressed hungry man sitting on my couch.