Easy is good. I like easy.

I just thought I'd share this inst-o-lunch that a co-worker introduced me to. They're incredibly versatile, so you'd make them a little differently if you were making them for yourself versus as appetizers, snacks for kids, or such things.

She called them pinwheels. Basically, you take a tortilla, spread it thinly with cream cheese, add whatever else you want (chopped up chives or other garnishes, chopped fruit or nuts, smoked salmon, whatever) and roll it up into a tube. If you're going to take the extra step of making it look nice for presenting to other people as a bite-sized snack, then slice the tube into sections, the same way you cut up cinnamon rolls (hence the name pinwheel ... because that's what it looks like) and stick a toothpick in it. Just for eating, though, they're nice and convenient rolled into a tube. That's it; there's nothing else to it.

You can use different kinds of tortillas and different flavors of cream cheese for variety. You can even make sweet ones. I like using plain cream cheese and a couple leaves of lettuce on a wheat tortilla; it's a bit like a pita, but easier to eat.

Easy is good. I like easy.

I just thought I'd share this inst-o-lunch that a co-worker introduced me to. They're incredibly versatile, so you'd make them a little differently if you were making them for yourself versus as appetizers, snacks for kids, or such things.

She called them pinwheels. Basically, you take a tortilla, spread it thinly with cream cheese, add whatever else you want (chopped up chives or other garnishes, chopped fruit or nuts, smoked salmon, whatever) and roll it up into a tube. If you're going to take the extra step of making it look nice for presenting to other people as a bite-sized snack, then slice the tube into sections, the same way you cut up cinnamon rolls (hence the name pinwheel ... because that's what it looks like) and stick a toothpick in it. Just for eating, though, they're nice and convenient rolled into a tube. That's it; there's nothing else to it.

You can use different kinds of tortillas and different flavors of cream cheese for variety. You can even make sweet ones. I like using plain cream cheese and a couple leaves of lettuce on a wheat tortilla; it's a bit like a pita, but easier to eat.

Book porn

My bookshelves are finally organized! They've been regurgitating books all over the house and it was really getting out of hand. Finally: all the books are sorted by type (art books, writing books, Alaska reference books, paperback series, graphic novels, etc) and stored in the shelves rather than reclining on flat surfaces throughout the house, including the floor. The "books to read" are now stored in a box, to be sorted into their appropriate shelf upon reading (or put into the box to take to the used bookstore for trade-in credit).

This is what my to-read pile looked like before I put it in the box. Plus a shot of the bookshelves themselves, in case anyone else is like me, and the first thing you do when you go over to a person's house is look at their bookshelves:

( In case anyone cares )

Book porn

My bookshelves are finally organized! They've been regurgitating books all over the house and it was really getting out of hand. Finally: all the books are sorted by type (art books, writing books, Alaska reference books, paperback series, graphic novels, etc) and stored in the shelves rather than reclining on flat surfaces throughout the house, including the floor. The "books to read" are now stored in a box, to be sorted into their appropriate shelf upon reading (or put into the box to take to the used bookstore for trade-in credit).

This is what my to-read pile looked like before I put it in the box. Plus a shot of the bookshelves themselves, in case anyone else is like me, and the first thing you do when you go over to a person's house is look at their bookshelves:

( In case anyone cares )