Stealing mail is okay... just sometimes!

In keeping with my promise; I thought I'd post my first recipe of my "Healthy Year." My friends: I do make a promise to you as well that my blog will not turn into one big cookbook and only post recipes. I will only post those worth sharing; but I cannot promise that they will always be healthy. We all know I'm heavy into baking and if I decide to make something for work and it is a good choice - I might share those too! I'll post funny/serious/heartfelt blogs too, don't worry!

This is a very simple recipe - so simple that my sister made it for us for dinner tonight. Now, let me say - I would helped with cooking it and I am not lazy. My job was to pick up the tortillas from the store through the blizzard on the way home; followed by scraping ice off my car and her car so they were ready for the journey to work in the morning. So, while she cooked; I cleaned the cars. (Just wanted you guys to know I wasn't lazy and just not pulling my weight around here!)

My Mom had received a free issue of Cooking Light, and I promptly stole it from her mailbox. Oops! How'd it end up in my apartment?! Weird! This was a recipe that was in the January/February issue. I cannot take all the credit; and it is not an original that I just whipped up.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon canola oil
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon chipotle chile powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 (15-ounce) can organic black beans, drained
• 1 (15-ounce) can organic kidney beans, drained
• 3 tablespoons refrigerated fresh salsa
• 6 (10-inch) reduced-fat flour tortillas (such as Mission)
• 1 cup (4 ounces) preshredded reduced-fat 4-cheese Mexican blend cheese
• 1 1/2 cups chopped plum tomato (about 3)
• 1 1/2 cups shredded romaine lettuce
• 6 tablespoons thinly sliced green onions
• 6 tablespoons light sour cream

Preparation

1. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add garlic to pan; cook 1 minute, stirring frequently. Stir in chile powder and salt; cook 30 seconds, stirring constantly. Stir in 1/3 cup water and beans; bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in salsa. Partially mash bean mixture with a fork.

2. Warm tortillas according to package directions. Spoon about 1/3 cup bean mixture into center of each tortilla. Top each serving with about 2 1/2 tablespoons cheese, 1/4 cup tomato, 1/4 cup lettuce, 1 tablespoon onions, and 1 tablespoon sour cream; roll up.

Enjoy!! Tell me what you think if you make it!! One a scale of 1-10, what would you rate this?