Make Healthy Corn Chips from Tortillas!

I bought 2 packages of these wonderful white corn Tortillas. I admit, I bought too much for us to use. But they are sooo great. Two tortillas have only 100 calories and NO SALT. The ingredients are primarily just corn. Only 10 of the 100 calories is from fat.

I thought, “wouldn’t it be wonderful to make corn chips from these?” So I did.

I simply cut up a pile of the tortillas into eight pie shaped pieces.

The oven was heated to 375 degrees.

I sprayed just a spritz of Pam “Olive-Oil” spray onto the pan.

The tortilla pieces were then arranged on the pan and another quick spritz of Pam “Olive-Oil” was sprayed on top.

Just a note about these spray oils. You will notice that these sprays indicate they have zero calories and zero fat. Now that’s a LIE. Why? Because they are 100% FAT. They get away with lying to you on their labels because of a labeling loophole created by the FDA. If they make their serving size less than .5 grams, they can make all the numbers zero. In effect – they get to lie to you.

NO OIL IS GOOD FOR YOU! All oil is 100% fat. “The Fat You Eat is The Fat You Wear”. It doesn’t matter if it’s olive oil or canola oil. It’s FAT. The body literally has to do nothing to pack it away on your body as fat – because it IS fat. Granted – olive oil and canola oil are better than other oils. But that’s like saying getting shot by a 22 is better than getting shot by a 12 gauge. True! But it would be better not to get shot at all.

Now, having said that, it’s better to use these sprays than to pour oil on your food or in it. But you will put on much more than a serving as listed on the can, and it will be all fat and calorie laden. No one but the super-hero “The Flash” could press the top of the can quick enough to get a burst that is only a serving as listed on their labels.

Anyway! I placed these cut up tortillas in the oven for about 15 minutes. (Watch closely, they will burn quickly.) You want them just turning a little light brown. Notice the edges of the chips. Take them out and let them cool.

I tried some herbal salt substitute on the next batch. On the final batch I sprayed the chips with oil and sprinkled chili powder and some salt substitute on them.

Try some different flavors. Have fun with it!

Pastor Pete

THE SIMPLE LIFE!

My name is Pastor Pete Tremblay and my wife’s name is Pam. (Therefore the site is PeteNPam.com) We are a pastoral couple and have served Free Methodist Churches since 1987 in Georgia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. We have been happily married for 32 years.We love the Lord Jesus Christ! We love people! That’s the main reason for this Blog. Much of the suffering experienced by those we love is the result of lifestyle choices. Certainly we suffer because of the actions of others. But oftentimes I am my own worst enemy because of the choices I make. You probably have that t-shirt as well. We’ve discovered the best sort of life is a simple life – life as God intended it from the beginning.

The Bible lifestyle (which is as God intends life) is inherently a simple lifestyle. This simple lifestyle is a “back to Eden” plan. In the beginning, God made everything “good”, but the sin of humankind distorted the race and then all of creation. We were damaged at the core of our being. Our priorities were distorted. Our values became self-centered. Our gods became our appetites. Those appetites include more than simply our food choices, but every appetite of life. For example our appetites for sexuality, entertainment, happiness, and so much more. We became pleasure-driven. That drive for pleasure has resulted in much personal suffering through mental, physical and spiritual illness. We hurt ourselves. We hurt others. But there is great hope.

Because of the redemption found in Jesus Christ our Lord, we have the opportunity to restore, to a large degree, what was lost and return to the Eden lifestyle. The Gospel is not simply about getting to Heaven, it is about getting Heaven into us. The lifestyle God designed at the beginning was basic, simple and dependent on the provision of God. It included a diet that was plant-based (Gen. 1:29) and taken just as God provided it without any processing; whole and raw. Today science is catching up with the Bible. In scientific studies such as reported in T. Colin Campbell’s book, “The China Study”, science has verified that a plant-based diet provides optimum health.

Likewise, our lives should be free “of the love of money” and materialism. Stress is killing people in the Western world. But God’s Word tells us…

Hebrews 13:5 ESV  Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

We should be people of “faith” and positive concerning God’s love and goodness.

We should commune with our Lord using all the means of prayer He has given us.

Ephesians 6:18 ESV  praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,

The plan of God in Christ Jesus is to restore to us a large part of what was lost when Adam and Eve disobeyed Him and decided to follow their own appetites. Through the Gospel, Jesus promises us “abundant life”. That life can begin in this world and will be finally perfected in the next. But the Gospel is about more, as I said, than getting into Heaven. It’s about getting Heaven into you in every dimension of life.

John 10:10 ESV  (Jesus tell us) The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

In short, the Eden lifestyle is one of simple faith, dependence, and satisfaction in the Lord. That’s what we want to talk about!

Won’t you join us for this conversation?