I was digging around on my camera and found a photo of a culinary delight that I created with Simona and had completely forgotten about. As disgusting as it looks in that photo, have no doubt that it was absolutely delicious. It’s a piadina, essentially a flour tortilla, covered with sugar and cinnamon on one half and Nutella and sugar on the other.

Cinnamon and sugar on a buttered tortilla is something that my Mom used to make when I was a kid and one of my favorite quick snacks that I still make to this day. Simona’s not a big fan of cinnamon, so we experimented by spreading nutella over the other half because, really, you can’t go wrong with Nutella.

After a few minutes in the oven to smelt it all together and get the piadina crispy, I carefully slid it onto a plate and Simona’s first reaction was one of both horror and intrigue. I thought to myself, “Wow, that couldn’t have come out any worse.” But as long as it was hot and theoretically edible, I ripped off a small piece of the Nutella covered side, closed my eyes, and took a bite.

It was good. No, it was really good. In fact it tasted just like homemade brownies and it only took us 2 minutes to make. I felt like I had just invented instant coffee or the TV dinner and this new invention would usher in a new era of instant desserts for the busy suburban housewife and her 2.5 kids in ways not seen since Juan Valdez crossed the Rio Grande. I see our crispy nutella baked tortilla future and it looks good.