Mexican Lasagna

""Invented" by my 13 year old son, this is a quick and easy throw-together meal. It's a full meal - protein, veggies and starch - all in one dish. If you like it spicy, add chopped jalapenos to the bean and corn step. This can also be assembled and frozen for OAMC."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
15
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350.
  • Place veggie crumbles in a saucepan. (Or brown ground beef, drain fat.) Add tomato sauce, cumin, chili powder, garlic powder and oregano. Simmer over low heat until heated through.
  • Sautee onion and salt until transluscent. Add beans and corn. Heat through. If desired, mash with a handheld potato masher.
  • Layer a 9 X 13 baking pan: 6 tortillas (it's ok if they overlap a bit), bean mix, 1/2 the cheese, 6 tortillas, meat, salsa, 6 tortillas, bean mix, olives, diced tomatoes, rest of the cheese.
  • Bake for 30 minutes or until bubbly and cheese is melted.
  • Serve with extra salsa and sour cream.
  • For Vegetarian omit the ground beef.

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Reviews

  1. I am going to have to remember this recipe when I need to cook for an army! I know it said eight servings, but man this made a ton of food! Overall, we really enjoyed this recipe. I didn't mash up the beans this time, but I might try doing that next time just to see the difference. It was a great combination of flavors and could be considered relatively healthy with all the veggies. We used reduced fat cheese and that seemed to work well. I will remember this recipe next time I need to cook for a large group. Thanks for submitting.
     
  2. Definitely good! I used a 15 oz can of tomato sauce, 16 oz bag ofr corn and 28 oz can of diced tomatoes because that's what I had, so it overfilled the caserole a bit. It was an enjoyable meal, I'll probably do it up again. Very easy too.
     
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Mother of two, urban pagan, hippie chick, herbalist and massage therapist, love to cook and love to eat. I just started Weight Watchers online as a result of the last two! But I'm committed to finding and creating GOOD TASTING healthy foods so I can eat better forever, not temporarily diet to lose weight.
 
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