Monday, April 11, 2011

Recipe: Triple-Decker Tortilla

I made this tonight from 'Kids Favorites Made Healthy' cookbook, and Brent, Trent and I all 3 really enjoyed it.  Plus, it was super easy and pretty quick.  Winning!

Ingredients:
-Nonstick cooking spray
-1 cup canned pinto beans, rinsed and drained
-1 cup salsa (I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Julio's from H-E-B)
-4 6-inch corn tortillas
-1/2 cup frozen whole kernel corn
-1/2 cup shredded reduced fat cheese
-1/2 cup shredded lettuce

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Lightly coat a 9-inch pie plate with cooking spray; set aside.  Place beans in a small bowl and slightly mash.  Cook beans for 2-3 minutes in skillet over medium heat.
2. Spoon 1/4 cup of salsa into bottom of pie plate.  Top with 1 tortilla.  Layer half of mashed beans, 1 tortilla, corn, 1/4 cup cheese, 1/4 cup salsa, 1 tortilla, remaining beans, remaining tortilla, remaining 1/2 cup salsa.
3. Cover with foil, bake for 12 minutes.  Remove foil, cover with remaining 1/4 cup cheese.  Bake for 3 minutes.  Cover with shredded lettuce.  Enjoy!

I think this would also be good with shredded chicken, but it didn't really need meat.  I'm not sure Brent noticed that it didn't have meat in it {grin}!  What I loved about this recipe was how simple it was, it had some vegetables in it without being overpowering (and you could totally add more corn and lettuce), and we made our own mashed beans (instead of canned refried beans).  Delicious!

1 comments:

Kelly said...

Look at you!! Sounds awesome!