Tasty Tuesday – Mexican Casserole

Today’s recipe is courtesy of allrecipes.com.  It got some rave reviews so I am going to try it too.  Of course, I will be using soy crumbles instead of meat. 🙂

Prep: 30 minutes.      Cooking: 30 minutes     Serves: 12      Calories: 384 per serving

Ingredients

•  1 pound lean ground beef  Ground Beef 80% Lean
• 1 (15 ounce) can ranch-style beans
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can peeled and diced tomatoes
• 1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
• 1 (12 ounce) package corn tortillas
• 4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
• 2 tablespoons chili powder

 Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Brown the ground beef in a large skillet over medium high heat. Add chili powder, beans, tomatoes and soup; mix well and heat thoroughly.
3. Line a 13×9 inch dish with tortillas. Then make a layer with the meat mixture. Make another row of tortillas, then finish off with rest of meat mixture. Top with grated cheese.
4. Bake in a preheated oven for 30 minutes.

Love to hear from those of you who try this….

Hope you have a ThirtyOne-derful day!

Tasty Tuesday – Homemade Black Bean Veggie Burger

“You will never want to eat frozen veggie burgers again. These are so easy, and you’ll be proud to have created such a vegetarian delight.”

Ingredients

• 1 (16 ounce) can black beans, drained and rinsed
• 1/2 green bell pepper, cut into 2 inch pieces
• 1/2 onion, cut into wedges
• 3 cloves garlic, peeled
• 1 egg

• 1 tablespoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 teaspoon Thai chili sauce or hot sauce
• 1/2 cup bread crumbs

Directions

1. If grilling, preheat an outdoor grill for high heat, and lightly oil a sheet of aluminum foil. If baking, preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C), and lightly oil a baking sheet.
2. In a medium bowl, mash black beans with a fork until thick and pasty.
3. In a food processor, finely chop bell pepper, onion, and garlic. Then stir into mashed beans.
4. In a small bowl, stir together egg, chili powder, cumin, and chili sauce.
5. Stir the egg mixture into the mashed beans. Mix in bread crumbs until the mixture is sticky and holds together. Divide mixture into four patties.
6. If grilling, place patties on foil, and grill about 8 minutes on each side. If baking, place patties on baking sheet, and bake about 10 minutes on each side.

Thank you to AllRecipes.com for today’s Tasty Tuesday.  I can’t wait to make some of these.  I will need to use gluten-free bread crumbs but it will still be YUMMY, I am sure.

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