Recipe Segment: Quick Mexican Casserole

If you are anything like me you're  always scrolling Pinterest at the end of the day while laying in bed, during down times at work & especially when a great idea pops into your head and you turn to Pinterest for a genius way to make it happen!! 

I always use it to help me plan my weekly meals and make out my grocery list. 

I like to find ideas and build on them to make them work for my family. 

The hubby and I have been on a Mexican kick. For a while there, I was making this dish we called "Molly's mex mix" that was basically like an at home chipotle bowl, but a girl can only have the same thing so many times before she gets bored. 

So here is a great Mexican casserole recipe using all our favorites. I encourage you to take it, tweak it & make it work for your or your family! 

The original recipe I found was a vegan recipe. I am in no way shape or form a vegan. Nothing against them, but I like my meat!

This is a very hearty meal that you really can't tell the meat is missing, however next time I plan on adding chicken to mine! 

  

This dish made up a lot and we ate on it all week! I would say about 8-10 servings. 

Ingredients:

(Let me clarify-I don't measure anything I cook, only when I bake lol. I'll do my best with the portions here.) 

2 cans of whole kernel corn

2 cans of black beans 

2 small cans of green chilies

2 cans of Refried beans

1 onion 

2 gloves of garlic

3 peppers (green & red, I added orange)

1 bag of shredded Mexican blend cheese

1 1/2 tsb of cumin 

2 tsb of chili powder 

1 tsp of black pepper 

Salt to taste 

Whole wheat tortilla's 

Chopped cilantro 

Olive oil 

Sour cream (optional)

Step 1: 

Pre heat oven to 350 , mean while...

Toss the corn, beans, chilies, peppers, onion, & garlic in a skillet coated in olive oil until it's all heated up. 

Step 2: 

Add in the chilli powder, cumin, cilantro, salt & pepper until blended. 

Step 4:

I used a 13x9 casserole dish to bake it in.

So for this part I used 4 whole tortillas to lay on the bottom of the dish. Then spread a thick layer of the Refried beans on top of the tortillas. 

Step 5: 

Pour the skillet mixture over the bottom layer in the baking dish , layer the shredded cheese on top & bake for 40 mins at 350. 

Once finished top with fresh cilantro & optional sour cream ! 

It was as good as it looks! 

Later in the week to spice it up, I even added lettuce and smashed up tortilla chips to make it into a taco salad. 

Like I mentioned, I will probably add chicken the next time & I like my Mexican spicy, so I may add more chilli powder! So be sure to take this recipe & tweak it so it fits your desires.  

Enjoy & dig in!