Are you ready to celebrate Cinco De Mayo? Me, too! This great tortilla pie is chock a block with vegetables, loaded with fiber, protein and calcium. After you’ve got this in the oven, baking away, check out Our Lady of Weight Loss’s Cinco de Mayo Corn Salsa Scallops recipes from “favorites” recipe files!
Ingredients:
- 1 – 15 oz. can vegetarian refried beans
- 1 cup tomato salsa, divided (from jar)
- 2 Tbsp. minced garlic
- 1 – 15 oz. can black beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 Tbsp. chopped fresh cilantro
- 7 flour tortillas
- 2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Preparation:
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In one bowl, mix your refried beans with 1/2 cup of salsa and garlic.
- In another bowl, mash black beans with the remaining 1/2 cup salsa and the fresh cilantro.
- Get your baking sheet out and ready for layering!
- Spread refried bean mixture over 1 tortilla, leaving a bit of a border.
- Place on baking sheet.
- Top with approx. 1/4 cup of the cheese.
- Spread black bean mixture over another tortilla, and repeat process until you have the ‘pie’ assembled.
- Cover loosely with foil. Bake 35 minutes.
- Uncover.
- Sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup cheese.
- Bake another 5 or 10 minutes, until cheese is bubbly perfect.
- Let it ‘breathe’ for another 10 minutes before serving!Enjoy!!!
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