Mexican Casserole

This is really made up from scratch to get dinner together from food on hand—including a can of refried beans Safeway gave us by mistake. This is the second bean dish Mark said he likes!

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Ingredients

3 or 4 whole wheat tortillas

About one cup cooked brown rice

About one cup beef substitute mixed with real ground beef, cookbed

Enchelada sauce**,about 1cup,

About one cup grated cheese (I used mozarella and a other white cheese because i had it, but cheddar would taste better)

About 1/2 of 14-ounce can refried beans, mildly spiced

Garlic, olive oil, taco seasoning, or if you don't have that a little red pepper, paprika and garlic powder, salt and pepper.

Put cooked meat in a small saucepan and spices with water to just cover. Simmer about 10 minutes.  Add rice.  Keep warm

Oil the bottom of a 9 inch pie dish and put tortilla in. Add meat and rice layer. Put about 1/3 of sauce. Add second tortilla put refried beans and 1/2 of cheese. Add sauce.  Put last tortilla, sauce and last of cheese, and cook in microwave on “reheat casserole” setting.  

Serve with grated zucchini sauteed with oil and garlic and a salad with tomatoes and avocados.

** the green sauce I planned to use was past its freshness date so i made one using butter and flour roux, 3/4 cup flavorful vegetable bouillon and some taco sauce shaken in.