Beef Enchiladas

Some of you may know how much I love Mexican food. But for those of you who don't, let me reiterate: I LOVE Mexican food! Ok now that we got that out of the way, let's chat. I grilled some burgers the other night alongside those yummy grown up fries. Apparently I made too many burgers. 3 too many to be exact. So instead of freezing them, I crumbled them up and used them in these enchiladas. They came out so cheesy and beefy, plus I threw some pinto beans in there which made all the difference. They were moist and a perfect way to use up leftover hamburger patties. Other ways to use up leftover patties: - Freeze them - Crumble and cover with cheese and guacamole and sour cream for some meaty nachos - Crumble and use in taco soup - Crumble and use in chili - Crumble on pasta or use in meat sauce

Beef Enchiladas

2 cans enchilada sauce

3 leftover ground beef patties, or about 1 lb ground beef

1 can pinto beans

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon oregano

6 flour tortillas

Shredded Cheddar

Shredded Mozzarella

1 Bunch green onions

1 Preheat oven or toaster oven to 400 degrees.

2 Crumble hamburger patties, or brown raw ground beef in medium saute pan if not using leftovers

3 Once beef is browned, pour one can of enchilada sauce with the beef, add oregano, garlic powder and pinto beans. Simmer for 10 minutes.

4 Prepare a bowl with the other can of enchilada sauce. Grease a baking pan and pour enough of the sauce to cover the entire bottom of the pan.

5 Using tongs, dip the tortillas in the bowl of sauce and cover entire surface. Place on a separate plate, and put beef mixture in the center in a line, then Cheddar cheese, then some green onions. Fold and place in the baking pan, seam facing down. Continue assembling the tortillas until the pan is full. I had to turn some of mine to make them fit.

6 Cover the rolled tortillas with the rest of the enchilada sauce and sprinkle with plenty of mozzarella cheese on top.

7 Bake in the oven/toaster oven for 10 minutes until hot and bubbly.

Mexican Pizza

Who loves mexican? Me! Er, let me rephrase that. Who doesn't love mexican? No one! I'm always in the mood for mexican because its just so easy to put together. Just throw a bunch of stuff in a tortilla and i'll be a happy camper. When I was younger, I used to always get mexican pizza from Taco Bell. They were soooo good! So, today I decided to make my own "adultified", healthy vegetarian version. I used my recipe for refried beans, whole grain tortillas and plain yogurt instead of sour cream! (but sometimes I do use low fat sour cream). Let the fiesta begin!

Mexican Pizza

2 tortillas

refried beans, recipe here

1 bunch green onions, sliced on the diagonal

diced tomatoes

cheddar cheese

yogurt or sour cream

1 Place tortilla in frying pan without oil, let heat and crisp up.

2 Spread a layer of refried beans over the entire surface of the tortilla and let heat through.

3 Add green onions, cheese, tomatoes, lettuce. I add a lot of green onions for the crunch.

4 Place second tortilla on top and let heat through and flip once cheese is melted.

5 Garnish with more toppings. Avocado would be good as well.