Time for another Mexitalian food (Mexican, Italian… get it?). Last time was the pizza-dillia, now we have the Mexi-sagna… short for Mexican Lasagna. And it sounds much more complicated than it really is.
Like most of my stuff, this is more of a concept than a recipe… this is going to give 2 “average” servings, or maybe 4 if you’re really early post-op, and I’ll give some info on how to scale this up. Here’s what you need for what I made tonight.
2 fajita size tortillas
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 cup refried beans
1 cup shredded lettuce
1/2 cup diced onion
3/4 cup taco sauce
1/2 cup shredded cheese
Those amounts are guesstimates, cause I didn’t really measure as I was doing this.
Start out by heating up your oven to 350, then find an oven safe pan that is about the size of your tortillas. I happened to have a glass dish that was just the right size. Now if you want to make this for a family, try the 8″ tortillas (and double everything else) and use an 8″ cake pan (that’s the size I used to make pre-op). The tortillas I use are the whole-wheat, low-carb ones, each with a nice 5g of protein.
Spread just a enough of the yogurt (you can use low-fat or fat-free sour cream here if you want) on the bottom of the pan to coat it and lay down one of the tortillas. On there, spread half the beans (using home-made of course!), half of the remaining yogurt, half the lettuce, half the onion, half the taco sauce and half the cheese.
Lay the other tortilla down on top of all that, and repeat all the layers with the remainder of your ingredients.
Now just pop the whole thing in the oven for about 20-25 minutes. Let it sit for about 5 minutes after you take it out of the oven before serving.
Like I said, this is what I made tonight, but feel free to personalize. I would have included taco meat, but I ate the beef I browned for dinner last night. And I was going to dice some jalapeño, and kinda forgot, so this was on the mild side. Just be sure to keep the “other stuff” in a low proportion to the beans and meat (remember, protein, protein, protein!).
