I’m working for the weekend this week.
There are days when I enjoy making food from recipes that require thought, time, special ingredients and preparation, and then there are Fridays. Teaching, regardless of what some people in the media might tell you, is usually enjoyable and almost always exhausting. I don’t know how people teach and have kids. I can’t imagine coming home from working with 70 students to deal with several more for the rest of the night.
On Friday’s I want easy to make food and a glass of wine or beer. I want to watch TV. I don’t want to cook elaborate meals or go out. Usually, we make some type of pizza, chicken bbq nachos, or we get take out.
Now we have something new to add to the rotation: Mexican pizzas.
Mexican Pizzas
Ingredients:
1/4 cup chopped onion
1 large can, drained black beans
4 soft taco sized tortilla shells
1 cup shredded cheese (I like Cabot 50% reduced fat jalapeno)
Taco sauce
Olive oil
Procedure:
- Preheat oven to 400
- Drizzle oil in pan add onions sauté for a minute or two and add beans
- Fry beans and mash a bit with spatula
- Prepare two cookie sheets by spraying with non-stick spray or spreading some oil
- Place two tortillas on each cookie sheet, spread with beans and sprinkle half the cheese.
- Cover each tortilla with another tortilla and drizzle with taco sauce and sprinkle with the rest of cheese
- Bake for 10 minutes
- Top with sour cream, yogurt, or guacamole and green onion.
You could certainly add chicken, or extra veggies but simple is my MO on Friday’s.
