This dish has been a favorite in our house for a lot of years. When my daughter was growing up and got to pick her birthday dinner, this was almost always her choice. It's healthy (just watch the amount of cheese you put in it), delicious, and super easy to make up - you can literally have this dish put together and baking in the oven in 10 minutes.
Ingredients:
1 - 15 oz can kidney or red beans
1 - 15 oz can black beans
1 - 14 oz can petite diced tomatoes
1 - 4 oz can green chilies
1 - 6 oz can sliced olives (omit if you are watching calories and fat intake)
2 cups corn - fresh or frozen
3 green onions, minced
1 tsp. ground cumin
1 tsp. dried oregano
8 tortilla shells - corn or flour, sometimes I even do both depending on what's on hand
1 cup grated Mexican cheese
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
In a large mixing bowl combine kidney beans, black beans, tomatoes, green chilies, olives, corn, green onion, cumin and oregano. Stir until your ingredients are well coated with the spices.
Coat a 9x13 baking dish with non-stick spray. Line the bottom with tortilla shells. Spread half the bean mixture over the top of the tortilla shells and sprinkle on half your cheese. Repeat this process one more time so that you end up with two layers of everything. A lot of times I will do corn tortillas on the bottom layer and flour on the top, it's super yummy this way - but whatever you have on hand and prefer.
Bake 20-30 minutes or until cheese is bubbly and heated through. Let stand for a couple of minutes before serving.
This is an awesome dish to make ahead. It puts together so quickly that often times I will make it in the morning before work and stick it in the fridge. As soon as I'm done working I can throw that baby in the oven and in half an hour dinner is ready. So easy and so yummy.
