Crock Pot Mexican Style Lasagna

CROCK POT MEXICAN STYLE LASAGNA

Tonight I decided to make a Mexican style lasagna in my crock pot.  No exact recipe as I will be making adjustments to it to make it just right.

What I did was in a pan I browned up some ground turkey meat, red onions, cumin, ancho chili powder, chiptole chili powder, roasted red peppers, chopped spinach, corn, and red kidney beans.

In the crock pot I started with a Gluten Free tortilla, I then layered the bean mixture on top of it, added some shredded cheese.  I repeated the layers a couple more times and ended with a layer of cheese and green onions.  Then set the crock pot on low for 3 hours.

It looked good when it was done.  However, I never considered how to get it out of the crock pot once it was done.  Kinda of a mess.  But it tasted good.  I will adjust the seasonings, use black beans and add more veggies the next time I make it.

quesadillas made from what is the cupboard and fridge

Well,  under the weather today and was also a snowy cold day, so what to make for dinner?  Soup would have been a great idea but didn't have the ingredients since i have not gone grocery shopping for the week yet.  So I went through the fridge and pantry and came up with this for dinner.

In the mini chopper,  I put half a leftover orange pepper, half a leftover red pepper, and half a red onion.  I only meant to roughly chop them but the button got stuck and it puree them.

I emptied this into a bowl.  

Then I added 1 canned of black beans, drained and rinsed, to the mini chopper.  Also added the juice of 1 large lime. I puree this until it was a little chunky.

I added this mixture into the bowl and mixed it together.  It was a little watery so I added 1 can of white kidney beans, drained and rinsed, as well as 2 teaspoons of ground cumin and a pinch of ancho chili powder.  Also, added 1/2 cup of grated cheese, you can use regular cheese or vegan cheese.

In a frying pan I heated a gluten free tortilla, spooned the mixture on it and added a tortilla on top.  I cooked it until it was lightly brown and toasted.

The leftover mixture can be eaten as a dip with tortilla chips, preferably tostitos baked scoops.  Delish :)

CHRISTMAS BAKING

Did some trial runs on holiday baking.  Made black and white cookies, some squares, mallow slice and a yule log.

The black and white cookies ready for the oven

Fresh from the oven

Baked cookies with the white icing.  I forgot to take a photo of the chocolate once it was applied.

The yule log cake was easy to bake i get better at each time I bake it.  It is on the cutest cake plate, didn't get a good shot of it but the cake plate is held up by Santa.

The finish projects on a 3 tier serving plate.

Up close photo of top tier which is the mallow slices, cut into quarters.

Up close photo of the squares.

Up close photo of the finished black and white cookies.  Can definitely tell they are homemade as the lines aren't straight :)

Much more holiday baking to come!! :)