23 April 2012




It's time to share with you another fabulous meatless main dish that my family loves.  It combines several ingredients that don't seem to go together: sweet potatoes, salsa verde, cream cheese, and black beans, but actually they combine to form this wonderful enchilada casserole in stacked form.  It's an adaptation of one I found at Greens and Chocolate.

Sweet Potato and Black Bean Enchilada Stack

Ingredients:
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 large clove garlic, grated
2 cups cooked sweet potatoes, mashed (2 medium)
½ tsp cumin
1 tsp chili powder
¾ tsp salt
1 cup salsa verde or tomatillo salsa
3 (9”) flour tortillas 
6 oz. cream cheese, softened
1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese

Directions:
Preheat oven to 350°. 

In large bowl, combine the beans, garlic, sweet potato, cumin, chili powder, and salt.  Set aside.

To assemble the casserole, coat the bottom of a 9" round casserole dish or cake pan with ¼ cup of the salsa verde.  Spread ⅓ of cream cheese onto each tortilla.  Place one of the tortillas on top of the sauce.  Top with ⅓ of the sweet potato filling and top with another ¼ cup of the salsa verde.  Repeat to make three layers and top with cheese.  Bake for 30 minutes.  Cut into slices and enjoy!

Makes 4-6 servings.

Here are a few pics of the process.









Bottom: salsa verde, aka tomatillo salsa.  I use the Meijer Gold brand.


 Cream cheese.  This kind of holds everything together and brings a nice creaminess to the dish.


 Sweet potato and black bean mixture.


 Topped with cheese, of course!  My favorite is the Kraft Mexican blend.


 Isn't it pretty?

This dish is a huge hit with my family.  I love it because it contains ingredients that I almost always have on hand at any given time.  It's very filling and nobody misses the meat when I serve this.




 

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4 comments:

  1. This looks really good. I think i'll put this on our menu for next week!
    Amy Miller

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  2. Lesa, this sounds really good! And it got ingredients in it my whole family would eat, will have to give it a try. 

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  3. Taylor @ greens & chocolateApril 25, 2012 at 6:31 PM

    I loved this meal!!  I was actually thinking about it the other day :) p.s. I have that "love people. cook them tasty food" sticker on my refrigerator!  

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  4. I never thought about how well sweet potato works with Mexican seasoning. Interesting recipe. Please share this on my foodie friday linky today.

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