Bake Your Tacos - A Different Way to Consume Them

Got the inspiration for this dish from the Hello Fresh people

Instead of making Chili and the condiments and wrapping them up in Tortillas 

How about...you bake them in the oven instead?

This looks pretty and was very popular with the family 

To feed 4- 6 people, I used

25 x 22 x 6 Deep baking dish

1 packet x 8 mini tortillas 

Homemade Chili (recipe below)

For the salad

2 large tomatoes chopped 

3 spring onions chopped 

3 tablespoons Coriander chopped 

1 Cos lettuce sliced 

French dressing (enough to dress your salad )

1 small tub Sour cream

100 gms grated cheddar cheese 

First make a batch of Chili

 

This is my favourite

 

Gilli's Chili

500 gms mince

1 tablespoon olive oil

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

1 teaspoon cumin

1 teaspoon celery salt

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon chili flakes

1 more tablespoons olive oil

1 onion sliced

1 small carrot chopped

2 cloves garlic crushed and chopped

1 tin Mexican beans

1 tin cherry tomatoes in juice

First

Brown the mince in olive oil

Season with spices

Cook for a couple of minutes

Remove from pan set aside

Saute onion, garlic and carrot till soft

Add back the mince

Plus beans and tomatoes.

Check seasoning and adjust if necessary

If the beans are not hot enough some more chili flakes would be good.

Cook gently for about 30 minutes

This improves on hanging about but you can eat it straight away

To assemble The Baked Tortilla

Grease the casserole dish with olive oil

Line it with the tortillas

Fill with the hot Chili

Sprinkle with grated cheese

 

Bake at 180C fan oven for about 30 minutes 

So the filling is bubbling and cheese is melted 

And the Tortillas are crisp

To serve 

Divide into 6 and slide into plate

Dress with sour cream and place serving of salad on the side

Dinner is served 

Eat Your Greens!!!

Sometimes it's hard to get kids to eat the leafy greens
But if you disguise the one that they really turn their nose up at like Silverbeet (Chard)
Just mix the sliced leaves with some other greens that kids seem to love
i.e.Broccoli,  Courgettes,
Add a shallot for flavour
Some peas
And Voila...Gorgeous bright green vege, who can resist this

Olive Oil
1 shallot peeled and sliced
1 head broccoli
1 courgette sliced
1 bunch silverbeet (chard)
1 cup frozen peas (blanched)
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper


Remove stalks from the broccoli
slice into matchsticks

Cut broccoli head into "Trees "
Slice courgette

Remove stalks from silverbeet and  slice thinly
The slice leaves

Into a pan add good dash -(2-3) tablespoons Olive oil
Add sliced shallots
saute till soft
Add the broccoli stalks and silverbeet stalks

Meanwhile blanch Broccoli (trees) and courgettes slices in boiling salted water
 for 1 minute,

 drain and add to pan

Slice silverbeet leaves and add to pan
Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

saute until soft
While this is happening
Blanch frozen peas in boiling salted water
Then add to  pan
taste and adjust seasoning if needed
An excellent side dish of vege for your dinner

Pair with your protein of the day and if you want some carbs
Mashed potato perhaps, always a favourite