Mexican Pizza Revisited

There are some posts......especially some of the pictures in posts that are well lets just say needing an update. At the same time though a lot of those posts include other things besides a bad picture and the recipe. They kind of include a little of my life at that time and are almost like a journal of sorts.

Mostly a culinary journal but a record no less and I don't want to just totally just get rid of them or update them to show now instead of then. Then was important too so I have decided to leave them and just do revisited type posts when I want a little updating and/or changing of a recipe.

This could be a fun Labor Day meal......I'm not sure what we are going to have yet but I will try to get it posted before Monday afternoon. ;) Right now I'm just waiting for salsa to come out if it's water bath canning and then I'm going to work on pickling some beets!

Mexican Pizza

1-2 packages whole grain flour tortillas

Refried beans

Cheezy Sauce

1 cup frozen corn

1 small onion, chopped

1 can mushrooms or some fresh sliced (optional)
1 small zucchini, coarsely chopped (optional)
1/4 head of cabbage, thinly sliced (optional)

2 tomatoes, chopped
1 can olives, sliced

1 head romaine lettuce, sliced

Ranch Dressing

Salsa (optional)
Real Salt, pepper, Mexican Seasonings, Chili Powder, Cumin ect. (to taste)

Have beans and cheezy sauce already made. We usually have both in the fridge already when making these and I just rewarm the leftover refried beans.

Crisp up each tortilla by pan frying it in some coconut oil. Then in pan saute onion, mushrooms, zucchini, cabbage and corn with seasoning to taste.

On each persons plate, have them take a crisp tortilla and spread it with refried beans and cheezy sauce.  Then you can place another crisp tortilla on top of that to do a double layer or you can just do a single layer.  If double layer top with a little more cheezy sauce and all the other ingredients.

You can slice it with a pizza cutter (kind of) and eat it or just pick the whole thing up or use a fork whatever you choose it's a fun meal that the whole family loves and its fun to eat.  Basically another version of taco salads!  Fun and Yummy!!!!

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My Weekly Meal Plan

So a few fun highlights from this week are.......
that I am struggling to keep up with all the harvest (such a wonderful problem to have)
I bottled a bunch of dill pickles last week there have been some trial and error to keep them from being over cooked and crisp and sealing the jars and not having them break....but I'll share more of that later.
I have been freezing peaches and enjoying a coconut milk and/or almond milk green smoothie with lots of frozen peaches. YUM!
My Sister came for a short (it's always too short I say) visit!
And my "little" Matt turned 15!

Not so little anymore now is he! He is almost taller than me now and with as big as his feet are I'm betting he will outgrow his Dad in a few years. Such a nice, good young man.....I'm so glad to have the privileged of being his mother!

My Weekly Meal Plan

Monday:
Sweet Potato and Chickpea Curry

Tuesday:
Raw Guacamole Lettuce Wraps

Wednesday:
Grilled Southwestern Sweet Potato Salad

Thursday:
Spicy Chickpea Veggie Burgers

Friday:
Stuffed Zucchini (Yeah we had used up a lot of our zucchini and didn't have enough so we had Taco Salads last week but I just picked a bunch so I know there will be PLENTY this week!)

Saturday:
Leftovers

Sunday:
Taco Soup in the Crock-Pot (I have been wanting to try some sort of taco soup in the crock pot the recipe is in my head right now but it will be kind of similar to this one)

Sweet Basil Tomato and Cucumber Salad

So this was part of lunch today and it was so good......bursting with flavor and just a quick summer salad to make up fresh out of the garden.

I love this time of year when I can just go to my garden and basically pick a meal! ;) And I'm sure it's not just me but you can't beat that fresh picked flavor.

This year we planted a couple of Sunsweet Cherry Tomato plants and they are just full of super sweet yellow/orange tomatoes so I threw some of those in but you can use whatever kind you have!

When I dished some up for me I added some dry roasted sunflower and pumpkin seeds that I had roasted yesterday gave it a little extra crunch and made it more filling but it's really good either way.

Sweet Basil Tomato and Cucumber Salad

1 large cucumber, coarsely chopped
5-6 tomatoes, coarsely chopped (if you use cherry tomatoes just quarter them)
1 small handful of fresh basil leaves, sliced into thin ribbons
Real Salt to taste
a splash of Balsamic Vinegar

Combine all ingredients in a bowl stir, taste add more of what you want. ;)

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My Weekly Meal Plan

We had a great weekend up in the mountains with my side of the family. We were able to all make it up there for at least some of the time. I think everyone had a excellent time. Some went on a Pirate ship ride around the lake, some went fishing, we got some reading and napping in.....lots of playing, fun with dress-ups and talking, talking and talking....Oh and did I mention there were a few laughs too! ;)

We couldn't have asked for better weather and of course there was not shortage of good food!

My Weekly Meal Plan

Monday:
Massaman Curry (I make mine in veggie of course.....still working on the perfect sauce to post)

Tuesday:
Chilaquiles

Wednesday:
Easy Peanut Kale Salad ( I know this was on last weeks plan......BUT things didn't go as planned and there is still kale in the garden calling me and I really wanted to try this salad)

Thursday:
Bean and Zucchini Cutlets (veggie burger)

Friday:
Stuffed Zucchini

Saturday:
Leftovers

Sunday:
Smothered Chimmichungas

My Weekly Meal Plan

We had a very fun week this past week. Monday we went to the Shakespeare Green Show and the play Comedy of Errors.  Tuesday was our 19th anniversary and Charly's 8th birthday. Wednesday Ry and the older kids went to Mammoth Caves with their youth group. Thursday Matt and Missy went to a dance and the rest of us enjoyed a quiet evening at home. Friday the boys went scout camping and then we had a fairly productive and enjoyable weekend together.

Charly was very excited to get a Ocarina for her birthday and so far has learned how to play Twinkle Twinkle on it. ;)

Sometimes with all the nice warm weather we kind of feel the need to get in all we can before it turns off cold again. Hopefully it won't get cold to soon.......cause I have a garden full of produce that is starting to ripen and I want to enjoy that for as long as possible too.

This week yet again we will vary a bit from the summer time plan because of a family reunion. But it's all good!

My Weekly Meal Plan

Monday:
Stir Fry with Garlic Sauce
(okay I know we had this last week and it was so close to being a really good sauce but is still missing something......I am determined to figure it out I think it may just be more garlic ;) So we are trying again. If you want an already perfected Stir Fry try this one out!

Tuesday:
Mexican Pizza

Wednesday:
Easy Peanut Kale Salad

Thursday:
Black Bean and Sweet Potato Taco Packets

Friday:
Gluten Free Zucchini Fritters

Saturday:
Roasted Veggies in the Crock Pot

Sunday:
Leftovers

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Fresh Pineapple Salsa

A few weeks ago we were visiting my Parents and Mom had taken some tomatoes from their garden and made pineapple salsa! I thought it was super yummy and asked her what she put in it. I know I learned how to cook from my Mom.....she was like, "Oh a little of this and a little of that."

She did say it would be good with cilantro and I readily agreed but we all knew why she didn't put any in.....my Dad despises the stuff. ;) Oh but I love cilantro such a wonderfully tasty and healthy herb. So not long after I got home I made my own version with cilantro right from my herb garden!

This is what I came up with.....

Fresh Pineapple Salsa

8-10 tomatoes, chopped
1/2 of a fresh pineapple peeled, cored and chopped
1 mango, peeled and chopped (optional)
6-8 green onions, sliced thin
1-2 jalapenos, seeded and chopped fine
zest of 1 lime
juice of 1/2 a lime
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon Real Salt
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 bunch of cilantro, chopped

In 8 cup bowl or larger stir all ingredients together. Great on top of a veggie burger or as a chip dip or however else you want to use it. ;)

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My Weekly Meal Plan

Last week we had a lovely time camping with family at the Nelson reunion. Meals were simple....I don't ever really plan lunches while camping because for some reason or other my kids just don't eat as much in the mountains. We took some snacks like fruit, bean dip with chips, and some things but not even all we took of those got eaten.

For breakfast I took some of my pancake mix, stuff for breakfast burritos (wow that's a post that needs some updating ;) and granola. For our dinners you can look at last weeks meal plan on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I made the soup ahead of time and had froze it in containers. I love to do this because it makes it so simple to have warm homemade soup in the mountains. I have also done it with chili and other kinds of soups.

For other camping meal plan ideas you can see our camping meal plan from last year. We still have plenty of camping plans for our Summer and plan to use some of these ideas again.

We did have some rain but it is so needed around here I tried not to complain.....too much ;) I know my yard and garden are loving the rain. Now on to this weeks meal plan....

My Weekly Meal Plan

Monday: Stir Fry with Garlic Sauce - The last Garlic sauce we tried was okay but we want to keep trying to get a really good one. So it's back to the drawing board.

Tuesday:  Taco Salad in a Jar - Charly enjoyed the salads in a jar we had a few weeks back so much that she requested them for her birthday dinner! (pictured above and yep empty Adams peanut butter jars work great since they have a nice wide mouth and are wide all the way down....and yep I didn't bother to scrub all the labels off just to get a nicer picture ;)

Wednesday: Raw Southwestern Salad

Thursday: Quinoa Burgers

Friday: Grilled Vegetable Stack with Lemon Hummus

Saturday: Leftovers

Sunday: Crock Pot Ratatouille