Yesterday I decided to go a little creative with my meal. I've been craving all things spicy lately, so I decided to make some enchiladas. But I'm also trying to cut back on the meat and up the veggie content going into my body, so I decided that rather than traditional beef enchiladas, I'd see what I could do with the vegetables I had on hand.
And let me say that my husband was once again leery, but he cleaned his plate faster than I did! This recipe, in these portions, is probably best for a couple or maybe 3 people, so consider that if you make them. Here's what I ended up coming up with:
Vegetable Enchiladas
1 large zucchini
1 medium - large red pepper
1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
1 onion, chopped
4 large tortillas
1 can enchilada sauce (If you can't find it or would rather make your own: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Red-Enchilada-Sauce/Detail.aspx)
2 - 3 cups shredded Mexican cheese
Optional Ingredients:
Hot sauce
Cumin
Mushrooms
Diced Tomatoes
Directions
1. Preheat the oven to 400.
2. Chop all of the vegetables and mix together in a bowl. Add in about 1 cup of cheese and stir, making sure that everything is mixed together well.
3. Lay tortilla on a flat surface and spoon the vegetables into the tortilla. Add additional cheese if you prefer your enchiladas incredibly cheesy. Roll and place in a baking dish. (I used a 9x13 dish and coated it in cooking spray first. It managed to fit the 4 large enchiladas.)
4. Repeat the above steps with each additional tortilla.
5. Pour enchilada sauce on the tortillas and sprinkle cheese on the top. (I added cumin and a few dashes of hot sauce on top as well. Yum!)
6. Bake for 20 - 30 minutes.
7. Remove from the oven and top with any remaining cheese. Bake for another 5 minutes.
8. Serve and enjoy!

John Lewis
these sound yummy! You could do just about anything to them.
1Exactly! I wasn't completely sure my husband would eat them. I'm trying to go more veggie in our diet and I think it makes him nervous. But I swear if he could have licked the plate clean, he would have!
But it's really versatile - you could add anything in that you thought would taste good! I think yellow pepper would be good next time.
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Those look delicious! Great Picture!
3They were fabulous. Just a little spicy and really hit the spot. They're already on my list of recipes to make again!
4I might make these tonight, have to see what I have got in the fridge!! THanks!
5See? That's why they're great! You can make them anytime...provided you have some tortillas on hand.
6These sound SO good! I have to make them!
Thanks
7I'm already hungering for them again!
8those look amazing! great pic! did you double the recipe when you made them?
9That looks gorgeous, thanks for the recipe!
10My hubby thanks you ALSW. I didn't have very many veggies (plus I tend to only like them raw), so I did black beans and rice. But everything else was the same. My hubby almost ate the whole pan. I did the cumin and hot sauce thing too, spicy.
11I semi-doubled the recipe when I made them.
I just used however many large tortillas
I happened to have on hand. I think 5 or 6 - I'm not sure - they were gone so fast!
kiwi - what I liked about it is that the veggies still ended up almost raw since they're not sauteed or anything. I thought about doing that and then decided against it. Maybe next time I'll do black beans and rice plus veggies! I'm so glad that your hubby liked it!
I loved that they turned out a little spicier than I'd imagined, but it was sooooo good!
12yeah rice didn't make it as healthy but oh well. It was just left over minute rice.
13But it definitely makes it easier. It always takes me longer to chop veggies than I think it will.
What did you end up doing for enchilada sauce? Canned or DIY?
14i had some Old El Paso in the pantry, so we used that. What about you?? Canned??
15I am all out of the sauce so I might need to DIY soon!
Yup, canned. I think it may have been El Paso as well - the red sauce. I wouldn't mind trying to make it myself, I just don't use have the time when canned is so much easier.
16Yummy! I will have to try these.
17I really want to make these again soon, but I'm out of black beans! And about everything else in the kitchen...
But I did make some veggie and beef fajitas instead!
18I have tons of black beans I would let you have a can!
19These look so delicious. My mouth is watering right now! Yum! Hmm....maybe I'll serve this with some mexican chicken tortilla soup. Gotta go to the store. Thanks ALSW!!!
20I finally told my mother that I was too poor to buy groceries (and have no time to get to the store either) so she gave me some black beans and now I'm back in business!
Yay! I'm definitely making these again soon. Soooo delicious!
21I made these last night, and they were fantastic! I added some cooked rice and the cumin, as you suggested, as well as a little extra hot sauce. What I like about this recipe--besides the awesome taste!!--is that there are endless possibilities. You can really be creative with it. This is going to be a family hit for years to come, and as inexepensive as it is to prepare, my purse will love it too!!!
22Isn't it great? You can use virtually any vegetables in it, beans or rice, pretty much whatever is onhand! And my other favorite thing was that it doesn't take FOREVER and a DAY to prepare it.
I'm freaking poor with no time to spare. HA! I'm almost afraid to try them with rice since I liked them so muchw ith black beans...
23I did the rice & black beans.... YUMMY!
24I made it again last night and it was once again a hit. Now I need more enchilada sauce!
I'll have to try it with rice one of these days...
25Careful! They can be addictive!!!!!
26So true! I had the leftovers for dinner last night. Yum!
27i love them with kidney beans and tomato. absolutely delicious!!!!!!!1 just had it a few weeks back.
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