Frugal food doesn’t have to be time consuming. Here’s a fast dish I threw together with all convenience items while our bread was baking last night. Tuesday’s activities include violin lessons for the big boy, piano lessons for the littles, and then scouts for the 2 biggest boys. There’s a tiny gap for eating in there, but not much time for cooking.
Our kids are growing quickly and with 2 teenagers in our family of 8, we’ve outgrown a 9×13 casserole dish. This 10×15 dish holds as much food as a 7×11 plus a 9×13, which is perfect for us with a few leftovers for lunches the next day. I haven’t been able to find a lid for it yet though. If you know a source, put it in the comments below.
Ingredients
- 20 6" tortillas
- 1 can, 15 oz, refried beans
- 1 can, 15 oz, black beans, rinsed and drained
- 8 oz of shredded cheddar blend cheese
- 1 can, 28 oz of red enchilada sauce
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Grease a 10x15 baking dish.
- Place a small amount of enchilada sauce in the bottom of the pan and spread to coat.
- Stir together the refried beans and drained black beans. Divide among tortillas. Add a sprinkling of cheese. Roll up and place seam side down in the baking dish.
- Top with enchilada sauce pressing down all the edges.
- Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes.
- Sprinkle with cheese and bake for 5 minutes more or until the cheese is melted.
- Serve with salad, corn, or rice.
Cost estimate:
Tortillas: $1.50 (Aldi)
Refried Beans: $.69 (Aldi)
Black Beans: $.69 (Aldi)
Cheese: $1.50 (Taken from a 5 lb bag of Costco cheese.)
Enchilada Sauce: $1.67 (Walmart)
Total: $6.05
12 servings: $.50 each 🙂
You can get a large silicone lid to go over it. I found this on Amazon. I haven’t used this brand before, but have another kind that I really like (this was the 1st I found that was big enough). 🙂 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003652FOU/ref=cm_sw_r_awd_SCl8ub1H2J43G
Thank you! I’ll check it out.
Thank you for your wonderful reicpes! As a recent grad working as many crap jobs as I can get, they’re so appreciated! One question though- is there are a green enchilada sauce on this site? I’ve made the red enchilda sauce many times, and it’s delicious! BUt, sadly, I cannot get any sort of decent Mexican food/ingredients where I live, but I’d really love to try this!
Teanana, I’ve never made a green enchilada sauce before. In a pinch, I just throw a jar of salsa in the blender.