Mexican Florentine Casserole
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INGREDIENTS
  • Cooking Time: 1 hour
  • Servings: 6
  • Preparation Time: 1:30
  • 2 cans OR 4 cups refried beans
  • 8 slices white American OR Pepper Jack cheese
  • (8) 8" flour OR corn tortillas
  • 1 jar salsa OR 1 can diced tomatoes with chilies
  • 8 oz. cottage cheese
  • 8 oz. spinach - fresh OR frozen
  • shredded Mexican blend cheese - to top
  • corn chips OR tortilla chips
DIRECTIONS
  1. Prepare 8 bean burritos using all of the refried beans and one slice cheese on each tortilla.
  2. -In a greased 8" X 8" X 5" casserole dish, layer ingredients evenly into dish as follows:
  4. 1/2 jar of salsa OR canned tomatoes with chilies
  6. 4 bean burritos
  8. cottage cheese
  10. raw OR frozen spinach leaves
  12. 4 bean burritos
  14. 1/2 jar of salsa OR canned tomatoes with chilies
  16. sprinkle lightly with shredded cheese.
  18. press corn chips OR tortilla chips down into casserole, along the outer edges and in the crevices between the burritos.
  20. -Bake in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour.
  21. -Cut into squares like lasagna, and serve hot
  22. Go loco and add a garnishing dollop of sour cream and/or guacamole or garnish with a fresh slice of avocado.