{"id":223,"date":"2010-01-24T14:39:31","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T21:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/?p=223"},"modified":"2010-01-24T14:39:31","modified_gmt":"2010-01-24T21:39:31","slug":"deep-south-vegetarian-does-game-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.writerlyhaphazardry.net\/?p=223","title":{"rendered":"Deep South Vegetarian Does Game Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

If a southern woman can’t make a casserole out of it, it’s not worth eating. This holds true even for vegetarian dishes. In that spirit I give you Black Bean Burrito Casserole.<\/p>\n

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I know I’ve been yammering a lot lately about the ethics of eating locally. This dish does not apply. Most of it comes from cans. It does, however, consist of ingredients I already had on hand before I took up the cause of local produce. It seems to me that eating what you already have is its own kind of ethic. Who wants to waste food?<\/p>\n

Thus we have this casserole constructed from ingredients I rummaged from my cabinets and my freezer.<\/p>\n

First, I took some whole wheat tortillas and filled them with refried black beans. You should pick whatever kind of tortillas and beans you have on hand and\/or prefer should you try to copy this. Once the tortillas were rolled up with the bean filling, I spread them out in a Pyrex casserole dish. I topped the burritos with a can of Amy’s vegetarian chili. Then I topped that with a layer of onions, garlic, and spinach sauteed in olive oil. Next, I spread a pack of Colby-Jack cheese on top and sprinkled that with black olives. I put it in the oven at 375 for 30 minutes and finally topped it off with freshly sliced avocado, which I believe was shipped to Mississippi all the way from the country of Chile.<\/p>\n

All in all, the result is delicious.<\/p>\n

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I’ve already divided what I can’t eat today into individual serving sized containers that I can take for my lunch this week, thereby avoiding Lean Cuisines which do not come in reusable containers.<\/p>\n

I’m also making Crock-Pot Potatoes.<\/p>\n

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This is the best way in the world to cook a potato. You just jab a knife into it a couple of times for whatever reason it is people do that to potatoes, and stick the thing into the Crock-Pot for, you know, hours like you generally do with Crock-Pots. It will come out moist, tender, and wonderful.<\/p>\n

I’m going to warm these up for supper probably every night this week. I eat for one, but I don’t know how to cook for one because I grew up in a ginormous family. Also, I only have time to cook on weekends because I work too hard all week. Therefore, life is better for me when I cook enough on Sunday to divvy out for the whole week.<\/p>\n

That’s my story, and these are my game day picks…for whatever they are worth.<\/p>\n

**Addendum: Geaux Saints! (with deepest apologies to Brett)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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