Ultimate Vegetarian Nachos

This has got to be one of my favorite and most fun dishes to make. It's simple, quick, easy and allows creativity.

It does not take much to make nachos right? Just take some tortilla chips and pour some queso on top and wallah! NOOO! At least not for me. Derived from nachos I had in Thailand, I have mastered the art of nacho making.

After looking at the ingredients list and the pics, tell me my nachos aren't a masterpiece?!?!?!

Ingredients

• Tortilla Chips
• Mexican/Fiesta Cheese Blend (cheddar, monterey jack, pepper jack)
• Tomatoes
• Red Onions
• Seasoned Black Beans
• Avocadoes
• Yellow Corn kernels
• Green Olives
• Jalapenos (fresh or canned)
• Fresh Cilantro

Directions

1. Cut, slice and dice all of your vegetables (tomatoes, onions, avocadoes, olives, jalapenos and cilantro) *You can add or subtract whatever you like more or less.
2. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
3. Take an aluminum pan (ones used for baking cornbread or cakes) and fill with a small layer of chips.

     4. Then add a healthy layer of cheese first and then your onions, beans, corn, olives and
         jalapenos, if they are fresh.

     5. If you're hungry, repeat step 4 for a second layer.

     6. Place in the oven for 2-3 minutes or until cheese is melted.

     7. Then add tomatoes, avocadoes and jalapenos (if canned)
     8. Finally garnish with freshly chopped cilantro and serve.

Variations

1. If you prefer black olives to green those can be used instead.
2. You can also substitute any beans you like or take them out all togther.
3. This dish can also be served with salsa and sour cream if you'd like.
4. Get creative, change it up. I've used Black Bean and Jalapeno flavored tortilla chips instead of plain and the nachos were just bursting with flavor.

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Homemade-Manjusha Made Recipes

So I know it's been an extremely long time since I have put up in recipes or any posts on the Spiritual Cookbook. I would like to blame it on my move and adjusting to grad school (which I do a little), but then I think no I shouldn't because I have been cooking. Just things that aren't necessarily amazing.

I've always wondered how to make the Veggie basics from scratch. Things like vegan sausages and ribs, tempeh, seitan, paneer, potato salad, hot dogs, patties and so on.

Then I thought, what if I wanted to publish a printed Spiritual Cookbook, would the Spiritual Cookbook really be my own if all the recipes came from other sites and weren't necessarily my own creations?!?!?! NO, it wouldn't be.

So now I'm setting out with a new agenda for this blog. I will still include my takes and results from other websites. I mean come on I'm not going to become an amazing Vegan/Lacto-Vegetarian Cook overnight, but I will set out to make at least one Manjusha-made spiritual dish once a month.

Let's see how this goes, wish me luck :-)

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